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Grocery Store Data Team

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Grades K-230-45 minSource: Creative Dad Company

Kids run a pretend grocery store, sorting inventory and tallying what shoppers pick most. It's a friendly way to practice counting, categorizing, and graphing real data.

Budget levels

Materials list coming soon to members

Materials links go to Amazon. Prices are estimates and may change. As an Amazon Associate, Creative Dad Company earns from qualifying purchases.

Quick Start

Digital downloads only. $0 to buy. Printing is noted separately.

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one class period, one day.

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one class period on a single day.

Scale back: Fit it into a shorter period, use fewer effects, or run a demo instead of a build.

Scale up: Add one extra effect, or spread the share-out across another day.

Ambiance video

Ambiance video coming soon from Creative Dad Studio

Full Experience

Up to $25 per class (class of about 30, 6 groups).

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one day.

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one school day.

Scale back: Fit the build into one period with fewer effects.

Scale up: Spread the work across days, or add more effects.

Total Transformation

The bigger kit, priced per class (class of about 30, 6 groups).

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one day (one session, one-day event).

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one session, a one-day event.

Scale back: Shorten the event, or run a demo for a smaller audience.

Scale up: Spread the build and the event across days, or invite a bigger audience.

Choose your version

Every level teaches the same core idea — pick the one that fits your time, budget, and energy today.

Student time: 40 min, one class periodTeacher prep / build-ahead: 8 min$0 to buy. Printing noted separately.One table or a small area of floor spaceBeginner-friendly

Setup

Gather play food, sorting labels, tally sheets and clear a small work surface. Read the Grocery Store Data Team mission aloud, then place the supplies where children can choose and compare them safely.

Activity

  1. Predict which food category shoppers will pick most often at the store.
  2. Set up the play store and sort inventory into labeled categories on the shelves.
  3. Survey shoppers and tally their choices, discovering an item wasn't counted, then recount carefully.
  4. Present a bar graph showing the store's top sellers of the day.

Ambiance video

Ambiance video coming soon from Creative Dad Studio

Done when: Children complete the core mission and a bar graph showing the store's top sellers of the day.

Materials

Play food or grocery store flyers, sorting bins, graph paper, tally cards

Shown for the Quick Start version — switch tabs above to see what changes.

Materials links go to Amazon. Prices are estimates and may change.

As an Amazon Associate, Creative Dad Company earns from qualifying purchases.

Steps

  1. Predict which food category shoppers will pick most often at the store.
  2. Set up the play store and sort inventory into labeled categories on the shelves.
  3. Survey shoppers and tally their choices, discovering an item wasn't counted, then recount carefully.
  4. Present a bar graph showing the store's top sellers of the day.