1. Imaginative Play Area
The Pet Shop

2. Setting up the Pet Shop What resources do we need?
Play cash register and table for shop counter
Soft toy animals
Fish tank
How will the room be set up?
U-shape layout of tables
Window display for shop-front
Shop counter at the front

3. Key Roles Who will be involved? Customers Shop owner
Assistant shop keeper
Dog walker
Pound inspector
Vet

4. Potential stories/drama
A regular customer who visits the pets in the store daily but is unable to buy one because they don’t have a garden
A family come into the store and each family member wants a different kind of pet- how do they decide?
The pound inspector wants to take some of the puppies to the pound because they have been in the store too long
A little girl comes in and wants a rabbit but there are none left- the shop keeper needs to encourage another pet to her

5. References:
Winston, J and Tandy, M 2008, ‘Beginning Drama in the Early Years,’ in Beginning Drama 4-11, David Fulton Publishers, pp.42-57