After coming back from winter break the children voted to turned our home area into a restaurant. We planned every aspect of it right down to the table cloths. We sent home a letter asking for help gathering all the items that they had requested. I kid you not the next day the children were bring things in to use in their restaurant! We began setting it up and the children could not wait to actually begin working in their new center. The first day it was open the children could barely contain their excitement. Their play has been extended to such a higher level just with a little change of an area that they invested their time and thoughts in to! Without the help of all of our families it would not be any where near the level of what the children wanted. They are already playing so many different roles, cooking, taking orders, running the cash register, and closing the restaurant and cleaning it up for the next shift! It is amazing what they know and how they extend it in their play!
