Chinese Restaurant Dramatic Play Center

 A quick and easy way to add some culture to your dramatic play area.  I collected to-go boxes and chopsticks from a local Chinese restaurant, looked through my yarn collection to find yarn to simulate noodles, and tied some rubber bands on the ends of the chopsticks to help students work on fine motor skills.  Target's dollar section had some felt sushi that I added to the center as well.  Sushi is known to be from Japan, but it believed to be originated (in some fashion) in China.  Homemade felted sushi was also added to the dramatic play area along with materials for a restaurant (notepads, tea cups, tea kettles, trays, water pitchers, plates, etc.)

This center brought up a lot of conversation about different foods from different cultures.  It exposed students to foods that they might not have already known about and allowed them to expand their vocabulary and knowledge of other people. 

I hope that you are able to use this in your classroom!