Pretend Play Beach Theme | Imaginative Play Printables for Dramatic Play Center

They say "You can't bring sand to the beach". However, you CAN bring the Beach to your school's dramatic play center. Let us help you with that goal! Pre-K Let's Play has created a fun dramatic play Beach Theme that helps encourage, inspire, and raise your students' level of imagination. It is filled with a variety of fun play based learning ideas, instructions, and pictures of how to set up your potential beach area.

This download includes:

• A suggested list of props and materials
• Pics of dramatic play center Setup (classroom decor examples on how to set up your pretend play area)
• Creating a lifeguard section
• Creating sand blocks   
• Labels with and without words
• Role play necklaces cards (lifeguard male and female, beach goer boy and girl)
• Bunting Banner (BEACH)
• Signs (Open/Closed, Hours of Operation, life guard on duty, beach rules, don’t feed the birds sign, sunscreen label, first aid label)
• Picture Cards of Beach Activities
• Picture Cards of Sandcastles and sculpture
• Picture Cards of animals that live on the beach
• Writing worksheet printables (beach scavenger, what to bring to the beach)
• Crafts (sea turtle, sand castles, and starfish)

This beach dramatic play theme is best used to help your students:

• Use their imagination freely
• with language development
• Learn and practice their social interaction skills
• Practice communication skills
• Practice using and understanding symbols
• Practice math skills
• Practice literacy skills
• Develop their fine motor skills 

This structured play resource was created primarily for Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten classrooms, and Homeschool. And the best part for your students is that..... it doesn't feel like learning.