Dramatic Play

Playtime Essentials To Encourage Young Learners' Development!

Help young learners develop abstract thinking with dramatic play in the classroom! From puppets to costumes and accessories, stock your classroom with fun playtime essentials and watch them learn and grow!

Dramatic play helps students develop many skills. From such concepts like cause and effect, time relationships and problem solving, it also teaches students how to interact and get along with others. Through self-directed play or teacher-led play they can act and play-pretend with our products to help them develop these vital skills.

Dress-up play allows students to become a different person and understand the context of that role. Stock up on fun costumes and costume accessories! From hats and sunglasses to bandanas and photo stick props, there's plenty to choose from to transform playtime into act one! If you're doing a lesson on Dr. Seuss, join in the fun and use our Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat Adult Costume. Add our Dr. Seuss¿ Thing 1 Thing 2 Wig and you'll have yourself a play going! Have students take a Presidents' Day Photo Stick Prop and make them give a fact about the president that they chose. Great for history or government lessons and it'll turn into a fun photo op at the end of the lesson. .

From hand puppets to finger puppets, help them understand different roles and let their imaginations run wild. Our Superhero Finger Puppets are a teacher (and student!) favorite, and come in a quantity of 72 pieces so there's enough to go around the whole class. Teach lessons and let students act out roles with our Melissa & Doug Puppets! From the Police Officer Puppet, to Construction Worker and a Surgeon Puppet; they can learn a lot about social studies and different occupations. For young students, check out more of our Melissa & Doug selection! Help them learn food groups with Melissa & Doug Food Groups Play Food.

At Oriental Trading we offer so much more than bulk classroom supplies, classroom decorations and rewards and incentives. We have best-in-class supplies, curriculum activities, teacher resources and beyond! We make learning fun, for less!