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Road Work Ahead: Construction Small World

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  My little girl loves to play with her construction trucks. It's the cutest thing to see her in her fancy Cinderella nightgown...playing with trucks! No gender stereotyping here!

  So for this month's Poppin's Book Nook theme, Trains, Planes and Automobiles, of course we had to pick a construction truck theme. We chose - or rather I chose and she happily went along with - "Good Night, Construction Site," a rhyming bedtime story about the end of the day for various construction vehicles.
Road Work Ahead - construction small world play
  To go along with it, I brought out this wonderful and versatile cardboard box my husband brought home. It's large and we've used it several times for different things, but it was just right for our own "construction site". Thinking Kay would like driving the trucks over roads, I cut out some black construction paper streets with twists and turns (even a rotary - New Englanders, you'll know what that is!). 
Make your own roads for pretend play preschoolers
  Some smooth stones and glass gems and even building blocks added to the construction site. But Kay brought out some random little dolls (notice the retro toys - she found a bag of my old McDonald's Happy Meal toys!) and went more with a city theme. 
Trucks blocks pretend preschoolers
  We even threw in some cardboard boxes for houses (Papa from the Berenstein Bears couldn't be homeless now, could he?!)
Pretend play preschoolers
  In the end, I asked her if we should keep the roads I thought she'd be so taken with. "No, you can throw them away." Your welcome!
Construction truck small world pretend play
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  It's a giveaway and it's an awesome one! Every month the Poppins Book Nook group will be offering readers a chance to win a brand new storybook or product that ties in with our theme for the month. This month one lucky entrant will win a Fort Magic Kit!  With Fort Magic you can bring all of the planes, trains, automobiles, and anything else your child can think of from your storybooks to life to interact with, play with, and make reading fun. The possibilities are only limited by your child’s imagination. Jump into a world of books today with Fort Magic! 

   The winner must reside within the United States. This giveaway is brought to you by the company Enchanted Homeschooling Mom who is owner and founder of the Poppins Book Nook, in partnership with the Fort Magic. By entering this giveaway you are also acknowledging that you have read and agree to all of the Rafflecopter terms & conditions as well as Enchanted Homeschooling Mom's disclosures found here {http://enchantedhomeschoolingmom.org/disclosures/}. Just enter the Rafflecopter below to win:

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