Imagination station

Design your own Imagination Station, a pretend play space for ages 2-6. Discover space station pretend play activities and downloads.

According to Einstein, imagination is more important than knowledge. His reasoning was that knowledge only encompasses what we know while imagination is everything we know, don’t know, and anything in between. For a child, imagination is one of the most important factors in shaping his or her view of the world. Pretend play helps children […]

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Wow, it has been a busy summer! Our apologies for the lack of posts lately! This summer Miss Kristie and I launched an exciting new play center called the "Imagination Station." In June the theme was a pretend 'library' - see our post about that here. In July we shook things up a bit with a new theme - a Veterinarian's office! Yes, those are felt letters, and yes, we were unscrambling them at the end of every day. Why is felt so tempting to little fingers? This was surprisingly easy to throw…

One of my most popular posts of all time - Storytime Theme: Imagination Station is a great list of picture book titles to inspire creativity!

This Is What You Need To Know About Dramatic Play What kind of person did you pretend to be when you were a kid? An Olympic athlete, a veterinarian… a rockstar? Children Learn Through Dramatic Play I LOVED to pretend when I was little. What I didn't realize at the time was that in addition to pretending….I was also learning. This post contains some Amazon affiliate links. There will be no additional cost to you when you make a purchase from a link, but a small portion of your purchase will…

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Our most popular Imagination Station thus far has been, hands-down, our Post Office! Let's take a look at some of our activities: The Post Office (puppet theatre): The Mail Bag and Envelopes: Made of felt, obviously! Do you recognize these from a Preschool Story Time post? We didn't want to ruin Miss Sue's set, so we made a second mail bag and envelopes to be played with. Postcards and Stamps: Although kids loved this activity, it did, unfortunately mean a lot of paper waste. Don't forget…