Welcome to the Creative Minds Café — an immersive dramatic play experience that allows children to explore real-world occupations, routines, and social interactions in a playful, inclusive environment.
 
This beautifully designed pack includes everything educators need to set up a classroom café or coffee shop learning station. With realistic signage, labelled props, gluten/dairy/nut-free menus, and embedded sight words, it supports oral language, literacy, numeracy, and healthy eating concepts through role play.
 
Product Features:
• Full café and coffee shop setup with printable signage and themed props
• Sight words integrated into pages (top-left aligned to encourage left-to-right tracking)
• Menus include visual “Everyday” and “Sometimes” food icons for healthy eating discussions
• COVID-19 Check-in, social distancing and hand sanitiser signs for real-world relevance
• Encourages role play, communication, early literacy and numeracy
• Includes diverse role cards (waiters, baristas, chefs, customers – male/female)
• Printable A4 format – perfect for laminating and reuse
 
Included in This Pack:
Shopfront signs: “Creative Minds Coffee Shop” & “Creative Minds Café”
Menus: Drinks Menu, 2 x Food Menus (gluten/dairy/nut free)
Healthy eating icons: “Everyday” and “Sometimes” food labelling
COVID-Safe signs: Check In/Out, Keep Your Distance, Use Hand Sanitiser
Functional signage: Welcome, Opening Hours, Please Wait to Be Seated, We Accept Imaginative Pay
Role Play Printables:
Baristas, Chefs, Waiters/Waitresses, Customers (diverse characters)
Table numbers (1–6), Booking Sheet, Order Pad
We Are Open/Closed signs
Props and Station Setups:
Menu board, Cash register, EFTPOS machine
Coffee machine, Cups, Coffee beans, Milkshakes, Smoothies
Food visuals: Sandwiches, Rolls, Chips, Pancakes, Salad, Fruit, Cupcakes, Cakes, etc.
Wet floor sign