You can use centers to give free rein to your child's creative impulses and ideas. Centers at home can be appropriate for many ages, from six to eight to young teenagers. Here are some ideas for centers that you might set up at home. You don't always need tables or chairs. The more left to the imagination, the more the imagination will be used.
Children play at being patrons and servers, reading menus and writing orders.
The child takes the role of agent and customer and organizes trips using the print material listed above. Fill the Veterinarian's Office with stuffed animals, medical bag, medicine bottles, facsimile prescription labels, posters of different dogs, cats, and so on, with names attached. Children take roles of vet and animal owner, discuss pet problems, and read posters and labels to help animals become healthy. Stock the Banking Center with passbooks, checks, play money, deposit slips, signs, ads, and receipts. The child plays at depositing and withdrawing money, setting up accounts, and buying securities.