Keeping Their Attention with Classroom Furniture
Keeping
Their Attention with Classroom Furniture
One of the best things about childhood is getting to pretend. Pretend play
brings out the creativity in children while encouraging them to invent with
their own ideas. Teachers love to see their students engaging in this kind
of play. It can be like a little window into how they think, what they like
to do, and what their talents are. classroom furnitureis a great way to encourage pretend play within the classroom.
The simple set up of classroom table and
chairs can give kids a place to study, create art and work on projects.
Students can pretend they are at the dinner table while they serve and eat
pretend food. This gives students a relaxed setting to act like a family and
take turns doing different jobs. Students may also arrange the table and
chairs in a way that represents the classroom, pretending to be teacher and
students. For a teacher, it is exciting to see students play school. It
gives insight into what they are learning and what type of teaching they
mimic. Teachers can observe and get some understanding into what parts of
the day and what types of lessons kids enjoy. They will pick their favorite
things to act out. A table and chairs is also a good setting for pretend
office play. Maybe students have seen their parents work at an office, have
visited the school office, or watched the teacher work at her desk. For
teachers, this type of play is a good way to see which students take the
leadership roles and which students take other roles.
Having book displays in the classroom give students the perfect setting to
play library or book store. This kind of play will encourage students to
read and become interested in books. Students can take turns being the
librarian or cashier and describe the books to the other students. Whatever
classroom furniture you have in your classroom, it can be used to encourage
pretend play in students. This will give you, as the teacher, a look into
the personality of each student and give you many options to reinforce
classroom lessons.