Grocery Store
Children run everything in this grocery store! Be a stocker, baker, cashier, or shopper in this simulated environment.
Activities
- Pick corn, apples and cucumbers at the farm and load onto a truck
- Receive produce from the farm on a conveyor belt
- Push a cart to shop through the food aisles
- Work at the deli
- Bake bread in the bakery
- Restock groceries on the shelves
- Arrange flowers at the flower stand
- Scan items at the checkout stand
Educational Benefits
- Use imagination and role-play
- Sort and classify objects by a variety of properties
- Count, add, and subtract
- Negotiate with other visitors
- Match healthy items to shopping list
Good to Know
Exhibit Type
Ongoing
Focused Field Trip Aligned with this Exhibit
This exhibit is aligned with Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards.