Grand opening! Very eager customers!
Carefully counting how much ‘money’ to pay his friend
This week we had lots of fun shopping! I set up a shop to prepare for the trip to the candy store and we practiced phrases such as : ‘Can I have _____, please?’, ‘Where’s the _____?’, ‘How much is this?’, ‘please’, ‘thank you’, ‘you’re welcome’, ‘here you go!’ and ‘Have a nice day!
In group 1/2 we used AH minis to pretend to go grocery shopping. The children took turns helping me read from my grocery list and telling the grocer how much of each thing we needed.
After that we opened a new store and they could go shopping with pepernoten money.
In group 3/4 we did the same thing, but their money was gold (chocolate) coins worth one or two euro. They had to roll a dice to get paid, ask the banker for the amount of money and make sure the tricky banker (a mom) gave them the right amount, which she often didn’t! Once they were paid they could buy something from the store. They had to ask ‘How much is it?’ and count to see if they had enough to buy it.
We’re all prepared now to go to the candy store -EXCEPT, IT GOT POSTPONED! The owner of the store had something come up and can’t be there on the day we planned to come, so we have to reschedule. I’ll let you know as soon as I have a new date!
- Getting paid!
Paying for his groceries