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Set up a hospital dramatic play area in your classroom and let your kids pretend work as doctors, nurses, and x-ray techs.

Benefits of Pretend Play

Why should you create a dramatic play center for your preschool and kindergarten students? Because it is brain-building!

Dramatic play is beneficial for your student because it promotes:

  • creativity and imagination
  • fine motor skills
  • gross motor skills
  • social development
  • language and communication skills
  • problem-solving abilities
  • teamwork and cooperative play

Hospital Dramatic Play Signs and Posters

  • Welcome to the Waiting Room Sign
  • The Pharmacy Is Open Sign
  • The Pharmacy Is Closed Sign
  • Pharmacy Hours Sign
  • Waiting Room Sign
  • Testing Room Sign
  • X-Ray Room Sign
  • Emergency Room Sign
  • How to Wash Your Hands Poster
  • Keep Your Heart Healthy Poster
  • Give Blood Poster
  • Human Body Diagram
  • Human Skeleton Diagram
  • Eye Chart

Hospital Dramatic Play Badges

The printables in this set include six different name tags for your student to wear in the dramatic play hospital. The occupations included are doctor, x-ray technician, admissions clerk, and nurse.

X-Ray Printables

You can set up an x-ray room and create an x-ray machine out of boxes. The x-ray tech can take x-rays of patients and use the twelve x-ray printables provided to determine if the patient needs additional care.

Additional Hospital Pretend Play Printables

In addition to the signs, badges, and x-ray printables, this set also includes a variety of other items to add to your dramatic play area.

  • Hospital Items and Medical Supplies Vocabulary Cards (learn new words!)
  • Doctor’s Order Forms
  • Prescription Forms
  • Patient Sign in Sheet
  • Patient Information Page
  • Patient Exam Record Page

Hospital Pretend Play Center

You can also set up a craft station for your students to build a skeleton. If your students are older, you can help them use the skeleton diagram to label the bones.

Hospital Pretend Play Props

Add a big dose of fun to your dramatic play area by adding some props for your students to use. Some ideas include:

  • Clipboards (for medical forms)
  • Band-aids and Gauze
  • Popsicle Sticks (tongue depressors)
  • Cotton Balls
  • Other Items for Doctor Tools (like plastic pipettes for medicine droppers)
  • Toy Medical Kit
  • Large Cardboard Box (to create an x-ray machine)

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More Human Body Themed Activities

If your little learners are exploring a human body theme, try some of these other activities and printables.