How this product aligns with the EYLF
Supporting play-based learning and inquiry
The Versatek Dress Up Trolley provides a dedicated space for role play, encouraging children to engage in imaginative scenarios. By facilitating access to various costumes and props, it supports children’s exploration of different roles and narratives, fostering inquiry-based learning through play.
Building language, imagination, and social skills
As children dress up and engage in role play, they naturally develop their language skills by communicating with peers and expressing their thoughts and ideas. The trolley promotes collaborative play, allowing children to negotiate roles and scenarios, which enhances their social skills and imaginative capabilities.
Relevant EYLF Outcomes
Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity
Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators
Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners
Classroom, Play Activity & Provocation Ideas
Classroom & Learning Area Ideas
Set up the dress-up trolley in the role play corner to encourage children to explore different professions and cultural costumes.
Incorporate themed dress-up days where children can select costumes from the trolley to enhance storytelling sessions.
Play-Based Activity Ideas
Encourage children to create their own stories based on the characters they choose to dress up as, promoting narrative skills.
Facilitate group role play scenarios where children can act out community roles, enhancing social interaction and cooperation.
Provide props alongside the costumes to inspire creative play and deepen the role play experience.
Provocation Ideas
Invite children to discuss their favourite characters and choose costumes that represent them, fostering personal connections and self-expression.
Encourage children to work together to create a play script based on their dress-up choices, promoting collaboration and communication skills.
