• Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • FAQ
    • Disclosure and Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Community
  • Books
    • Books for Children by Age
    • Book Lists
    • Holiday Books and Activities
  • Reading Ideas
    • Babies
    • Toddlers
    • Preschoolers
    • Kindergarteners & Early Elementary
  • Writing Ideas
  • Parental Involvement: Building Partnerships
  • Start Here!
    • WELCOME TO THE GROWING BOOK BY BOOK COMMUNITY
    • Subscribe
    • Contact
    • FAQ
      • Disclosure and Privacy Policy
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Book Lists
    • Books for Children by Age
    • Book Lists
    • Holiday Books and Activities
  • Book Activities
  • Early Literacy
    • Alphabet Activities
    • Circle Time Activities
    • Phonological Awareness Activities

Growing Book by Book

  • Family Involvement
    • Start a Family Dinner Book Club
  • Start Here
  • Store
discovering with babies playing with toddlers exploring with preschoolers building with beginning readers

Bring joy and play into children's lives through books.

Yes, please!
Home » Books for Kids » Book Lists » Post Office Play Round-Up

Post Office Play Round-Up

July 1, 2013 • 8 Comments

Sharing is caring!

7003 shares
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email

Creating a post office was one of my favorite literacy activities that I did with students during my educational career.  Now that I’m a mom, I can’t wait to recreate a similar post office pretend play space for my boys.

Post office play is a great way for children (at almost any age) to practice writing, reading and communicating. I’ve collected some of the best ideas from educational bloggers and put them together for you in one handy spot.

Over 15 post office play ideas to encourage literacy play with young children. Includes books for kids about the post office and mail carriers.

Below, you will find book recommendations to inspire writing, tips on setting up a post office, ideas for creating your supplies, writing station set-ups and special event/theme/topics to enhance your play throughout the year.

Full Disclosure:  This post contains affiliate links.

Setting Up a Post-Office Play Area

Pretend Play Post Office from Nurture Store

I love this creative idea of where to hang your mailbox- Bedroom Post Office from Kid’s Play Space

Play Post Office Time from Here Come the Girls

Post Office Play from the Imagination Tree

Creating Your Supplies

mail bag

Paper Bag Mail Bag from Growing Book by book that is super easy and inexpensive.

Easy, No-Sew Mail and Play Mailbox from Nothing if Not Intentional

Making Felt Mail from Just for Daisy

Printable Kids Letter Writing Set from picklebums

Creating Postcards from Red Ted Art

Books To Inspire Your Post Office Play

9 books about the post office and mail carriers that pair perfectly with a post office dramatic play area or a study of community workers.

Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James (top right picture)

Great idea for creating gratitude letters inspired by the book Good-bye Curtis by Kevin Henkes from Kitchen Counter Chronicles

A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats (top left picture)

Seven Little Postmen by Margaret Wise Brown

Dear Mrs. LaRue:  Letters From Obedience School by Mark Teague (bottom left picture)

The Jolly Postman by Allan Ahlberg

Mr. Griggs’ Work by Cynthia Rylant (bottom right picture)

The Post Office Book:  Mail and How it Moves by Gail Gibbons

With Love, Little Red Hen by Alma Flor Ada

The Lost Package by Richard Ho is the tale of a package that gets to its destination in an unconventional manner. It’s a look at how a package travels through the postal system and how sometimes packages can get lost.

Writing Station Ideas

8 Ways to Recycle Materials for a Writing Station from me (Growing Book by Book)!

writing activities for kindness teaching FB

Make Kindness Postcards with all of the art work the kids have created.

How about sending a secret message?  Secret Messages idea comes from What Do We Do All Day?

Letter Writing Station from Mama Papa Bubba

Other Ideas for Post Office Play- Theme, Holiday  and Event Variations

Beginning Sounds Mail Sort

Alphabet Mail Early Literacy Pretend Play from No Time for Flashcards

Good-bye Stationary for Friends from Green Owl Art

Valentine Mailboxes from Reading Confetti

Valentine Love Notes from Feels Like Home

Christmas Card Making Station from Childhood 101

And, if you are planning a theme study on mail carriers or other community workers, you’ll want to grab out Community Helpers Literacy Unit.

printables for community workers preschool unit


Did you get your free list of Books Kids Will Beg You to Read?

Get It

Sharing is caring!

7003 shares
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email

8 Comments Filed Under: All categories, Book Lists, Reading Fun Tagged With: dramatic play

About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

Comments

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published.

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  1. Jackie@My Little Bookcase says

    July 12, 2013 at 5:42 am

    I love this round up. We are enjoying writing on postcards and I think I should track a few of these books down.

    Reply
    • JodieRodriguez says

      July 17, 2013 at 7:19 am

      Jackie, I love sending post cards. I used to collect them when I was little!

      Reply
  2. Rachael @ Nothing if Not Intentional says

    July 1, 2013 at 7:26 pm

    How fun! My daughter will love this. Thanks for encouraging her mail obsession. 😉 And thanks for including our post!

    Reply
  3. Whitney @ Pen Pals & Picture Books says

    July 1, 2013 at 7:01 pm

    Cute theme and lots of great ideas!! I love love the Jolly Postman!! We read Kevin Henkes’ book Good-bye Curtis and then made a thank you package for our mail carrier…even more fun? He wrote back!! My kids loved it! Here’s a link if you’d like go take a peek.
    http://www.penpalsandpicturebooks.com/2012/06/thanking-our-mail-carrier.html?m=1

    Reply
    • JodieRodriguez says

      July 1, 2013 at 9:14 pm

      Whitney, I love it! What a neat idea and I love that the girls got a response back. Thank you so much for sharing the link.

      Reply
  4. Erica @What Do We Do All Day? says

    July 1, 2013 at 7:10 am

    What a great round- up of ideas. Thanks for including us.

    Reply
  5. JDaniel4's Mom says

    July 1, 2013 at 6:49 am

    What a wonderful round up!

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. It's Playtime - 7 Book Reviews and 5 Book Activities says:
    July 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    […] Post Office Play Book Round Up {Growing Book by Book} […]

    Reply

What can we help you find?

Subscribe to Growing Book by Book

lead magnet for growing book bybook
Welcome to Growing Book by Book!  Learn about the creator, Jodie Rodriguez.

Find More

alphabet activities
book lists for children
circle time button

Set Up for Circle Time Success

month by month circle time songs


Copyright ©2023, Growing Book by Book. All Rights Reserved. Custom design by Pixel Me Designs | Privacy Policy