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The Police StationLauren 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!