Talking and playing - Out and about

Shopping

• Save empty packages and labels
• Gather together a variety of shopping bags, e.g. baskets, handbags, purses
• Find clothes for dressing up, e.g. hats and scarves
• Set up a shop and play with the children, taking on different roles
• Greet and use 'shop' phrases, e.g. 'Please can I have?', 'Can I help you?'
• Play games with the labels: recognising labels (early reading skills), take labels to the shop to match / buy in the shop instead of a shopping list
• At home, and on the way to, from and in, the shop, talk about size, shape, letters, colours, number, use, contents, favourites, what you need