Going to the Grocery Store

• DOMAIN(S)

  Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
• INDICATOR(S)

  CD-CP2.3b
• AGE GROUP(S)

  36-48 months

Place props throughout the classroom so the children can act out familiar roles such as being in a grocery store, at the dentist or at a birthday party. Place baskets, shopping bags, a cash register and pretend food on a shelf. Cut paper to represent money. Encourage the children to share their experiences with grocery shopping. They can pretend that they are a mother or a father who is shopping. Assign one child to be a clerk and talk about what they see the clerk do at the grocery store. Help them role play the sequence of events. For example, the clerk greets customers, scans grocery items, puts them in a bag, asks you to pay, gives you a receipt. Model language they might hear, such as, “Cash or credit, Ma'am?”

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