Roleplay "At the petrol station"
Anton started being obsessed with cars at 2.5 and almost all of our games are based on this topic. I have already shared how to learn with transport and today want to show how we play at "Petrol station". This roleplay can help to develop social skills and practise English. We like two variants of this game: using a push car and Lego.
Variant 1
You will need a big car that a child can ride and push, a petrol pump made from a cardboard box or an image of the pump on cardboard paper, a pump nozzle made from a spray bottle or hot glue gun, and a cash register (optional).
Anton parks his car pays for fuel by card, fills up the car, and drives away. Then another driver, for example, teddy runs out of petrol. For toddlers, the props you see in the picture are enough. Keep the game really simple and straightforward.
During the play, at first, I commented on all the actions. Later Anton picked up some of the useful phrases (I shared them at the bottom of the post) and used them in his speech.
In the photo below the petrol station is "modernized". Now it has a coffee machine and a cash register. The coffee machine is made of an egg carton, felt pieces which imitate pouring drinks and a small cardboard box. For preschoolers, just filling up the car with fuel will be boring. So add more services and think of the problems that might occur.
Variant 2
We build the station from Lego details. Anton likes making a huge line of cars waiting to be filled up. Then he closes the station because a petrol tanker truck brings a new supply of fuel and everyone has to wait. We open a supermarket so drivers can do the shopping.
Useful phrases for this game:
- A gasoline( petrol) pipe
- A pump nozzle
- A hose
- A pump attendant
- To pay by card
- To fill up your car with petrol/to refuel your car
- To pull up next to the pump
- To open a fuel cap
- To put a nozzle in your fuel hole
- To pull out the nozzle
- To put a fuel cap back
- To pull away slowly
