 The Police Station Lauren Cordier 5 May 2014 TTE 309

Purpose  I chose this topic for the play center because my case study child wants to be a police officer when he is older.  I have also noticed that he likes to play fairly and make sure other kids follow the rules while playing which relates to the job of police officers.  There is also a big interest with jobs such as police officers, firefighters, and EMTs in our classroom.

Physical Environment  I removed most of the items from our dramatic play area to create the police station.  I added handcuffs, police badges, police hats, magnifying glasses, maps, telephones, a computer keyboard, and fictional books about police officers.

Physical Environment

Literacy and Cultural Additions Notebooks to write tickets with, a wanted sign my mentor teach made, and images of police officers and police stations from Tucson and West Africa.

Observations – Case Study Child Making a “Call 911” sign Collecting bail money from someone in jail. Showing off his police badge. Working on the “computer” Arresting someone.

Observations – Rest of Class Making a missing car sign. Working on the computer and answering phones. Watching someone get arrested and wearing police hat and holding handcuffs.

Literacy Examples from Kids  Sign for lost truck with a picture of the suspect. My case study child’s note that says “Nobody has emergencies.” “No touching the door” note.

Results Overall I was really pleased with how my center went. My case study child played in the center every day for a week which was really exciting! The other kids in my class were also really eager to play in it. It was really interesting to see how much the kids knew about police officers!