Do you struggle to find time to change out the props in your dramatic play center? These printable props will help you easily transform your dramatic play center into a nursery.
Do any of your students have younger sisters or brothers at home? Are they fascinated with babies? A baby doll nursery theme is perfect for any time of the year because it is very meaningful to all young children. They have a natural fascination with babies which makes this developmentally appropriate center even more fun and engaging!
Give your basic housekeeping or dramatic play center a makeover by adding some dolls and a few simple props. Your kids will love taking care of the baby dolls in their very own nursery or childcare center!
Baby Doll Nursery Dramatic Play
Infuse your classroom with literacy, oral language, and writing opportunities that support current early learning standards.
Baby Dramatic Play Theme Printables
The 103 page Baby Doll Nursery Kit includes the following printables:
- Teacher Instructions – A step-by-step guide to set up your center quickly and easily
- Supply List – Know exactly what materials you need
- “I Can” Cards (13 styles + checklist) – Encourage independence and self-directed play
- Signs & Posters (18 in color and b/w, 2 sizes) – Bring your center to life
- Picture Word Cards (22 in color and b/w) – Build vocabulary and support early literacy
- Role Playing Name Tags – Foster independence
- Bulletin Board Border – Add a fun finishing touch
- Picture Labels (47 in color and b/w) – Promote organization and print awareness
- Pennant Banner (color and b/w) – Make your center inviting and festive
- Forms – Add a real-world connection and writing opportunities
Pretend Play Daycare: Printable Word Cards
The printable word cards can be placed in a pocket chart in your baby nursery to support writing, vocabulary, and oral language development.
Baby Doll Nursery: Bath Time
Babies can get messy! Add an extra dash of fun to your pretend play childcare center with bath time. Your little ones will have a blast bathing the baby dolls in your pretend play center. You can even use your sensory table as the bathing area.
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Printable Nursery Banner
Just print the banner on cardstock, cut out, and hang the pieces from a string in your center using clothespins or tape. Another idea that’s perfect for small classrooms is to use an IKEA Raskog cart to organize all of your baby nursery supplies. Just print the banner smaller and attach it to the side of the cart, along with the labels.
Printable Daily Reports with Pictures
How was baby’s day? Was he fussy? Did he nap? Let parents know all about baby’s day with these printable daily reports. Each report has picture cues for non-readers. Kids can use tally marks or numbers to record information about baby’s day. The reports have the words directly below the picture to help children understand that print has meaning.
Baby Doll Nursery Labels and Signs
There are signs you can use to label different areas of your nursery center, such as Feeding Time, Shhh! Baby Sleeping, and Changing Station. What could be more fun and engaging for your little learners than changing baby diapers?
For safety, you’ll want baby doll parents to sign their babies in and out of the childcare facility using a sign-in sheet. These signs and forms add literacy elements to pretend play and help children understand print has meaning, as well as motivate them to write for a purpose.
Printable Labels
Is your dramatic play center a mess? Set your little learners up for success with these printable labels to help make clean-up go smoothly.
Reading Books to Baby Dolls
A basket of baby board books is a great way to encourage reading to babies from infancy! Here are some of my favorite titles to put in this book basket:
Printable Baby Food Labels
Is your baby hungry? You can use colored pom-poms in plastic jars to create pretend baby food. Your kids will love feeding their babies!
Add these printable baby food labels to your center to create a print-rich environment for your little learners! They’re also included in the Caring for Babies Dramatic Play Kit below.
These baby doll nursery printables will spark their little imaginations and lead to hours of open-ended play and learning in your dramatic play center!
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Do you have a packet that has all the dramatic play ideas for each preschool unit
Hi Sarah, Yes, I do have all of the dramatic play kits available in a bundle for you here https://www.pre-kpages.com/dramatic-play-power-pack/
What type of jars did you use for the baby food? Also I teach 2/3 year olds and I have 2 children that put EVERYTHING in their mouths. Do you think I could seal the jars and they get the same fun?
Hi Kelli, I used plastic jars I found at the Dollar Tree. You can hot glue or super glue the lids shut. Good luck!
Where did you buy the bins for the items in the center?
Thank you in advance!
All of my bins are from Discount School Supply.