tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79138536843959343892024-11-14T15:03:08.974+00:00Pre-school PlayActivities and ideas to support learning through play in the early years. Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-24180991561073109752013-11-27T20:53:00.001+00:002013-11-27T20:53:43.941+00:003D Handprint Gift<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrortkXTkeY6tEymZYAL9tSYtuaNnzF7qxnMNMx7DZhyeiS9OSZe18uZDysECILNfgTF__Mw1aU3I2SjTdrIbeJ_lQ_bkNxdWzKW_ggWurjw2s8CnWop_bYtnIZvN1SlmorrVcSonZ3yW/s1600/085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrortkXTkeY6tEymZYAL9tSYtuaNnzF7qxnMNMx7DZhyeiS9OSZe18uZDysECILNfgTF__Mw1aU3I2SjTdrIbeJ_lQ_bkNxdWzKW_ggWurjw2s8CnWop_bYtnIZvN1SlmorrVcSonZ3yW/s320/085.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The children have been busy today starting their Christmas gifts for parents.&nbsp; </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> We decided on hand prints and I'm really please with how our 3D hands&nbsp;turned out.&nbsp; </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2nrEiPC49QUz5FoYULYGuHYQl3IRqEuQ7wpw9q8cNsCjuyViJRkRAUf14zwZlh8o42ol1YJVq4GnlpMBvWlCHAYBmRm_OQJSzR4y8KIZa8zGzevmJ6pCqcW6S3isMavz7X9iWlgYxsRD/s1600/084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2nrEiPC49QUz5FoYULYGuHYQl3IRqEuQ7wpw9q8cNsCjuyViJRkRAUf14zwZlh8o42ol1YJVq4GnlpMBvWlCHAYBmRm_OQJSzR4y8KIZa8zGzevmJ6pCqcW6S3isMavz7X9iWlgYxsRD/s320/084.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I used plaster-of-paris to make these.&nbsp; Initially I tried printing hands into the plaster as it set, but the finished result looked quite messy, so instead we opted for this way.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DWFFbCLQJcfZIwD_foe2og8NPhsdkA9IYV5xTM5T4uWE3r6FtaiRB9yWJdr14u5sTIupCrl-l7tgzrqhnURaahp038kTtIn-m5TVLNJnKEIiuN8VJdlZTmaBN0fnSUm1g35tifTzI4ci/s1600/089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DWFFbCLQJcfZIwD_foe2og8NPhsdkA9IYV5xTM5T4uWE3r6FtaiRB9yWJdr14u5sTIupCrl-l7tgzrqhnURaahp038kTtIn-m5TVLNJnKEIiuN8VJdlZTmaBN0fnSUm1g35tifTzI4ci/s320/089.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I started by making a heart shaped mould from a strip of card.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOmms0hiK3OzydDqMe-5OGqY0j9BousyOH_Sl_O_jOWlpXfFQ7GMeZDAdLiO947aArUFCWnv4R73eROi3fm7YgVKoJdws4TNZFqKRmPnlIFK0pomCKIKM6DMSo5ngQj1cZI_lhc_o-ubd/s1600/090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOmms0hiK3OzydDqMe-5OGqY0j9BousyOH_Sl_O_jOWlpXfFQ7GMeZDAdLiO947aArUFCWnv4R73eROi3fm7YgVKoJdws4TNZFqKRmPnlIFK0pomCKIKM6DMSo5ngQj1cZI_lhc_o-ubd/s320/090.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I folded the strip exactly in half...</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkD41KP-ZoggxfOT479KE6kfUxNWQpNxPosK3iCwuvLiBRyUn7AT1uJUBJgHYIK2KtT1VM4WS02s_wyZLR-PBtlkHHvCfr1ct0UxW9oDPe7_bomrZaypRASMAf2H5ugyV3HyeqSlYvD6gC/s1600/091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkD41KP-ZoggxfOT479KE6kfUxNWQpNxPosK3iCwuvLiBRyUn7AT1uJUBJgHYIK2KtT1VM4WS02s_wyZLR-PBtlkHHvCfr1ct0UxW9oDPe7_bomrZaypRASMAf2H5ugyV3HyeqSlYvD6gC/s320/091.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;...and then folded the two ends inwards to create a heart shape.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfNhs4LmyG6bd4D5BvRaIyAeuU2e-8Qem-QDHLRTX-9sxnIMqzHIaeGN0_J0vAqGCtLRg8mqfraqngs5Tqzfk__EGrPT2lFfcJ4rLM0SaNzb-I-c75hMvq95_pnhWzv-LY8E4vzkUYITy/s1600/092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfNhs4LmyG6bd4D5BvRaIyAeuU2e-8Qem-QDHLRTX-9sxnIMqzHIaeGN0_J0vAqGCtLRg8mqfraqngs5Tqzfk__EGrPT2lFfcJ4rLM0SaNzb-I-c75hMvq95_pnhWzv-LY8E4vzkUYITy/s320/092.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The two ends were then&nbsp;stapled together.&nbsp; If your heart is a bit big, cut the ends off and re-staple until you get the right size.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnc3p5Amz7pfARsbZ5eMNqb9uH6O0wVFBv8iHDR_ip0k6SKI_BPpVQegBG-mFg_QEY7g_pp3L7P5yEJ8h6lfmEsIDFWWIBvYvI32eZFkgGpdtFVelM_pxotIgF_54WMsr36_kmEzcBwDQs/s1600/093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnc3p5Amz7pfARsbZ5eMNqb9uH6O0wVFBv8iHDR_ip0k6SKI_BPpVQegBG-mFg_QEY7g_pp3L7P5yEJ8h6lfmEsIDFWWIBvYvI32eZFkgGpdtFVelM_pxotIgF_54WMsr36_kmEzcBwDQs/s320/093.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I then made a batch of playdough to use as the base.&nbsp; Usually I use only cooked playdough as I find it has a better texture, but as this was only being used as a base, I used non-cooked.&nbsp; I was pleasantly surprised how good the non-cook recipe I found <a href="http://www.thefabulousmomsguide.com/2012/05/how-to-make-play-dough-play-doh-3/">here</a> was and will definitely be using it again in the future.&nbsp; The dough was so soft and pliable it was almost a shame to use it on this activity!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> The dough was then rolled out so it was large enough to accommodate the heart template.&nbsp; I then removed the template and the children printed their hand into the dough (forgot to take a photo!!), the harder they press, the better the end result.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvmQpkyhNHrMCxARHz60C3s9xejKPw-tBvP9h7Tt0zBazmOliA-7PYxiZZaADR3BNZIH1VF906UcVfPJ7GNp2ci9suoxpC1pEG-yEGEgZx2K05cpAjwp3Ezl3p0l00gCbueQL_6ELVBg-/s1600/94.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvmQpkyhNHrMCxARHz60C3s9xejKPw-tBvP9h7Tt0zBazmOliA-7PYxiZZaADR3BNZIH1VF906UcVfPJ7GNp2ci9suoxpC1pEG-yEGEgZx2K05cpAjwp3Ezl3p0l00gCbueQL_6ELVBg-/s320/94.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The heart template was then repositioned and pushed slightly into the dough, two straws were added, so the&nbsp;finished heart would have holes so it could be hung and the plaster-of-paris was added.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVI0D3F1q5qrwqQ6VY45kfkg63Wh1-YFUErZjkc3kDiSCkUD76ePDlSOfrfRjFBZKBgl-SiTZSG0o0YOg5fm0ccGytYkbSSxnDidxaS8aMuNGxwWB8iqVjbb9u4y1CpG9abnEYR9chzTN0/s1600/098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVI0D3F1q5qrwqQ6VY45kfkg63Wh1-YFUErZjkc3kDiSCkUD76ePDlSOfrfRjFBZKBgl-SiTZSG0o0YOg5fm0ccGytYkbSSxnDidxaS8aMuNGxwWB8iqVjbb9u4y1CpG9abnEYR9chzTN0/s320/098.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Once the plaster had set, the cardboard template was removed.&nbsp; The plaster then had to be turned over carefully to remove the dough.&nbsp; This was a bit tricky and one did break.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGndwFY-pv9d0syPqKM7WmwAXYUb7qD7DtHhsiDnx-e4qfgddqCpZ4l9j7qBhq8iGqxRm_Ql7gRdVzeQtDvC6HspaCv4XQYXXZ5Rk1U99bivdnXYnqeyykEedbkTnYuwdLQj8pVv_G_O8-/s1600/101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGndwFY-pv9d0syPqKM7WmwAXYUb7qD7DtHhsiDnx-e4qfgddqCpZ4l9j7qBhq8iGqxRm_Ql7gRdVzeQtDvC6HspaCv4XQYXXZ5Rk1U99bivdnXYnqeyykEedbkTnYuwdLQj8pVv_G_O8-/s320/101.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;At this point the hand print looks quite untidy, but if you rub gently over with a damp cloth, you can remove the remaining playdough and smooth the plaster-of-paris.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sa9w_hTa7pFgKaladEroYlsl8DAO8jqGcjfYFHgV6XmWyMMZrfTjWZHR7z6C8tiHRW-NDe9d6-BpVTmMbOBvfHQ8I2jmSIQfOZTCay_pLo1wCEp3n84K2mMTSjZ6e0P0xPkPfoABmDqp/s1600/200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sa9w_hTa7pFgKaladEroYlsl8DAO8jqGcjfYFHgV6XmWyMMZrfTjWZHR7z6C8tiHRW-NDe9d6-BpVTmMbOBvfHQ8I2jmSIQfOZTCay_pLo1wCEp3n84K2mMTSjZ6e0P0xPkPfoABmDqp/s320/200.JPG" width="213" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="goog_1440878919"></span><span id="goog_1440878920">I'm really pleased with how these look so far.&nbsp; I can't make up my mind whether to get the children to paint them or leave them as they are.&nbsp; I'll add more photos when I've decided!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Hopefully the parents will love them.</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-33615778369528846872013-11-09T18:22:00.001+00:002013-11-09T18:23:32.008+00:00Diwali Hand Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtivyF7LXek-K7APRpRua8rQxQC_K2J2l-IBg3foqXRm-pU_15casyEl5g0Fpf14EL_IR6bbgecBKD-b25YKC1opV1zs74Tg2aV2ebNnn2oNiKdTkSZtg795vmpzPtqKDJptCWe5ZYXoja/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtivyF7LXek-K7APRpRua8rQxQC_K2J2l-IBg3foqXRm-pU_15casyEl5g0Fpf14EL_IR6bbgecBKD-b25YKC1opV1zs74Tg2aV2ebNnn2oNiKdTkSZtg795vmpzPtqKDJptCWe5ZYXoja/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We don't do that many template activities, but when I saw this one last year on Sarah Dean's childminding Facebook page, I thought it was a nice simple activity to do with little ones, which would provide the opportunity to talk about different celebrations while they created.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> We were looking at Diwali and hand art is often&nbsp;created as part of the celebrations.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBdvN73pdQrEWC8AK1DwWrR-q7D8RfUJmBJI5e4FKjCOcMdX0PW9UICsjhLW5BeVFC5yq8zPRczbhNJ0oi6pMVjUNQob97ZHXcmIzay9uGrbT40tKRtKodDqlssL53GJWBmq1Ml_nLnVi/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBdvN73pdQrEWC8AK1DwWrR-q7D8RfUJmBJI5e4FKjCOcMdX0PW9UICsjhLW5BeVFC5yq8zPRczbhNJ0oi6pMVjUNQob97ZHXcmIzay9uGrbT40tKRtKodDqlssL53GJWBmq1Ml_nLnVi/s320/037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;One difference I made was to use a variety of coloured cards to reflect different skin tones (if I'd been more organised I would have liked to have had a greater range, but had to make do with what was in the cupboard) as I had been reading recently that it is important to draw children's attention to differences and discuss them, rather than just providing a multi-cultural environment and leaving children to come to their own conclusions.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWK1K7u39Qw1Cdq4bls8j4Nxi_K1ltjNVOHyZe_3atda4smv0tyCt-Mpv6Ddl4-dfnuLNpHiktb9C4ZphCwXGySJWkSc_MltTVbNEXzBN5pDc2i9HYFCDA7-VTsvX7rw8DzXURYVFsSrV/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWK1K7u39Qw1Cdq4bls8j4Nxi_K1ltjNVOHyZe_3atda4smv0tyCt-Mpv6Ddl4-dfnuLNpHiktb9C4ZphCwXGySJWkSc_MltTVbNEXzBN5pDc2i9HYFCDA7-VTsvX7rw8DzXURYVFsSrV/s320/039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I also downloaded some images of hand-art to help the children understand what we were going to have a go at creating.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_oc08DuZ180qqaeRtjv2sf0NHMryACnWOJUO7RvskYX4ufibLq6fz48BVw0VYmDASl6avWKYTQ1hnsh2nkem6eFNx0a8XeFXjyVg3SSrFgg9iTkvULocVCTTTbeFnqagQMpxouT0COvC/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_oc08DuZ180qqaeRtjv2sf0NHMryACnWOJUO7RvskYX4ufibLq6fz48BVw0VYmDASl6avWKYTQ1hnsh2nkem6eFNx0a8XeFXjyVg3SSrFgg9iTkvULocVCTTTbeFnqagQMpxouT0COvC/s320/040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I provided glitter glue and sequins for the children.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2eJREq6xFYUm8NmaXXVS8KqtK1o6aYZCyBsyuTfwDSdR433gu_xLiiU6pkMpN8rTvNbB1iv_XO2X55gyL1QLWio3BSgIeoOBVT4eXDe9kj39-ilaiFY7S9FXp1AtBIkQklEC_Thyphenhyphenp9h5/s1600/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2eJREq6xFYUm8NmaXXVS8KqtK1o6aYZCyBsyuTfwDSdR433gu_xLiiU6pkMpN8rTvNbB1iv_XO2X55gyL1QLWio3BSgIeoOBVT4eXDe9kj39-ilaiFY7S9FXp1AtBIkQklEC_Thyphenhyphenp9h5/s320/048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;As they created, we talked about how we could create different patterns and shapes with the glue.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7W_sTt-nZmXEohAJtT0QeQ3f3D7kKPR2nNCyH3pFNyaAGktP2O7iypK3EVNrlT8vcTIUUd0M8hg2WAhFRDNRwGmqPKBzVNu65QFeBKgdkpE5iusfLSB6MsDcYNH7Gtt1ka4x69Vn_vUD3/s1600/049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7W_sTt-nZmXEohAJtT0QeQ3f3D7kKPR2nNCyH3pFNyaAGktP2O7iypK3EVNrlT8vcTIUUd0M8hg2WAhFRDNRwGmqPKBzVNu65QFeBKgdkpE5iusfLSB6MsDcYNH7Gtt1ka4x69Vn_vUD3/s320/049.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;For the younger ones, it provided an opportunity for them to strengthen their muscles and develop perseverance as it took a bit of practise to get the glue to come out.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajkO-EZkgSR7hPO7n3v5W6YkuJwlZKKpSfI73hTQGTlDtKCWXSNIDPmPf2dCmkjnda1zvTp0KFuV2MF9WxDHo7VdRz1BpDnAfhIGUWtsdoe4x6t0zU_Hldbpaskv8PIzfgcSzUwPlT29J/s1600/051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajkO-EZkgSR7hPO7n3v5W6YkuJwlZKKpSfI73hTQGTlDtKCWXSNIDPmPf2dCmkjnda1zvTp0KFuV2MF9WxDHo7VdRz1BpDnAfhIGUWtsdoe4x6t0zU_Hldbpaskv8PIzfgcSzUwPlT29J/s320/051.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Some of their finished pieces :-)</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Links to EYFS:</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Communication and Language - listening and attention</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Physical Development - moving and handling</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Understanding the World - people and communities</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Characteristics of Effective Learning:</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Active Learning - keep on trying</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-35410235608730174912013-11-09T07:32:00.001+00:002013-11-09T07:34:26.820+00:00Doilie Fireworks!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KSaFM9i4X9x7Wwe6_57ghK-LXR47U85oMtX4QTrTytG5z5Q7kKOIPrPWixCSGyLhS6WneE9O3LheCOvxXaHUUcMU9ph8WsyK0dd-L9PgGMqmrOKKn6gMWerB_KNakLUJADnGHXis36dE/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Doilie fireworks - these ended up looking pretty good even though the activity didn't quite go as planned!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1DqrFQQl1AUJ7y1T3_ARMvNyncQy_bCw2QJcZJ9RJDd1j0tsaw5LU8WxW6R70XUamtFqFLFf6kNwYp4JNj_AEjOxA7Ca-ATPeCfaagOLKAEskDbW1T4urJ9iltIv3oQhUfZP3mih-rIS/s1600/2.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1DqrFQQl1AUJ7y1T3_ARMvNyncQy_bCw2QJcZJ9RJDd1j0tsaw5LU8WxW6R70XUamtFqFLFf6kNwYp4JNj_AEjOxA7Ca-ATPeCfaagOLKAEskDbW1T4urJ9iltIv3oQhUfZP3mih-rIS/s320/2.5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I'd seen an idea on the internet where they created firework-like patterns by painting through doilies.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The advice was to get doilies with cut-outs around the centre, so they would look like fireworks.&nbsp; I managed to source some on the internet, had a quick go myself and they looked quite authentic.&nbsp; Usually I'm pretty through with my testing, but not this time!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfM4qw5yHmtUvpOmxsmUxJ6ttVp_wpKDXqGZwgJjphOGEdcOrplL6vT4GRAKsUDBjQKRzow_b56CkxHxKMvn9pVJjDFSuwZH6SimGfMSxDmMrdibnTE33zeEOWQQHANWiEiJfN-vdMa0H8/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfM4qw5yHmtUvpOmxsmUxJ6ttVp_wpKDXqGZwgJjphOGEdcOrplL6vT4GRAKsUDBjQKRzow_b56CkxHxKMvn9pVJjDFSuwZH6SimGfMSxDmMrdibnTE33zeEOWQQHANWiEiJfN-vdMa0H8/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;When the children had a go, things didn't quite go to plan.&nbsp; They struggled to paint through the doilies without them moving and also to get quite an even coating of paint.&nbsp; The best one looked like this....</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHN8JmmFkeUaq_San5f1CnD-awn8RshCn4svjzi12dIOVGcbJFDldo0D6h4llNQy0f7VlQvF5L0GDysvk5MQ-E9kkUMkdEANIr4aVdax3YCtyjkAtDXMkYiW-Sy2fcHIqW51GWhnIdx4W/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHN8JmmFkeUaq_San5f1CnD-awn8RshCn4svjzi12dIOVGcbJFDldo0D6h4llNQy0f7VlQvF5L0GDysvk5MQ-E9kkUMkdEANIr4aVdax3YCtyjkAtDXMkYiW-Sy2fcHIqW51GWhnIdx4W/s320/3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;...but mainly they looked like this!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39DxaPAI2gGnw0V8Cpu5KTMgHpsWVO6wl-gALeqzew4-St03B4U_zmFW0_6gZjtt1KgILn9lA_IPVCF1O37EH9IPRH0at7QgvjMieKKBL0KlekfAB1YEBlntcjgBkcSAFLTXeRiChicpJ/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39DxaPAI2gGnw0V8Cpu5KTMgHpsWVO6wl-gALeqzew4-St03B4U_zmFW0_6gZjtt1KgILn9lA_IPVCF1O37EH9IPRH0at7QgvjMieKKBL0KlekfAB1YEBlntcjgBkcSAFLTXeRiChicpJ/s320/005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Quick change of plan and we opted for painting and glittering the doilies and sticking them on our paper.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ezx6s_OT-daPzI3dT_wOWp8kv5d1U7kjQosnv1hhGUkXi32sVRfZOFCxKIdaskYr1sxUsiSp5P4J2EemeG7Pn5Du1rb-G80tzEaoDjOcIbetMY4o1J6x8r0qlkqX4SmG6nYiAZBxtqgg/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ezx6s_OT-daPzI3dT_wOWp8kv5d1U7kjQosnv1hhGUkXi32sVRfZOFCxKIdaskYr1sxUsiSp5P4J2EemeG7Pn5Du1rb-G80tzEaoDjOcIbetMY4o1J6x8r0qlkqX4SmG6nYiAZBxtqgg/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFwu0LglLI1S6gGvGJcjtlQNx2fPeNnTMICTgRrQZW3ribjzGanX_VpkVLbJ8j-ksXh_O-nz1SkRNSvBmBTNRYJAAr9kjcVh5MgfzZs0AhtUAh9DrAs1yY4HJQ6UuUqKIuBoC8lLyYCwu/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFwu0LglLI1S6gGvGJcjtlQNx2fPeNnTMICTgRrQZW3ribjzGanX_VpkVLbJ8j-ksXh_O-nz1SkRNSvBmBTNRYJAAr9kjcVh5MgfzZs0AhtUAh9DrAs1yY4HJQ6UuUqKIuBoC8lLyYCwu/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Lots and lots of glitter of course!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYAUp0WV-phea6E0rj-6JSSU89TCEkRsanjQKFeG9kwoYLrbuVfsJsYc6Of44fvgki5FwsPbAC08ribb0cNBAomv8vHH7ziYxp2DP8_USAEValI5OQRgaTZKOLdTC2MaPxyV-Z6Dy3Eaq/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYAUp0WV-phea6E0rj-6JSSU89TCEkRsanjQKFeG9kwoYLrbuVfsJsYc6Of44fvgki5FwsPbAC08ribb0cNBAomv8vHH7ziYxp2DP8_USAEValI5OQRgaTZKOLdTC2MaPxyV-Z6Dy3Eaq/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDf_CBCDw9v3Kwnb1vJ5LWqPbLhzGOeH2Q55-HTB2v3b4T7nmg_Csc0D0OhaXDzCwLbFr8CTjwlvyGdAHZcZD_GngkvP4yl71rzuUx-J614rTTT71IMLxb7MvgqrIn1jsbzkZt60E-JYJ/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDf_CBCDw9v3Kwnb1vJ5LWqPbLhzGOeH2Q55-HTB2v3b4T7nmg_Csc0D0OhaXDzCwLbFr8CTjwlvyGdAHZcZD_GngkvP4yl71rzuUx-J614rTTT71IMLxb7MvgqrIn1jsbzkZt60E-JYJ/s320/023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I think they looked pretty good!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I'd brought more expensive doilies and also some cheaper ones from the pound shop for the very little ones.&nbsp; My advice, stick with the cheaper ones, these worked the best.</div> Links to EYFS:<br /> Communication and Language - listening and attention<br /> Communication and Language - understanding<br /> Physical Development - moving and handling<br /> Understanding the World - people and communities<br /> <br /> This activity also supported the Characteristic of Effective Learning: Active Learning - Keep on trying, persisting with an activity when challenges occur.Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-49341124881113688572013-10-29T21:07:00.000+00:002013-10-29T21:07:20.654+00:00Halloween Round-up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHBVXsfUBW_c6pA0rZvUVFg9Qf2kwaK3ruJ4dLxcdd5h6cdbAgcaLTa1aQNjbJ8mFv4dxxkY0NvJT0Rut_t_VHi2elmtejwLECt3FN8AcWuprGcuFRjKCET137qu9gYAcwVIkHSnFgxoI/s1600/99.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHBVXsfUBW_c6pA0rZvUVFg9Qf2kwaK3ruJ4dLxcdd5h6cdbAgcaLTa1aQNjbJ8mFv4dxxkY0NvJT0Rut_t_VHi2elmtejwLECt3FN8AcWuprGcuFRjKCET137qu9gYAcwVIkHSnFgxoI/s320/99.JPG" width="213" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Here's some of the activities the little ones have been busy with over the last week or so.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcdEq4cBKCWFAUtAgBVsZaW8joXY0xC5SjJf1S6y425y-soNK2YxH5m4Eo9WPKqudbnO54_-tX2xztTb1-9nJ4a4KeFg6_FFYi9P9StkZ0TqCUQ2BbCRW8w_K3JvCRKR-BHRs2aguQ2Pn/s1600/100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcdEq4cBKCWFAUtAgBVsZaW8joXY0xC5SjJf1S6y425y-soNK2YxH5m4Eo9WPKqudbnO54_-tX2xztTb1-9nJ4a4KeFg6_FFYi9P9StkZ0TqCUQ2BbCRW8w_K3JvCRKR-BHRs2aguQ2Pn/s320/100.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;First up is playdough monsters!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I have a little lady who just loves playdough, so this tied in nicely with her interest.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoKY53rk-A7BT9B3lDeFB-6XgBPPpSxtaInlepP8B3RqLa35xT_Wsp2-JRxM2Q_iLlXP7KIvGx2_7RoUexDHwr6vABPAlcPXjKkWAg-8nYhbtp4elL_2Kpm5XMKZPQgS7wAVSbvsRjKTM/s1600/101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoKY53rk-A7BT9B3lDeFB-6XgBPPpSxtaInlepP8B3RqLa35xT_Wsp2-JRxM2Q_iLlXP7KIvGx2_7RoUexDHwr6vABPAlcPXjKkWAg-8nYhbtp4elL_2Kpm5XMKZPQgS7wAVSbvsRjKTM/s320/101.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I provided the children with an assortment of resources and they created their own unique monsters.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivP-Gasr05dXoezDkb_9Vt9Mr1hWRJyT4-dSqf_1EIeSBZpHGVNBxGlhXWxcNG6Uw6_cQxWwzF6QBeElvlpNe5VWfWp_1sGqcgm8BOcTSsQVHB87RVmfPQwLP-3a74XrRoMzw6roFgpw53/s1600/103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivP-Gasr05dXoezDkb_9Vt9Mr1hWRJyT4-dSqf_1EIeSBZpHGVNBxGlhXWxcNG6Uw6_cQxWwzF6QBeElvlpNe5VWfWp_1sGqcgm8BOcTSsQVHB87RVmfPQwLP-3a74XrRoMzw6roFgpw53/s320/103.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfKzy6q-T9n32FqMt8CULoWSep1-zrDg4z-xXcvtL9lI0jBK3VRHYzKqtR0FbqF9UTsGvXs1eE4NwOpQtQLFlaKJsVL_gzH8S5thf5gtmiWDogluSJf4etwCFpt0lTkcYRq3FNgdDTExH/s1600/104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfKzy6q-T9n32FqMt8CULoWSep1-zrDg4z-xXcvtL9lI0jBK3VRHYzKqtR0FbqF9UTsGvXs1eE4NwOpQtQLFlaKJsVL_gzH8S5thf5gtmiWDogluSJf4etwCFpt0lTkcYRq3FNgdDTExH/s320/104.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;E had a go at creating....</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHhqCSY4mbQFgLLwJ0_UKuRjoqhgyi16jxeP0vM_dTICZXixjyYAJuqTZ7WnEafMpBrZC9QXUDzYeYi-add_5G6r-2McQeTUsf_uGnOE9oUI2_y2iT5Ni0mmOBtCMx5AH7CTKzG2eV3QN/s1600/106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHhqCSY4mbQFgLLwJ0_UKuRjoqhgyi16jxeP0vM_dTICZXixjyYAJuqTZ7WnEafMpBrZC9QXUDzYeYi-add_5G6r-2McQeTUsf_uGnOE9oUI2_y2iT5Ni0mmOBtCMx5AH7CTKzG2eV3QN/s320/106.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;...however she really seemed to like pulling them apart!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZartiWFYOlLvDgXE7L2mOJH40ZI0Gg_PGI1TVArVDWEToUlO88PMNoc0u59oUFTPEJXNslieyxBrT5wrT1VAmqznT-dxCoZcNNlPYWHpVVpam3Klaj-tYBtlAjopKs5jpIstYc9zLEqi/s1600/107.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPeZ5b33kAfJ3Enqg2lsH6rwlMyLUMUEci3ABDZ2pdRuPHXau7IXdjVmdvr9yi2AIRspN-kAWMuCVBUSn9QBTkaX5q4gcxBjN017xZHrI0ztrBJgojklR1TH5WFoNC9QdSZ1tScFyFk2Q/s1600/114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPeZ5b33kAfJ3Enqg2lsH6rwlMyLUMUEci3ABDZ2pdRuPHXau7IXdjVmdvr9yi2AIRspN-kAWMuCVBUSn9QBTkaX5q4gcxBjN017xZHrI0ztrBJgojklR1TH5WFoNC9QdSZ1tScFyFk2Q/s320/114.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We've also had lentils out over the last week - messy, but lots of fun!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGFy4gjlstD8AQa1AX5JyzSCed7sKKSL1dHAkZcQjZyLNeXu_B3zUMOrASWa5Dm3WS96LvYYS95_93r7s0K58m6G-BdzyyMhkWDTjolVJKPC6SPBefuuhEKTtXNOkiotMMK6sqC4tsJ7V/s1600/115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIO72yGfaQiaCLzyLlxSeTQ6yoArmHLU4zs4Dtsx7CnifNvHFqLaOsmvFLPMSmzAD8upkC0NNyU70wFnXGi18E_33oBIPIR-UA4kgYyaVPunuiKg8q48CQcCD1RoBD49mz5E_5bk6ZKsS/s1600/125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIO72yGfaQiaCLzyLlxSeTQ6yoArmHLU4zs4Dtsx7CnifNvHFqLaOsmvFLPMSmzAD8upkC0NNyU70wFnXGi18E_33oBIPIR-UA4kgYyaVPunuiKg8q48CQcCD1RoBD49mz5E_5bk6ZKsS/s320/125.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;E wasn't interested in the little containers.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUbCmLqdDNrtSiErqw2TnzHmTldCchwJ0Md52_7RzG3QUYwwvGHmoVp7c0h8TlBEw6NUZmNRgIqn8xI1nfIilOUObI9iyjsSTXpvIc3IwHLsg-ciNlIALQZypk-WGeZfZlE1-hJQpR6qF/s1600/126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wzrBDt-yXrxyGqze0M-V7_2XTQzF9usokibMATQJb7_0imBmwdGRpa-pHkHhW5u7_HC7q3BpDDEwhViEvgE3H6F6ao5FXLmJHdk1i2J5YojP_OHBB9lgs8PuuaozGGsy7pilUwWGGb1T/s320/129.JPG" width="213" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I think they enjoyed this activity as they could do the whole process themselves.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xFTqdXAUBW6Gsgye8vlRPhMrZzNfzsupYC-MXh-qSgFEhdTtrhduldwvx8RW31J8PA2xmQu9Jq6l_Bxf9cxV-hniO-bbD-NLD5SgFQ_XPE2sPzUTt5CV7jtm3k0QRuSMFpDA03znJ9WE/s1600/130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xFTqdXAUBW6Gsgye8vlRPhMrZzNfzsupYC-MXh-qSgFEhdTtrhduldwvx8RW31J8PA2xmQu9Jq6l_Bxf9cxV-hniO-bbD-NLD5SgFQ_XPE2sPzUTt5CV7jtm3k0QRuSMFpDA03znJ9WE/s320/130.JPG" width="213" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We've also visited the woods to join in with the Halloween treasure hunt.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NqnOFDN3AesRIp9Wi6otV-LVJliPXsq5Shzy_MYghI3Q8DA1-zKoRnLTW2xJ8JEuh_0mchP5qJ0n_5wSzllk1hChjoAYA_ndp5tcUDJQOgZoMKnK3gmjxcZtaB9uT7yIdw734J8NaAiw/s1600/131.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NqnOFDN3AesRIp9Wi6otV-LVJliPXsq5Shzy_MYghI3Q8DA1-zKoRnLTW2xJ8JEuh_0mchP5qJ0n_5wSzllk1hChjoAYA_ndp5tcUDJQOgZoMKnK3gmjxcZtaB9uT7yIdw734J8NaAiw/s320/131.5.JPG" width="213" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1Zr8la-FEodOzJ_AOXJcD-ac4W_qA_epLPFADzICb4PVnmfZiwWCvfVMVtZZQ4bLIiIxNp3qfnePBVuKFTJmwwDL3reZmolp1X57LpeUaau0_9Zr5XIQeaP45hOj8eL8ktjkYg8GbubK/s1600/131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Oh, and this was another one the children loved, <strike>snowflakes </strike>spiders webs!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3C_D0GK_Q7zzkmZS04oJWUpR19TZkuHhQqa4KR7itfklAMe9x8HWVUmlJ7m4a10Pck3OVzQ-g66AJ2hL_POzpmtmfqn2MyFPGPjsjMrQsbSsEeUMCtSYLVOsrEyUJMFI7n_-M2bQD52t/s1600/132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3C_D0GK_Q7zzkmZS04oJWUpR19TZkuHhQqa4KR7itfklAMe9x8HWVUmlJ7m4a10Pck3OVzQ-g66AJ2hL_POzpmtmfqn2MyFPGPjsjMrQsbSsEeUMCtSYLVOsrEyUJMFI7n_-M2bQD52t/s320/132.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;That just leaves their glow-in-the-dark pumpkins to share.&nbsp; They look really effective in the dark, unfortunately it doesn't show up on camera.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMftp26UvLLR6BIVJvAzu3_8QsWF-Wb0-FwN8lPn0OoVvur19wrUhMcn8mRxPth4prymj2FOf2fnaAYsIltUgh7KTVPIaOaefyvNjIzeDMJ5erRg2VpAtNKJDTtceoYfj-Vfs9DhHpw7y/s1600/137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMftp26UvLLR6BIVJvAzu3_8QsWF-Wb0-FwN8lPn0OoVvur19wrUhMcn8mRxPth4prymj2FOf2fnaAYsIltUgh7KTVPIaOaefyvNjIzeDMJ5erRg2VpAtNKJDTtceoYfj-Vfs9DhHpw7y/s320/137.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> We've scooped out the insides of the pumpkins we grew in the garden (when we used the hand drills) but we've got our big pumpkins to do tomorrow.&nbsp; We're also going to try roasting the pumpkin seeds.</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-2643915163523486482013-10-23T21:05:00.001+01:002013-10-23T21:05:44.851+01:00Spiders and Tweezers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCG6lxPmStbp8vrtMo8sgRoeOTPcbxMUXeWXrg_DbcI_rin1thf4kNZUuF4T1VqZqSlqI_AbFNh7TrCjJjABXb-9KSbJePnNk9FR7F35STEnHgP1BHoBpp6UtSpfD8kCub2ahAndp7czs/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCG6lxPmStbp8vrtMo8sgRoeOTPcbxMUXeWXrg_DbcI_rin1thf4kNZUuF4T1VqZqSlqI_AbFNh7TrCjJjABXb-9KSbJePnNk9FR7F35STEnHgP1BHoBpp6UtSpfD8kCub2ahAndp7czs/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Here's one of the Halloween themed activities I set up for the children this week.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1llanGjBom2yRS0xzWb93LLhB6SPGi8V68e5bWpkvv7hMm0_Wa8UEQ2t_E4zcRyV79Q-zkSy9lsyLbrbngfLxAMjHVsKTKR6hM7Y3gJVgTS3f8RkoYEb63-jwACsPazpcXtgueOLqMFg/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1llanGjBom2yRS0xzWb93LLhB6SPGi8V68e5bWpkvv7hMm0_Wa8UEQ2t_E4zcRyV79Q-zkSy9lsyLbrbngfLxAMjHVsKTKR6hM7Y3gJVgTS3f8RkoYEb63-jwACsPazpcXtgueOLqMFg/s320/5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The idea is that the children use the tongs to collect the spiders in the buckets.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBfN7hJW4bTAejJWN_365CidmiFRcXiClskqnRBYcNA4q72q9t2iPoJvAVr_vvGrcXr-LQpcpKQiTYed33QQLXIhbjlGpYW6rfvwCSj1FB3_SHyh24Ggyef39s10YljfwORF6EMrpdVO6/s1600/9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBfN7hJW4bTAejJWN_365CidmiFRcXiClskqnRBYcNA4q72q9t2iPoJvAVr_vvGrcXr-LQpcpKQiTYed33QQLXIhbjlGpYW6rfvwCSj1FB3_SHyh24Ggyef39s10YljfwORF6EMrpdVO6/s320/9.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;This supports the children's development by helping to strengthen fingers muscles ready for writing and other small motor tasks.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gq7BoRjHnDYrqg-hCNgRDNwoMIViG7z6p9q8Sv4qpJdELlTqZA3qt6L1-37axd0ZViH8U55rpSOospy9x3yolSjk7jtWFCytbbUdCU3615pF1CPDaey74EszKakXgqh7GgtmSvX_jmun/s1600/11.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gq7BoRjHnDYrqg-hCNgRDNwoMIViG7z6p9q8Sv4qpJdELlTqZA3qt6L1-37axd0ZViH8U55rpSOospy9x3yolSjk7jtWFCytbbUdCU3615pF1CPDaey74EszKakXgqh7GgtmSvX_jmun/s320/11.5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I had two keen spider hunters who worked hard to collect all the spiders!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhurh5BWA3sTqawwTsPEPUmqNr_ADg0nt_6oYWpbUA5W26hMdYSoWjHfyEZje8weqYgM86QKCe_QV3b_0z7ph4wEVZX_5EAzZHesgK4_Qn4gkubpcIqzTF35KFgYlQX8NNJ8WCh9Uyb_8Mi/s1600/13.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhurh5BWA3sTqawwTsPEPUmqNr_ADg0nt_6oYWpbUA5W26hMdYSoWjHfyEZje8weqYgM86QKCe_QV3b_0z7ph4wEVZX_5EAzZHesgK4_Qn4gkubpcIqzTF35KFgYlQX8NNJ8WCh9Uyb_8Mi/s320/13.5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZpYobYsYJRYC9z8TGqkFMj6xTUzDy4RSGwUP9vl_XrDxqBb6WFVqlnqaglOrZqU1qmXzhSwnICs7Ry0TiIWGZ-HxKpRUxFoJWue0KtPLZ5feGNhGJvMHX4VnEKj4BFXZP7uO2016e-U2/s1600/13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZpYobYsYJRYC9z8TGqkFMj6xTUzDy4RSGwUP9vl_XrDxqBb6WFVqlnqaglOrZqU1qmXzhSwnICs7Ry0TiIWGZ-HxKpRUxFoJWue0KtPLZ5feGNhGJvMHX4VnEKj4BFXZP7uO2016e-U2/s320/13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;E struggled a bit with the tweezers...</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrx-42y3CkXSgzKtAZ2LA2IPFC1fuZ_Puzw2Mym-zIRXileVWew614qgzXm4e7LChUYPlu2T1mBFyC0UMHMpQ69czLn_StJNkJOvds1DZrwTZDkjBoItLSlXpcjXlJErAjbhyUNHq4Kpl/s1600/14.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrx-42y3CkXSgzKtAZ2LA2IPFC1fuZ_Puzw2Mym-zIRXileVWew614qgzXm4e7LChUYPlu2T1mBFyC0UMHMpQ69czLn_StJNkJOvds1DZrwTZDkjBoItLSlXpcjXlJErAjbhyUNHq4Kpl/s320/14.5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;..and opted to just use her hands!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxf7aIEH2ffwjiKbykLYDxKMg6Cs8jdc_GppY1z4tb8auGtQiNY-FbLqd9iH-C7grZdE3UTadujh6HwSNAPM5xP-frKljWXRRz821RSgL3rwHdbuSYULIuJuDXWXaQSsP4TS8uRQV0y3HT/s1600/14.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxf7aIEH2ffwjiKbykLYDxKMg6Cs8jdc_GppY1z4tb8auGtQiNY-FbLqd9iH-C7grZdE3UTadujh6HwSNAPM5xP-frKljWXRRz821RSgL3rwHdbuSYULIuJuDXWXaQSsP4TS8uRQV0y3HT/s320/14.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Exploring her current fascination with tipping various objects back and forth between containers!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqnKbMCZrdYTCEU2nBHoGczPUFKsvGTy_UPTfYCdD1JfuOloPCfGoOWPdCqFWLOoffxX5QEQXR0vKuud6EsvjjmEL_z7oQHfm6sMkvH1B55O8kQS_AOWwtUx378xtn1oBcWzu0gP-ZIKM/s1600/15.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqnKbMCZrdYTCEU2nBHoGczPUFKsvGTy_UPTfYCdD1JfuOloPCfGoOWPdCqFWLOoffxX5QEQXR0vKuud6EsvjjmEL_z7oQHfm6sMkvH1B55O8kQS_AOWwtUx378xtn1oBcWzu0gP-ZIKM/s320/15.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh539-Qu0vypjKVi9jtI9bOzJS5DH_KBoSW6atbBCZjGqi9yibnQxQCAIoDn9Ja7UQPCLhKLK8Ol-LBF9KFV1IzZN9jkZjUZY2cPmOqXK3-f5usxUraPdg5g-k_VXZydrEj_FhKsqJ9lpxH/s1600/16+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh539-Qu0vypjKVi9jtI9bOzJS5DH_KBoSW6atbBCZjGqi9yibnQxQCAIoDn9Ja7UQPCLhKLK8Ol-LBF9KFV1IzZN9jkZjUZY2cPmOqXK3-f5usxUraPdg5g-k_VXZydrEj_FhKsqJ9lpxH/s320/16+(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;But then shock, horror!&nbsp; The children made a frightening discovery!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFnOo37F3mww8aX_c5vF4qnjLjmEHo7_Yi9tdAWNa2V-pb4-7C4f7L_pBbBdtw52ToImZLgKe3k0dh3B0mnmbkzEcVYzKj1LwjPzeLwhK0oylYW-pAZirfjU8mUK9gFEdnaL0I5y4kiND/s1600/16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFnOo37F3mww8aX_c5vF4qnjLjmEHo7_Yi9tdAWNa2V-pb4-7C4f7L_pBbBdtw52ToImZLgKe3k0dh3B0mnmbkzEcVYzKj1LwjPzeLwhK0oylYW-pAZirfjU8mUK9gFEdnaL0I5y4kiND/s320/16.JPG" width="320" /></a>&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;All the spiders had escaped!!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Obviously they hadn't really.&nbsp; I&nbsp;had extended&nbsp;the activity by hiding the spiders around the lounge for the children to find.&nbsp; The idea being that those little fingers would get a really good work-out keeping the tweezers squeezed shut as they carried the spiders from the lounge back to the basket.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JCLJnw53Pk3hSlPEXLxytEMMGk456S4NHm4UID8L189Yfdqjhx20Ye-Q3liJv2ICVsF_Iut-fgbSAFq5rNpPCzIyLj1SJRKX79wNEl3O2iaxVcTLHlNV6CLavhiZhOk5KmKRU7xIDK34/s320/112.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> The children have been busy creating some fantastic autumn collages.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgW7b6QoBIb_YsrvbnN5FWBQ0Duv16cGv5bw8cLcSzgOvkgGk4KW-Qn7_7riHD-5Fyf88B9OX9w06V426nwbyTFI7TUog8isNXcZKVHd3f5WvkgwEeCC2HY82B7OBVm5e2TumBYaVEOLL/s1600/074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgW7b6QoBIb_YsrvbnN5FWBQ0Duv16cGv5bw8cLcSzgOvkgGk4KW-Qn7_7riHD-5Fyf88B9OX9w06V426nwbyTFI7TUog8isNXcZKVHd3f5WvkgwEeCC2HY82B7OBVm5e2TumBYaVEOLL/s320/074.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;This was a totally opened-ended activity with the children free to explore the resources as they wished.&nbsp; I provided paint in autumnal colours and a range of autumn objects they had collected on our walks.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Ka6BDp054SIHN36YVDQCIMnYDzA3Wz5pdnZo4OrdGSR3ucRRY_ktBAgevUepHuUp7BNfsBQDc75meYuQBlEUSIOujv-JjJWJHWHHXCIV0ZQMUbkKLDw2fi5ZHZKjvqCgFlPN3Nc3Kl0f/s1600/076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Ka6BDp054SIHN36YVDQCIMnYDzA3Wz5pdnZo4OrdGSR3ucRRY_ktBAgevUepHuUp7BNfsBQDc75meYuQBlEUSIOujv-JjJWJHWHHXCIV0ZQMUbkKLDw2fi5ZHZKjvqCgFlPN3Nc3Kl0f/s320/076.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;F chose to add lots of red paint to her card first.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdW6VdEuO2ExHgXbv-4OwsYpp4W9RMcXGEIm9GKCOsyqgvHthENgHhyphenhyphenb2ReIsd1rAWakVXNsANBEgzX6SPhDEqTDDLIaQ-vWcdGobC2wcIduMJJOgtXBaEUlXRszPePCHKg1wD3AfqxLV/s1600/080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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With process art, this isn't always evident in the finished piece.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Links to EYFS:</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> &nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Self-confidence and Self-awareness</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Communication and Language:&nbsp; Speaking</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Physical Development:&nbsp; Moving and Handling</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Literacy: Writing</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Expressive Arts and Design: Exploring and Using Media and Materials / Being Imaginative</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JCLJnw53Pk3hSlPEXLxytEMMGk456S4NHm4UID8L189Yfdqjhx20Ye-Q3liJv2ICVsF_Iut-fgbSAFq5rNpPCzIyLj1SJRKX79wNEl3O2iaxVcTLHlNV6CLavhiZhOk5KmKRU7xIDK34/s1600/112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>&nbsp;</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-73570619956716430862013-10-22T21:18:00.000+01:002013-10-22T21:22:25.101+01:00Leaf Glitter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0PF2HoskA4TpcF99c901cNRUkaDjMycaPh52u-uTIVsqRQICPlCxxPC-J1W3hjxSSMzYcYqmC9qQugf6_dk_6xYoqPGIrL6D5VjlKnj8hJi60phyphenhyphenrOG_pTE1fzHc8WfGcjgc6IPm9kZB/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0PF2HoskA4TpcF99c901cNRUkaDjMycaPh52u-uTIVsqRQICPlCxxPC-J1W3hjxSSMzYcYqmC9qQugf6_dk_6xYoqPGIrL6D5VjlKnj8hJi60phyphenhyphenrOG_pTE1fzHc8WfGcjgc6IPm9kZB/s320/039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We found another use for the leaves we have been collecting - leaf glitter!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> To do this we needed the leaves to have really dried out, but we&nbsp;were a bit impatient so put them in the oven for a few minutes until they were nice and crispy.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsczLfjly56KjlwdGo3nLcwaQqGDpo8nyMyUm1nUSRNEmReASoBDqxzlA-l9fVHD2WOioIlIu_wlGQvWzP-2vZvJYGIShIMHmkGYym82ZHNhvH5jRxgIHsT237hFFitUvJw07OFBdq7Nbv/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsczLfjly56KjlwdGo3nLcwaQqGDpo8nyMyUm1nUSRNEmReASoBDqxzlA-l9fVHD2WOioIlIu_wlGQvWzP-2vZvJYGIShIMHmkGYym82ZHNhvH5jRxgIHsT237hFFitUvJw07OFBdq7Nbv/s320/041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The children then set to work scrunching them up into tiny pieces.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEt-EBtdT6yT8KclaWJv9AU-D0alO74jGhr3foAke1DwjCqUUjZHZj8FypOvxHnusunQ_yzNmeyV64nQsqo6BRSixaltAkW9w5brh5m9pj-5vGnvq9TGuDGxlHtmUCAUNS9pieDp_Yjs4W/s1600/043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEt-EBtdT6yT8KclaWJv9AU-D0alO74jGhr3foAke1DwjCqUUjZHZj8FypOvxHnusunQ_yzNmeyV64nQsqo6BRSixaltAkW9w5brh5m9pj-5vGnvq9TGuDGxlHtmUCAUNS9pieDp_Yjs4W/s320/043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We had to take out the stems and veins of the leaves as we scrunched.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FTRPkfZ6NNhX4_Fe72krL3u1j7PgMR9hjh7T01iTaLiCkgt2dxTD4GwZ86R5IJnb1vDwTljP-UU0wya6Zaa4T7ZC2F-blJb5H-5l4_aNPOLQhvs-6MJjX1u5gHAYOyengu3iPLDpn47Z/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FTRPkfZ6NNhX4_Fe72krL3u1j7PgMR9hjh7T01iTaLiCkgt2dxTD4GwZ86R5IJnb1vDwTljP-UU0wya6Zaa4T7ZC2F-blJb5H-5l4_aNPOLQhvs-6MJjX1u5gHAYOyengu3iPLDpn47Z/s320/045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;This was also a good activity to get some scissor practise in as the leaves were really easy to cut.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJvpMky71YrJ9biw99BbprfDJ4FQn8yIlaN5U5g0WUV89bIL9cv-JpQ4PhYXHJUuYa-9VDtK7cxKVa6UcjBJu_py5mAIAgqsVozuFZDX-uVqU5K5ld8vjVtUK5MtCISa4RGIfIddWkD-c1/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjVxlFx5OaShSOjcEbKCEiNjQ-4xoRBsQYWePox7XD5Sz1IPivqzvn5_bxTtIAu8G-ljmo4HFx4Olc3AdH2jMTTvjrCUIgl1tYukdIPVp3UJA19F1xhnnsqETdzagmXTml8297ZOhTr5T/s1600/51.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjVxlFx5OaShSOjcEbKCEiNjQ-4xoRBsQYWePox7XD5Sz1IPivqzvn5_bxTtIAu8G-ljmo4HFx4Olc3AdH2jMTTvjrCUIgl1tYukdIPVp3UJA19F1xhnnsqETdzagmXTml8297ZOhTr5T/s320/51.5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I'd already cut out some leaf templates for the children to decorate with the leaf glitter.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gqC0t2KqYdMxW5sr-kG8qRP23fKeFNBtQrf5XczqMkSEbnOGp_TSvSxq5yGBSUEJfS-h0LDuOvdhDUYUPyF0UotDMuX3pukR0OeBSDBRhlSm-pOPDv6eGLBl326LiDrD1BYVD8d2FqIp/s1600/51.6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gqC0t2KqYdMxW5sr-kG8qRP23fKeFNBtQrf5XczqMkSEbnOGp_TSvSxq5yGBSUEJfS-h0LDuOvdhDUYUPyF0UotDMuX3pukR0OeBSDBRhlSm-pOPDv6eGLBl326LiDrD1BYVD8d2FqIp/s320/51.6.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;&nbsp; I added some brown colouring to the glue so the children would easily be able to see where they had applied it.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelNNTXZqVC01FzQVltFRUKRjVyRyvJJcZD4FIp9b9s-UNxoNTBQst_6A1bvR0QOKhIhVMApX8pXp0kBdVmM4E8S_-o-VhOAOqaXNaf9hYbfi47aE7nu1DDiAQMP8-u7vJv2mK6H146_wA/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelNNTXZqVC01FzQVltFRUKRjVyRyvJJcZD4FIp9b9s-UNxoNTBQst_6A1bvR0QOKhIhVMApX8pXp0kBdVmM4E8S_-o-VhOAOqaXNaf9hYbfi47aE7nu1DDiAQMP8-u7vJv2mK6H146_wA/s320/052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpb0T8bHGWlH17VCuLV1Uii-7UMYvOnLTagsEOr7rEzB7Znof3UG4QWwYbp5H0p5vRqAggdTuUf-ck8tFhnhl9K5P2pNzp7QJBS-ZbHegTEJZNb2jiYpM3vPIKL467sair8OOwBOwD-cj/s320/055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the finished leaves :-(</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18ZXmS92wbIbcEMaTy0jH_51aKcdkURK3-Xni80sMZPI3IQg-AGuzyVHOU0458yKxun9mpCUhfy64nP6gFQywChYAnBLs08FVHeikQA9MGGyHLKA1sY1Sc1DsDo3pV9u1pO-pimMG9lfq/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18ZXmS92wbIbcEMaTy0jH_51aKcdkURK3-Xni80sMZPI3IQg-AGuzyVHOU0458yKxun9mpCUhfy64nP6gFQywChYAnBLs08FVHeikQA9MGGyHLKA1sY1Sc1DsDo3pV9u1pO-pimMG9lfq/s320/059.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;As this was quite a structured activity, I gave the children the opportunity afterwards to freely explore the resources.&nbsp; E randomly added glue to her paper.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEfeHhtM3jpxXmtSGYXsaF9bP6nSDqOPSZn7txnbTN9nYE5JAbzwQjXCd-TQJiGlIglmYsMC2_-zUTmg02JiDzQ6YY967PPAasKt7InMZ5qsaaMfObVsncSyDP7Ft5XtJ07V4RClVs1U7/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEfeHhtM3jpxXmtSGYXsaF9bP6nSDqOPSZn7txnbTN9nYE5JAbzwQjXCd-TQJiGlIglmYsMC2_-zUTmg02JiDzQ6YY967PPAasKt7InMZ5qsaaMfObVsncSyDP7Ft5XtJ07V4RClVs1U7/s320/060.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;F created spirals with the glue, sprinkling the leaf glitter over the top....</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAG1SB5ZrdxuxETqzm2JOumaoLfgZXrZSpueCR0lmVBr5BpigmsmF4ti5KXIdGZ-eaSNveWxFuSZoDyCJ3j4RX9tJHDg7QmBFjoIU1nWaF-gLvvhpHEGaaMHwWPRu9txG_wXgt7wf1VFQJ/s1600/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAG1SB5ZrdxuxETqzm2JOumaoLfgZXrZSpueCR0lmVBr5BpigmsmF4ti5KXIdGZ-eaSNveWxFuSZoDyCJ3j4RX9tJHDg7QmBFjoIU1nWaF-gLvvhpHEGaaMHwWPRu9txG_wXgt7wf1VFQJ/s320/062.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;...and then getting some further practise in with the scissors.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXu8FX2NdIDd9oLyn-VkekU44ylve225zj8vN8Z2ruKQb41dPx348R4D2XOpky_4742sVl2syN8w5kXDCH-i1fTNPkJJxbuurrE_n5QBram1Q8k8Y6qJ4BIkFySREh10MSMVaSdveTCm-/s1600/063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXu8FX2NdIDd9oLyn-VkekU44ylve225zj8vN8Z2ruKQb41dPx348R4D2XOpky_4742sVl2syN8w5kXDCH-i1fTNPkJJxbuurrE_n5QBram1Q8k8Y6qJ4BIkFySREh10MSMVaSdveTCm-/s320/063.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> This did turn out to be quite a messy activity, but one which the children really enjoyed as they were involved in virtually the whole process.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Links to EYFS:</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Communication and Language: Listening and Attention / Understanding</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Physical Development: Moving and Handling</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Understanding the World: The World</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Expressive Arts and Design: Using Media and Materials</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-55771659401941312302013-10-22T20:34:00.001+01:002013-10-22T21:19:00.539+01:00Autumn Playdough<div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-JLMDTWk11KQWXw3OEpIrY_gA87LMW-5kaWJXtcnvRn6OyRg2ND8zUgZiZwQEYufvqKMogeJ73BmALMHBiKO5T3-uegyMDLeOVxmV_56FAY4O80_H994-AyK3_g2nOlIY8ghEgZaC66J/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-JLMDTWk11KQWXw3OEpIrY_gA87LMW-5kaWJXtcnvRn6OyRg2ND8zUgZiZwQEYufvqKMogeJ73BmALMHBiKO5T3-uegyMDLeOVxmV_56FAY4O80_H994-AyK3_g2nOlIY8ghEgZaC66J/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Autumn playdough!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8pxWMWfzEeRLl5rNchgTzE92KDIpasqvWX9gj9SYujE6_2kBT8f5UW1Cu4DZKXkgxSNtSQLxFtZlS0asO2Itq2vsUNXGDJl0QVYNgdfYrT0bX8SdV4Di4AdRXHnOdHPqgGUtGkwIr7El/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8pxWMWfzEeRLl5rNchgTzE92KDIpasqvWX9gj9SYujE6_2kBT8f5UW1Cu4DZKXkgxSNtSQLxFtZlS0asO2Itq2vsUNXGDJl0QVYNgdfYrT0bX8SdV4Di4AdRXHnOdHPqgGUtGkwIr7El/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> The children have spent a lot of time recently, searching the local parks and forests for&nbsp;Autumn objects.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWa4gib6GudyIN-XDv1o1iS5cp0hqRPni2HAIfugTzBG2LWGWF5JzVTPidameghIBglsepLJR0Xot62ug4sddGLzy8iBUDnZ-q1J6AFWRJyVBC4CmZCJTFUgf0nZ-FhDXLOWsQUTMhzO62/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWa4gib6GudyIN-XDv1o1iS5cp0hqRPni2HAIfugTzBG2LWGWF5JzVTPidameghIBglsepLJR0Xot62ug4sddGLzy8iBUDnZ-q1J6AFWRJyVBC4CmZCJTFUgf0nZ-FhDXLOWsQUTMhzO62/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I added a selection to our playdough table, displaying them along the centre so they were within easy reach.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfdrYAZHjhVeGOx3_pWD4ZTTaXUvWxeZkBdH8kjf2QPI1EPDiJItr8-xA39qIKc24I45Xfn9mqbzXgcH8mgeot6WNE86npoNzPaaJVfnfE5qnsl5zUPIcEXqzk3JFZCLdzY-TZa4dTYhI/s1600/157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfdrYAZHjhVeGOx3_pWD4ZTTaXUvWxeZkBdH8kjf2QPI1EPDiJItr8-xA39qIKc24I45Xfn9mqbzXgcH8mgeot6WNE86npoNzPaaJVfnfE5qnsl5zUPIcEXqzk3JFZCLdzY-TZa4dTYhI/s320/157.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I wanted the dough to be autumn colours but having overspent on my budget (again!) I had to make to with what was in the cupboard.&nbsp; Luckily they turned out ok even though some of the colour names were paprika / flesh, lemon / lime and caramel!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMh6UCmQY_wQcjyOQO11dY54RtRdcl1nZbJ_18WGqbihe8cBdJPWGSJV29nm2ltnQm04vmWLp2UAYuGwvqxuIzsyIMYVPXvTjDwTw71ve9dR0JVD1JegI84XcJw0JyLTi5-XROxAJPGYi6/s1600/159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMh6UCmQY_wQcjyOQO11dY54RtRdcl1nZbJ_18WGqbihe8cBdJPWGSJV29nm2ltnQm04vmWLp2UAYuGwvqxuIzsyIMYVPXvTjDwTw71ve9dR0JVD1JegI84XcJw0JyLTi5-XROxAJPGYi6/s320/159.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I showed the children how they could use the resources to make prints in the dough.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWn6N4-wv6GXM-nUOq4c0Ry1OkE5T61A8FSzGjNZBmqnXqswfPQJ2okXiSggU1ZhINTCKAc_HRHlE5YHGePSVyMff_f-7Z2vB8WGfxpcR3Qf2mQkfhjHAnD4iCEaa3s2JLQ3aGHjfosZB/s1600/161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWn6N4-wv6GXM-nUOq4c0Ry1OkE5T61A8FSzGjNZBmqnXqswfPQJ2okXiSggU1ZhINTCKAc_HRHlE5YHGePSVyMff_f-7Z2vB8WGfxpcR3Qf2mQkfhjHAnD4iCEaa3s2JLQ3aGHjfosZB/s320/161.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;They were hooked and explored with the rest of the resources.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdF1LUCjDW6O8O8Io4rn6IyVzxqAmbJ6890HZDlobDDHFVrWqRS4Lf9XkCQalDNheKpseiQr3H5-fqoLsSWjPftXPUDg5FIv-m4CzbotDuipSHyvf_Hzw_wbzGBVhWcDvpNGq1I01P2PC/s1600/162.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdF1LUCjDW6O8O8Io4rn6IyVzxqAmbJ6890HZDlobDDHFVrWqRS4Lf9XkCQalDNheKpseiQr3H5-fqoLsSWjPftXPUDg5FIv-m4CzbotDuipSHyvf_Hzw_wbzGBVhWcDvpNGq1I01P2PC/s320/162.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MBuOvhghAeKZ5yuNITipAPc76sXTMNaQaohWWF4Gioq3hyO-TBHPT6_UP0ju4hL57kRpRzZgdO3i5YOPeyOhWfnRAk0eVSZF2lCwJ8OKVw8WZ7WW_2JvMhiPchalOFtoNxiofrk7BKLf/s1600/164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MBuOvhghAeKZ5yuNITipAPc76sXTMNaQaohWWF4Gioq3hyO-TBHPT6_UP0ju4hL57kRpRzZgdO3i5YOPeyOhWfnRAk0eVSZF2lCwJ8OKVw8WZ7WW_2JvMhiPchalOFtoNxiofrk7BKLf/s320/164.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWJM5ky2nALTZ1FzCfhARej9RQsAi3bh8ITgINayvAAHmvZVWS5SU7o9CGUL34UjJ5yImkw7ypV7JqGfDj74QxiOkFFst0aVB1H0j4PuY3gDcV6paUR6IYGbMy7jpuloyC1uIO8AJHM7b/s1600/165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWJM5ky2nALTZ1FzCfhARej9RQsAi3bh8ITgINayvAAHmvZVWS5SU7o9CGUL34UjJ5yImkw7ypV7JqGfDj74QxiOkFFst0aVB1H0j4PuY3gDcV6paUR6IYGbMy7jpuloyC1uIO8AJHM7b/s320/165.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;They experimented with rolling over the resources, pressing them further into the dough.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtA-4rCo7gLI6-rgGmMjgVLhrYUApHYIOf69x6F4U5xfUd-ziiHaEqZBKo9KWXuCEe1Sq6rUVVp2YKiJSTulPBRD4Y5Rr1xL5ECmbCwT3WWxAuh8fNYynllhcWosgAtLMy-idkGe5DuotV/s1600/166+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtA-4rCo7gLI6-rgGmMjgVLhrYUApHYIOf69x6F4U5xfUd-ziiHaEqZBKo9KWXuCEe1Sq6rUVVp2YKiJSTulPBRD4Y5Rr1xL5ECmbCwT3WWxAuh8fNYynllhcWosgAtLMy-idkGe5DuotV/s320/166+(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I love nature art!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE69xyVh_ksJWp3s7c3NqpKVXY1cnwRUVwSgRoFZTsn0U-SgGvOokrP6pUvSEjwml2da2i8zRwIwzId29WeDdNq7rDZRgXJq0ZQDc-puvS4hL0RU0f63vvAuahuu4ncNDWsMcP_iCn2CiS/s1600/166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE69xyVh_ksJWp3s7c3NqpKVXY1cnwRUVwSgRoFZTsn0U-SgGvOokrP6pUvSEjwml2da2i8zRwIwzId29WeDdNq7rDZRgXJq0ZQDc-puvS4hL0RU0f63vvAuahuu4ncNDWsMcP_iCn2CiS/s320/166.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We found by using the dough we could stack the resources higher!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9d-IksJqexu2mLE2lPZDCjAV4JoUwl47SuFeS8HRhsuQYWS0U12j8RobFHLC614g_-3RCYusSDlK4zNcn68KqjHYfbc9gTIDMoZRx5-HSq_CSdtGzvi4nrDavQBh9bVCgQMI5vR20snv/s1600/167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9d-IksJqexu2mLE2lPZDCjAV4JoUwl47SuFeS8HRhsuQYWS0U12j8RobFHLC614g_-3RCYusSDlK4zNcn68KqjHYfbc9gTIDMoZRx5-HSq_CSdtGzvi4nrDavQBh9bVCgQMI5vR20snv/s320/167.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;These grasses fascinated the children.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUgW6GesjqmZd9ZzVFKZBykD3sOQwBBEwO3-w6kARGj-Av3DoWYGamvs5T0MWw6XyWxvxXyr66488rc7IuqTcO-WbRN9qQ9brCCWLcas4B8nAJwpnU2SrdSVrL3VF8_eaxzQyxJbUPrz0/s1600/170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUgW6GesjqmZd9ZzVFKZBykD3sOQwBBEwO3-w6kARGj-Av3DoWYGamvs5T0MWw6XyWxvxXyr66488rc7IuqTcO-WbRN9qQ9brCCWLcas4B8nAJwpnU2SrdSVrL3VF8_eaxzQyxJbUPrz0/s320/170.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The added them to their dough but they tended to gradually fall over!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAF-Gl7y5Osj29kqsVkcJu8Bf5d5uaZG1n02gNgxkP4l4JiOulLqlLguAT8ngG-CHnvPKVLx2YHz0GdHILlQKA4C6EbuVIoTE26NMLQ-KsOji6ElxHtHjXlxxglZjiR-fNe9dBPyx0faoe/s1600/171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAF-Gl7y5Osj29kqsVkcJu8Bf5d5uaZG1n02gNgxkP4l4JiOulLqlLguAT8ngG-CHnvPKVLx2YHz0GdHILlQKA4C6EbuVIoTE26NMLQ-KsOji6ElxHtHjXlxxglZjiR-fNe9dBPyx0faoe/s320/171.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The children are used to all sorts of smells coming from our dough activity, so having a sniff comes automatically now!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJ7-Wwwvyx4qPqSP-VwOLfEqRaqyNRfvbR4AwxTmBqyukebPTo9HDQc2_Dytlz359N7vOmG4CbgR02xtz2rM3BCyY2Xc2FKYxxz6AwFZmvI9AfPUMKAt6NGutF0uau8gGjGji7ePSmZ2k/s1600/172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJ7-Wwwvyx4qPqSP-VwOLfEqRaqyNRfvbR4AwxTmBqyukebPTo9HDQc2_Dytlz359N7vOmG4CbgR02xtz2rM3BCyY2Xc2FKYxxz6AwFZmvI9AfPUMKAt6NGutF0uau8gGjGji7ePSmZ2k/s320/172.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;There are always opportunities for new discoveries though, this time finding that the grasses are tickly!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQz7wo5htEQZcwZ2SpE1NaE5wSM8TnbBJ58nDUArqzg0UmT6SKs0REjPvUbCDgtGnr9sHcutYzABh4Vun82z3XaLgQPCJ6IMeZetVzESvME8FPQD3JKJ2qUsGeoiKG_W2-pr0_J0gcFd0/s1600/183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQz7wo5htEQZcwZ2SpE1NaE5wSM8TnbBJ58nDUArqzg0UmT6SKs0REjPvUbCDgtGnr9sHcutYzABh4Vun82z3XaLgQPCJ6IMeZetVzESvME8FPQD3JKJ2qUsGeoiKG_W2-pr0_J0gcFd0/s320/183.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Not totally related to Autumn, but we had plastic knives on the table. I'd added them as cutting is something the children had shown an interest in, and cutting playdough, being quite easy, gives them the opportunity to practise this skill.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKoARIWG-BNCN3bLnm3SfxQPJDpjppalVkMymZAU8aLMJHex8yXTXxpLhgY8pOI92spwP-0ByApa52M_oe_6ms4G5xIzhrRD4-mbBJi27ncWC_Mh27eU8eRTaeCJdWwW2EqXiqcwg5-x0V/s1600/185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKoARIWG-BNCN3bLnm3SfxQPJDpjppalVkMymZAU8aLMJHex8yXTXxpLhgY8pOI92spwP-0ByApa52M_oe_6ms4G5xIzhrRD4-mbBJi27ncWC_Mh27eU8eRTaeCJdWwW2EqXiqcwg5-x0V/s320/185.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We started by rolling the playdough into long sausages, but the children also experimented with cutting through thicker pieces of dough.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dAluQSd0CPDesbFj26aMqCv0zTkJORsf2reUffwxHKpQrAh_k0Me5hue8QboNxBYVx-ELhDnyf45YsDynwHFZ9FJnZySLIJOh8LDUnRJ3-S8NpOiLC7gzLY_z4Ygn7lYcWVB1FNuZxtk/s1600/206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dAluQSd0CPDesbFj26aMqCv0zTkJORsf2reUffwxHKpQrAh_k0Me5hue8QboNxBYVx-ELhDnyf45YsDynwHFZ9FJnZySLIJOh8LDUnRJ3-S8NpOiLC7gzLY_z4Ygn7lYcWVB1FNuZxtk/s320/206.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The Autumn resources on the playdough table were also popular with the after school children.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3GLbegmJlmy_LEKGmuogZN6Y9plW7S2WblX-9-077gYv81nQPH5VcqqOBdHykph4sAMjSfor6N65jaSPGkc2OvSsshVjfIWCwBKKnqBYgVOBK0WUKJ2GiGYNf9gcyH3rruT13mDDYx7b/s1600/208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3GLbegmJlmy_LEKGmuogZN6Y9plW7S2WblX-9-077gYv81nQPH5VcqqOBdHykph4sAMjSfor6N65jaSPGkc2OvSsshVjfIWCwBKKnqBYgVOBK0WUKJ2GiGYNf9gcyH3rruT13mDDYx7b/s320/208.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4c4mQ2uBzhos-ltR41U0G1PzRlKcbbkqZZjdYUG8sHd_uhin94ruuBZ3rvB5NEwsDd_9oT270QhwmbkxN9fa6mZUsKUjKb7JSOexnm9xuFKRr5KTpo729rJIRDI8ZcvJRnsGfrbfbxKk/s1600/211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4c4mQ2uBzhos-ltR41U0G1PzRlKcbbkqZZjdYUG8sHd_uhin94ruuBZ3rvB5NEwsDd_9oT270QhwmbkxN9fa6mZUsKUjKb7JSOexnm9xuFKRr5KTpo729rJIRDI8ZcvJRnsGfrbfbxKk/s320/211.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Faces seemed a popular theme!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IpPLqazJ4AU2yKjUeKWiWppAYkxDTDS0kP1XMSDNphhXdmdhG7jwULjlA9sGbCKl5TvlCR2f3JU4xLmJ5RUaXOpEsMSgBAgV2pTxkW37OBWDs38pRoHA-KQ1sr05LKhhKoAwGUJvc4cF/s1600/213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IpPLqazJ4AU2yKjUeKWiWppAYkxDTDS0kP1XMSDNphhXdmdhG7jwULjlA9sGbCKl5TvlCR2f3JU4xLmJ5RUaXOpEsMSgBAgV2pTxkW37OBWDs38pRoHA-KQ1sr05LKhhKoAwGUJvc4cF/s320/213.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> This one even had eyelashes!</div> <div align="left" style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Links to EYFS:</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Communication and Language: Listening and Attention / Understanding.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Physical Development: Moving and Handling </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Understanding the World: The World</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Expressive Arts and Design: Exploring and Using Media and Materials</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-86523404642957474652013-09-30T18:55:00.000+01:002013-09-30T18:55:22.216+01:00Autumn Explorations<div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F6TYhUtA2zG7SMxlTNuFWZwcNNIStozwwPmWw8j14No-yEtMXca_MULZyWwOidsoc2Aq65scx17r_jLANcHRZ8hNF0hAAo2D2ZRZ0dJfrCnN2HkhzCVqfzsIXjwDpacdokglHKqc36nS/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F6TYhUtA2zG7SMxlTNuFWZwcNNIStozwwPmWw8j14No-yEtMXca_MULZyWwOidsoc2Aq65scx17r_jLANcHRZ8hNF0hAAo2D2ZRZ0dJfrCnN2HkhzCVqfzsIXjwDpacdokglHKqc36nS/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We've been to the park to collect autumn resources to explore!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitH7WeIGCY-Wj35vzzcGTtk2QZQxbQpYTJHnqTiFB_Jw5p9LGNt7Tf8pfPWYUl62NN-9OogEpUGvrbJxIxvToQd1ziErodZQtzfNJfiVjxJjmBxd9X0tiADaVPL3xYZlqEPhE_8VmxkV9n/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitH7WeIGCY-Wj35vzzcGTtk2QZQxbQpYTJHnqTiFB_Jw5p9LGNt7Tf8pfPWYUl62NN-9OogEpUGvrbJxIxvToQd1ziErodZQtzfNJfiVjxJjmBxd9X0tiADaVPL3xYZlqEPhE_8VmxkV9n/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The children had great fun hunting for conkers, acorns and other 'autumnal' objects.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryeBInXoh0-AO8ptVJScyaIWmNQGCebkmLMacD_medvSJyZZikQX72ppfpWpzYtSy49KK-H2rXaxAVT475k9PzziHPT9aPW7oH1nPBMv0tsMWty9fBrynmz8TYkisiQhmr-oUOtwsx12M/s1600/7.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryeBInXoh0-AO8ptVJScyaIWmNQGCebkmLMacD_medvSJyZZikQX72ppfpWpzYtSy49KK-H2rXaxAVT475k9PzziHPT9aPW7oH1nPBMv0tsMWty9fBrynmz8TYkisiQhmr-oUOtwsx12M/s320/7.5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyuU9SOLaWLpb-2RSqhiH-pSwib-Z4Wsbnis0pRYieN72DSlQ9Hs-IG5KHMFTBV6SJ-Rlzx8WHBrNlpzOMX1MLkToGnvNAjriFtwXCslEtLd_spI5kQ9rsVOkuYAchptloYlAG5OlDgA1/s1600/7.6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyuU9SOLaWLpb-2RSqhiH-pSwib-Z4Wsbnis0pRYieN72DSlQ9Hs-IG5KHMFTBV6SJ-Rlzx8WHBrNlpzOMX1MLkToGnvNAjriFtwXCslEtLd_spI5kQ9rsVOkuYAchptloYlAG5OlDgA1/s320/7.6.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Nothing like discovering a conker still in its shell.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTd7DkPPOf3lHwWvWDL1hpIJBGXO6f4B0_jXhiw_dKnvYGIwVWP7AJ4TOXIM6dO2TJLtfiqEKBp6G2f7kNwbiIP2fd2Xr6yrcPYPNUIoaZnZurATRDLfSx-_9b-ZHsXtuQCczJV0hOS4O/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkH2F0O1EZQG7zJghMQ-gaz73wb6r1RLm4Yh_6YO2cxrnhvOxRlKf16yjV-lIjrLxhv-jOUWR_WJuhlyJYBqehhwGCqKGKEBm-Lf5jzCIiFsb99_S5C0ekOlFSU2qLPfdRMqKXJFbKbBrI/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkH2F0O1EZQG7zJghMQ-gaz73wb6r1RLm4Yh_6YO2cxrnhvOxRlKf16yjV-lIjrLxhv-jOUWR_WJuhlyJYBqehhwGCqKGKEBm-Lf5jzCIiFsb99_S5C0ekOlFSU2qLPfdRMqKXJFbKbBrI/s320/025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;He worked on this problem again and again!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2A_A4gk22erzp3pDORG_swN4gq5O_e8V3fRUWhDuPQK1vrnFBrXFEFRo3mFsOHJRJgnOi2jo1grYXdX1kWzdgtYvEZSrYcpMHjvpgQqPUaDVrWlF0xb0NpavEPLq3r5zh_eaJN5Q_HvD/s1600/27.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Usually they'll explore for about 5-10 minutes before losing interested, but&nbsp;this held their attention for much longer.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvX5RXKGlH2fRpfZRVbvkzCqPD73haRhDraDIfQFu-c_kkHvVTjmGwQ2NZl-ZvAp0fE6zaZDuClmfrWmSaPUsw06n4EKJdUhf3Lp9ea7eMt61LAiBQkaDQOeKOZnKTLTv9hyphenhyphenfykZfl_Zm/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvX5RXKGlH2fRpfZRVbvkzCqPD73haRhDraDIfQFu-c_kkHvVTjmGwQ2NZl-ZvAp0fE6zaZDuClmfrWmSaPUsw06n4EKJdUhf3Lp9ea7eMt61LAiBQkaDQOeKOZnKTLTv9hyphenhyphenfykZfl_Zm/s320/052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Another conker to open!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl_kr07BtaCT1rvzOVP09dpzyNBnYZsox8vrZ1SZ5fgNs9-DHMUQVjzq-U4HXkZhx97iYWzEi7ZPdOdlSo0_q3OHeXa1-ves63DM850pKOlaNLBWwmNE_jBGyxjKN8c-xGrOo7F45vW58/s1600/53.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3Z17hBgEr5qYE9JmKkythHmJWi6onSl-WilHnRAgBgOH7PkvgHmpdKmUmnBQPYVOxbK0THDIlG5K-_ScqtVqviED3dO1J0Dd3H3oQgQ5UvsYOm4PcBzndjgauV8vna-qo7vXb8AEOLPa/s1600/057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3Z17hBgEr5qYE9JmKkythHmJWi6onSl-WilHnRAgBgOH7PkvgHmpdKmUmnBQPYVOxbK0THDIlG5K-_ScqtVqviED3dO1J0Dd3H3oQgQ5UvsYOm4PcBzndjgauV8vna-qo7vXb8AEOLPa/s320/057.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I'd also added magnifying glasses to the table so we could&nbsp;have a closer inspection of our finds.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPodWANX3mw5dVpgmFQAJJgri9HSvgU0WGtKGcKzl0WfMnclvrGUsPw8WEKNjDkN91tRIQTbAC3-oUprcQBDq8EipE0d2wKU0MPXaMsv1T7GYdIb2OtQyvtTyyN4t4hiVNBcmcF0EK8HO2/s1600/58.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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However, this time I didn't need to, K instigated this all on his own.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUaO9EZRAxPq3YuycbvgMOLH3Y3aN9IHQbzwpzxtqhscvUVxxurOTEtvfiiDMMpB8AGZkQxvwjQpInb-8ukl72C5tRdL0ADewSiSkBblJzO4d21kZswtcr1GAAZC9rTJ5ZGNynIbA2q08/s1600/81.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUaO9EZRAxPq3YuycbvgMOLH3Y3aN9IHQbzwpzxtqhscvUVxxurOTEtvfiiDMMpB8AGZkQxvwjQpInb-8ukl72C5tRdL0ADewSiSkBblJzO4d21kZswtcr1GAAZC9rTJ5ZGNynIbA2q08/s320/81.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Lining up the acorns and then counting them.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOXPKzpyMwF3VANOP70wrNlznipD4jWPYjSkrvijGIRWNvJKitezhrOnMmtXtHl5aAHVFcB7W9YGms2ecxfcdlmRMGGPzrwLNZhwbO_CPPKzj0d7p9KuV3M8TQh3vvUjOIPgnVCKs_f_A/s1600/82.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeeILUw4ZcupuPwKBH77EqMXOvxccziigBr1S_UBacGgitUaRSXa1_HS2XfaNX2pCLdIPOyrd8-veMF0bN3CVs_daiiSqgMcKrLoXI96OAKXEhuF0XZZkL7iPW3T3BkDXJ4LFYM53gKal/s1600/109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeeILUw4ZcupuPwKBH77EqMXOvxccziigBr1S_UBacGgitUaRSXa1_HS2XfaNX2pCLdIPOyrd8-veMF0bN3CVs_daiiSqgMcKrLoXI96OAKXEhuF0XZZkL7iPW3T3BkDXJ4LFYM53gKal/s320/109.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I had hoped to do this activity outside and I really like the idea of the sky and trees reflecting in the mirror.&nbsp; I thought it might raise the children's awareness of their environment. However, it proved to be just too windy and we kept losing all our objects!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYur3dhn4TfgD13IcAudIur8mDJM7f9tcMglq8lQJ0B2lg2K_ebQIr0o51-dgg175-52hODOdhj_bT3gZic4VMG1SgCyW7LobOfnoKRnILL0dTQThijJJUsfqfZ2V3FmgQukXCRUDHSpa/s1600/139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYur3dhn4TfgD13IcAudIur8mDJM7f9tcMglq8lQJ0B2lg2K_ebQIr0o51-dgg175-52hODOdhj_bT3gZic4VMG1SgCyW7LobOfnoKRnILL0dTQThijJJUsfqfZ2V3FmgQukXCRUDHSpa/s320/139.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> At times when I couldn't fully supervise the children's play with the mirror, I left a smaller basket of objects out for exploration.</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-59603041196366940612013-09-30T17:52:00.000+01:002013-09-30T17:52:06.011+01:00Sensory Play: A New dimension to play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6USo41_62aoTR_wdhVjEDODPx27vXylKKg7SqrutQVcG94tw74CSP43hGD9jvEx09WdF6en7uhg-SLx8FYugJoLy128ghIVfeZOBKTjuw5wum_8xaEPE9cewFiECeu-UkPES6DISxw6c/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6USo41_62aoTR_wdhVjEDODPx27vXylKKg7SqrutQVcG94tw74CSP43hGD9jvEx09WdF6en7uhg-SLx8FYugJoLy128ghIVfeZOBKTjuw5wum_8xaEPE9cewFiECeu-UkPES6DISxw6c/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We recently added a new dimension to our sensory play in the form of a hanging basket suspended above our play tray.&nbsp; It wasn't really planned, call it a moment of inspiration, but the children loved it!&nbsp; It had evolved from me trying to come up with a way of protecting our lettuces from the slugs! I realised I could hang further baskets below the one hanging basket and hence this led to an idea for a new dimension to our sensory play.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6vdenRHLWu_5dUOXzFKjHj1SvF1zf63N0PcxcMbMzS1unPOEZKsFe-Uhu3KImtfAb1lDClO-Lf3AnDkqets2mxeSRfYPto9vX0hr9eq6N6iJUsbWsgZlK5xc69e22yWyCGosBtg7Puhu/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6vdenRHLWu_5dUOXzFKjHj1SvF1zf63N0PcxcMbMzS1unPOEZKsFe-Uhu3KImtfAb1lDClO-Lf3AnDkqets2mxeSRfYPto9vX0hr9eq6N6iJUsbWsgZlK5xc69e22yWyCGosBtg7Puhu/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The children didn't need any prompting to starting filling the basket.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUjCtDFuvIw86M2s78BUblCxUix8A0juh6G8-rDHH2HEmSkZwgdiEHC__Hm6XptEASHxGJaO6IZbIqk0iY_7pWDtbyIft_2UuhXC_azN9nVv4MicDH8vcXYXw69Mahyphenhyphenh6jZvs__FLIg0J/s1600/3.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FKG3IGavoe9qnAwgCBRebBR95w0pRkOWCDM5ijYxwiUlbuUd0oGCMbxxV4WUnieCEOlftR8nE6Ho03C4LL0lfA5inZkach45qPYnPws5LhrVmYPDOV_3t9ateepRDC_4nvbMFYPXpcRJ/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FKG3IGavoe9qnAwgCBRebBR95w0pRkOWCDM5ijYxwiUlbuUd0oGCMbxxV4WUnieCEOlftR8nE6Ho03C4LL0lfA5inZkach45qPYnPws5LhrVmYPDOV_3t9ateepRDC_4nvbMFYPXpcRJ/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Sand playdough!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> This was another activity we tried for the first time this year to tie in with our beach theme.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> We added some of the resources we had collected from a recent trip to the beach, these included, pebbles, shells and wood. </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilH8W1LumAGDtptyE0RrWg1KkpV7uMeuKp_QNYgj3XoipBEyvz6cTF9u1KZx_kPMCJw1cMhkM7AACtj1yBWjZ3F6PU8J-Zy5hy43O7XHSC_ikkEr7CNWh1hVxCibAwermFbXzOnFIX1QBa/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilH8W1LumAGDtptyE0RrWg1KkpV7uMeuKp_QNYgj3XoipBEyvz6cTF9u1KZx_kPMCJw1cMhkM7AACtj1yBWjZ3F6PU8J-Zy5hy43O7XHSC_ikkEr7CNWh1hVxCibAwermFbXzOnFIX1QBa/s320/3.JPG" width="320" />&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Here's the sand dough recipe I used:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 4 cups sand</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 3 cups flour</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 1 cup water</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> 1/4 cup oil</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Just put all the ingredients into a bowl and knead! </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7br5mRtT86kdrfLSplH6bat3RwZCSZpFa9mcUVDqWWsSDLwiK2qX9nTWxRwouAyYEFWfmqooPnxvdJSrATqfbQAVB-6sLhmeKPA9845IOj2duPKT_QJJSqyn_hItgR0jU1yWgdZIQa3VP/s1600/4.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKxdQOYVHN3jO5Zt7JtmBga0EXR7jBa2R8v-Y_5jSc_lOyCiYqGAFlDN17jvUQYqIhd_Sl04ft5mYSLBKuWb8Hj58dzwjmBJAXy2qeE9gisp4W49rrxmnJnys1yCYqpjaj5-wW2IAm1Ur/s1600/6.8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKxdQOYVHN3jO5Zt7JtmBga0EXR7jBa2R8v-Y_5jSc_lOyCiYqGAFlDN17jvUQYqIhd_Sl04ft5mYSLBKuWb8Hj58dzwjmBJAXy2qeE9gisp4W49rrxmnJnys1yCYqpjaj5-wW2IAm1Ur/s320/6.8.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> However, our normal playdough resources are always available to the children and these gradually became incorporated into play. </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82e5p1yaSdrFM5OQHDxK_RpMeEyh6dZuKg_4aLOChU4xCLFrnjnpZVXFjfvHbVzZEigc4h2UkaLWS4KGU0lySIHT_4cuvP8OBk5ihGztf_QYoCbH6ytml99PvLYi94fdYPE5PCpuKps8Z/s1600/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We found we could add more water to it without it ruining.&nbsp; Brilliant, the children love adding water to things!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9uxoxzGc2C0uNIfvyZElOW4jeUCrMLxwxCUSy2RoU_OtmbdrrVuxjyjqUsuHH2yof3ZrYufkAGeR0EWbDAcjJlCTw75H4BmrOt16nPkJqDSRNzMqxUeay6stLwD9gqjhrPUzxo808KL7/s1600/048+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9uxoxzGc2C0uNIfvyZElOW4jeUCrMLxwxCUSy2RoU_OtmbdrrVuxjyjqUsuHH2yof3ZrYufkAGeR0EWbDAcjJlCTw75H4BmrOt16nPkJqDSRNzMqxUeay6stLwD9gqjhrPUzxo808KL7/s320/048+(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> It took a while to master the the trigger spray....</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_vbAvVRUSVm1jd0R1h04QMEAExdyOnITFsePbdD5iFS1TgbQM1VLRf4-phDqkP7U_tLaYHMCBQ92AXp6soo_A1JXJLPElKyzoINW9YpwLDoN4xfTgC8_-rPM_ukd6fwR6ZAZGcohtg-T/s1600/49.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6m1L747om1mX4rKDPDLgL0gtsfIVFzS_1Z-7zlWjaeF3x_3NWD2xJsnYkQpG6tS0EOkr1Fu94uOGN_kjieKcKH1b99XSwYG3mqxKTIS2YRFupqlbjaUCHOCRvuufD4BhONOCJ_6-MsMA/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6m1L747om1mX4rKDPDLgL0gtsfIVFzS_1Z-7zlWjaeF3x_3NWD2xJsnYkQpG6tS0EOkr1Fu94uOGN_kjieKcKH1b99XSwYG3mqxKTIS2YRFupqlbjaUCHOCRvuufD4BhONOCJ_6-MsMA/s320/053.JPG" width="320" />&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Every time the playdough dried out in the sun we just added more water!&nbsp; It didn't matter if we added too much because it soon dried out again! </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> We will definitely be doing this one again :-)</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-53975134393196199552013-09-02T19:34:00.000+01:002013-09-02T19:34:33.593+01:00Sunflowers and Seeds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaM5VlUs6zJA_m6qUjhaWCnvLKflpY6qy0J6rI0GZfpXlPnxHLRLd_IWkkaaFCYdHQ7dJM30EPLgc9AyOVlp1aUOMUZFho4ohGPkfiscA0GKrBgNo-5Y6I5mXEDyEjGJMd-F7R7ELPTbu/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaM5VlUs6zJA_m6qUjhaWCnvLKflpY6qy0J6rI0GZfpXlPnxHLRLd_IWkkaaFCYdHQ7dJM30EPLgc9AyOVlp1aUOMUZFho4ohGPkfiscA0GKrBgNo-5Y6I5mXEDyEjGJMd-F7R7ELPTbu/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> We've been busy recently investigating some of the sunflowers and vegetables that&nbsp;have been&nbsp;growing in the garden.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzk0VCY6RN2nyzpxC-SQNLJ5cMOBuNoOJYDAGiqqX8XxVzA4z_ifvRs_4E5SFFEF87CFgFs9YnLFLp4tid0nGh9DIzdp9ehlUsh0R6dHvNnFKnlcgBNkhel3SGbiv07jh4yn5gPoYxOMwv/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzk0VCY6RN2nyzpxC-SQNLJ5cMOBuNoOJYDAGiqqX8XxVzA4z_ifvRs_4E5SFFEF87CFgFs9YnLFLp4tid0nGh9DIzdp9ehlUsh0R6dHvNnFKnlcgBNkhel3SGbiv07jh4yn5gPoYxOMwv/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I provided giant tweezers and pots, along with the sunflower heads and beans.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TjGggblS3O_QF1euhLz9YrYCsavHKFgWUJn_I7SLP7gRpc-AIwJP23p4R2QkAi9-BJafSoKwxuXdj4uNwG3xhxRXV1Kb8KUpINXXCQt7q5X0gIk4-Ur8FHXPg3GhaNOFk2J0mHHVOmvb/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TjGggblS3O_QF1euhLz9YrYCsavHKFgWUJn_I7SLP7gRpc-AIwJP23p4R2QkAi9-BJafSoKwxuXdj4uNwG3xhxRXV1Kb8KUpINXXCQt7q5X0gIk4-Ur8FHXPg3GhaNOFk2J0mHHVOmvb/s320/3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I showed the children how to break open the pods and they set to work retrieving the beans.&nbsp; This proved so popular we had to hunt out more beans in the garden!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiycW2UwsUUYTFNFwKewyxmaSfMpTadX0u4OWKlESXiAqAHS0EBUdOjjX7K5iyaDGCQFGtjM95lM7D4dGNzUe5L3byNH3bk3fGlmaFXyUNfEg-6GQN_uQ5qwC04ne_5QQk1gwCGeOOiv0y/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiycW2UwsUUYTFNFwKewyxmaSfMpTadX0u4OWKlESXiAqAHS0EBUdOjjX7K5iyaDGCQFGtjM95lM7D4dGNzUe5L3byNH3bk3fGlmaFXyUNfEg-6GQN_uQ5qwC04ne_5QQk1gwCGeOOiv0y/s320/5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> As the children explored we named the parts of the plants (leaf, pod, stem etc) and explored and compared the inside of the pods(we now understand the song line 'broad beans are sleeping in a blankety bed'!) </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMOrpc_AAFO4S58ms5RSKRzwQfK4QTCAlCoKxuStMjuyiuT3_5LsYuYtEBEvmgUqKvfePkZzzwsjSQ8XB5v0RZ_M1B-7wg6RcjjvzEEYlM9I4ymE4S-UgN413NJ4Q6Vd7NvX2OBXCaJ8c/s1600/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMOrpc_AAFO4S58ms5RSKRzwQfK4QTCAlCoKxuStMjuyiuT3_5LsYuYtEBEvmgUqKvfePkZzzwsjSQ8XB5v0RZ_M1B-7wg6RcjjvzEEYlM9I4ymE4S-UgN413NJ4Q6Vd7NvX2OBXCaJ8c/s320/7.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4hx4Bd5seqTximk8T-ez9_OWaXRcEJ3T9VrsdtBwupSIZYc2pIw0hMC-JcaobYYldDzWHhgMwkXXYaBVx4RkIchIomprbmvXOQ_wWl_FRRisKVWwPIcKIjdALngASihn0cky3xoO-q7v/s1600/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4hx4Bd5seqTximk8T-ez9_OWaXRcEJ3T9VrsdtBwupSIZYc2pIw0hMC-JcaobYYldDzWHhgMwkXXYaBVx4RkIchIomprbmvXOQ_wWl_FRRisKVWwPIcKIjdALngASihn0cky3xoO-q7v/s320/6.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jGBlNIVIdsb05g4ZzHYvy1umXTaHZAlLfAq1MJ1eL0mVWic8rv91lNGduta1b95gjZAhHmI1Ggo_PNGaGbqNWUCO_RXigkQ-Thg4gDmr46m-o46tjaQqOoFrSyCCRLOKEelcR6nOt0uq/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jGBlNIVIdsb05g4ZzHYvy1umXTaHZAlLfAq1MJ1eL0mVWic8rv91lNGduta1b95gjZAhHmI1Ggo_PNGaGbqNWUCO_RXigkQ-Thg4gDmr46m-o46tjaQqOoFrSyCCRLOKEelcR6nOt0uq/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Retrieving the sunflower seeds with the tweezers proved a little tricky, but we found it much easier with our fingers!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0M9FpotXsIorlJlB6Pu5ewN5LcIB5_0b68Tcin3p51vZRFPiE4DvVnzghyFqXyu0wHB1De7Y6akwO3UmFS3F2jckWiPC5FOvFkdAmJSu5vRapRo9lpB_DwABRVwpkWAlB1S5_n7YRvXQ/s1600/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPT0w-r7AS5H_tc_Ql6CNuhWjgXkUuSOeqJp7pN584L2pJS7xL7EU8NeimU54rMzWqHziM-4-p-jte5bvVzBBq3ZKDyiaHz0wrd5fVNkQu306NmX0gDJIT6QHiG4wYNc54Ka6iHyxMbro/s1600/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPT0w-r7AS5H_tc_Ql6CNuhWjgXkUuSOeqJp7pN584L2pJS7xL7EU8NeimU54rMzWqHziM-4-p-jte5bvVzBBq3ZKDyiaHz0wrd5fVNkQu306NmX0gDJIT6QHiG4wYNc54Ka6iHyxMbro/s320/048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> We were surprised by the soft feel of the sunflower head where the seeds were.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxbAOL8oDjYyj6GqOjMWAOnLl44U1xGxtrjOV2JTU1HNm592QlxbXax7bhsgpCjWvBTPmQYq_VsgFKZSUony5F1cu9UN341yqxUHio62x-Izku_V3APamb3fkJKMI58jVQ7dG7uxUQ07P/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxbAOL8oDjYyj6GqOjMWAOnLl44U1xGxtrjOV2JTU1HNm592QlxbXax7bhsgpCjWvBTPmQYq_VsgFKZSUony5F1cu9UN341yqxUHio62x-Izku_V3APamb3fkJKMI58jVQ7dG7uxUQ07P/s320/053.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> We collected lots of seeds.&nbsp; Not sure what we will use them for yet, but they will definitely come in useful for something!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18HVczJUo6FgZ2WCj5iW0zkxW0MB81XwN6JPk-ANOkaxO9atjEmjh7fX-YO_dpZoDvHhUNjtzY3xebqLxXjAB2BXpTHwYq-_mIcOvxX91E8HUSSGVVBHAzkuSqkqxPbzbf0gWcYdLLEXY/s1600/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18HVczJUo6FgZ2WCj5iW0zkxW0MB81XwN6JPk-ANOkaxO9atjEmjh7fX-YO_dpZoDvHhUNjtzY3xebqLxXjAB2BXpTHwYq-_mIcOvxX91E8HUSSGVVBHAzkuSqkqxPbzbf0gWcYdLLEXY/s320/055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Not surprisingly, we talked about seeds and growing, but the children weren't overly keen on waiting until next year.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKIpdXh9HiO35hi1QqkR3NmHvh-RWOz7-Wudw_p8Plpl1J60GQ-MYB9rzyq8r6smElfxURYaeeCJxk7JnEtnlI8ZRMJhTNmhVYB6q8MIsELHbzPTsDl25L45pcCnaUFpgharmSL_u1ulv/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKIpdXh9HiO35hi1QqkR3NmHvh-RWOz7-Wudw_p8Plpl1J60GQ-MYB9rzyq8r6smElfxURYaeeCJxk7JnEtnlI8ZRMJhTNmhVYB6q8MIsELHbzPTsDl25L45pcCnaUFpgharmSL_u1ulv/s320/065.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> So despite being the wrong time of year, we are trying to grow some in plastic cups.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqe5LzN1u6NAQUXrdD4Walf4T4Gozvk1Ffv4LJXrps3XZ3Y40nlX3AT_VOrW2OISIRDiRWOE2Rzfmj354WOCQsd-rgJ5F9FBnBAE0b7JL9c6tQiDGL10vDzHuvSPIZ4uT_f0VBD9eR-SM/s1600/066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqe5LzN1u6NAQUXrdD4Walf4T4Gozvk1Ffv4LJXrps3XZ3Y40nlX3AT_VOrW2OISIRDiRWOE2Rzfmj354WOCQsd-rgJ5F9FBnBAE0b7JL9c6tQiDGL10vDzHuvSPIZ4uT_f0VBD9eR-SM/s320/066.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <br />Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-1272932651355982322013-09-01T20:39:00.003+01:002013-09-06T06:12:24.429+01:00Beach Theme - Small world play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYpoUZUE1f4RIVojBihoIDLoKdgMkAbbv-T415biTRgDuf0e5Yjwzk0izBZQYUIbqzjYnwqj7_IUkksQz5WQbAZOZGZiMh-lZZyZWDGEF603DFM5sc4woprJXJeimjCpYiCyDZ_dnhigb/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYpoUZUE1f4RIVojBihoIDLoKdgMkAbbv-T415biTRgDuf0e5Yjwzk0izBZQYUIbqzjYnwqj7_IUkksQz5WQbAZOZGZiMh-lZZyZWDGEF603DFM5sc4woprJXJeimjCpYiCyDZ_dnhigb/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> We've visited the beach on lots of occasions over the summer months and this has inspired some 'beach themed' activities, some I've set up as I thought the children would enjoy them, others are inspired by the children's interests at the beach.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTeTSO-B35OpYfh595no43O1xTyNu2W4iESI65HGXwg2pYaKi6BBJlrzYyfya0MuNFGwDLW_M6NCJULrFhlVD6M2NruzfK2l9jtPua5GkvR201TN_vY7XoJUeFH97GSbDrRgCp0RSmHI3/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTeTSO-B35OpYfh595no43O1xTyNu2W4iESI65HGXwg2pYaKi6BBJlrzYyfya0MuNFGwDLW_M6NCJULrFhlVD6M2NruzfK2l9jtPua5GkvR201TN_vY7XoJUeFH97GSbDrRgCp0RSmHI3/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Our beach themed tray is a bit of both!&nbsp; I used the items the children collected at the beach to set up a play tray, adding sand, water, a boat and playmobil figures.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMGfSVxzpbJLxxjn-x3rsqZg9HfuSQ4oCF-sOoB8J5sQCOlZUqgzCKuJDK1m1JrQs5t6hfKkS9n6NW36AbVPTJ8MrYyRL74FAQsa-LiQ117f7gM54YxrleAPs-jIi5VX9LAXwjE1UdzrI/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMGfSVxzpbJLxxjn-x3rsqZg9HfuSQ4oCF-sOoB8J5sQCOlZUqgzCKuJDK1m1JrQs5t6hfKkS9n6NW36AbVPTJ8MrYyRL74FAQsa-LiQ117f7gM54YxrleAPs-jIi5VX9LAXwjE1UdzrI/s320/025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The children collected stones, shells, seaweed and wood from the beach.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUyMD5E0ptmz03KQKZA8FNvbDfLvxHDFaGVEf9Qs9t0bdo-p3wUAVKB3JPb21mx0-lMwUATXG0BX7CRrWiAsWyY3OlEAriAeGdJQ-P30qXieO1Eny_s4mmbbPLUmBaB-6yeh6N9MivvDc/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUyMD5E0ptmz03KQKZA8FNvbDfLvxHDFaGVEf9Qs9t0bdo-p3wUAVKB3JPb21mx0-lMwUATXG0BX7CRrWiAsWyY3OlEAriAeGdJQ-P30qXieO1Eny_s4mmbbPLUmBaB-6yeh6N9MivvDc/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I also made keyring books of objects the children had seen at the beach and clipped these on the side of the tray.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFz7IuuxSWQWVn0K1VdTKpernc_rgwnIfJ0zYLtg0wtaeHoyre3PwM9s2EQSo8qM4NB2CLx22zhQIvm5hvVEGzymRm2BTCKaa4bCinZolTY3lT1BIBxB8iWHtVWtjYFRRtbsPvVp9NwiGW/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfmUDNJzphtw7PM7v72dMX-DtSbDCRiaLSG0DEgIn-rOOb6yuL5Tu6LvRLHHreSQWRo4RdtrLToBG0qkqRHAacSBx1YK0D3mkrU8A5zaxALYzuSecGtuSYykqGfbaJrPBA_k2xX01pH4x/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfmUDNJzphtw7PM7v72dMX-DtSbDCRiaLSG0DEgIn-rOOb6yuL5Tu6LvRLHHreSQWRo4RdtrLToBG0qkqRHAacSBx1YK0D3mkrU8A5zaxALYzuSecGtuSYykqGfbaJrPBA_k2xX01pH4x/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Of course being a sensory tray it was really important to&nbsp;touch and feel!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAW6UCOnh9YSLD7J3A3-rJXiYypi16wQvNxBtzFI30EhmK5eH93_RnJtdEYpdwdtkLCtsEP4m1B_OogSs3WwNvEPRzwwB3a2H7VGzt_4Bppp1_k1pRX1GzvMCFWsrhyphenhyphenBrNGP_VtZyJxywM/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarrPICSYG1msrBv9g7X2G6pNk_PU09mwV6Op3viySeCybaGDHY4NV7o-dIlr1iv3oXKzjPuopzwDE84-iRqxC7UXc8FxSWr_KkrkPhvybsHg0QTaXLT3aBBAxq9coLzrD4vddSy3x1SKu/s320/100.JPG" width="213" /></a></div> <br />Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-42142329293596279792013-08-13T06:55:00.001+01:002013-08-13T06:55:30.054+01:00Bakery role-play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUlrNp9DdP1bCn37JV-hiVbSX6jGgKJ-mGGNx_C6cvDPKqp3q3a0LoX0_qO_WY3VjyH56sW5TuaScswR3o8IO6tYqCMui61kynR2Es7KIvB-isEDnoNCeJbiTbKmSt0W7fxuRcF-eEusg/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUlrNp9DdP1bCn37JV-hiVbSX6jGgKJ-mGGNx_C6cvDPKqp3q3a0LoX0_qO_WY3VjyH56sW5TuaScswR3o8IO6tYqCMui61kynR2Es7KIvB-isEDnoNCeJbiTbKmSt0W7fxuRcF-eEusg/s320/1.JPG" width="213" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I needed an activity&nbsp;last week that would keep both the little ones entertained and the older children that are off on school holidays.&nbsp; We haven't had this out for a while, but bakery role-play is always popular!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8iNN4MqRWGEWLYGT3yDgyrdMLGVetjeLNwlX8GcR_AqsGZFtKafMJ_1_S-TCcQhwO9xPpVGFDpBCCe0d-oo7U9izcke73ysIhQb_wcs-tE4o3Rq_a56uJftjVc5uPPqCOcyMfusByeHX/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8iNN4MqRWGEWLYGT3yDgyrdMLGVetjeLNwlX8GcR_AqsGZFtKafMJ_1_S-TCcQhwO9xPpVGFDpBCCe0d-oo7U9izcke73ysIhQb_wcs-tE4o3Rq_a56uJftjVc5uPPqCOcyMfusByeHX/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I made these salt-dough bakery items about 4 years ago and they are still going strong.&nbsp; They are made of salt-dough, painted with normal tempera paint and sealed with pva glue.&nbsp; In-between play, I store them in an airtight container.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkfpWQKAkhjtD7UOXcyz7uCC-pM4ZmV1E4Luap5-_S1g7gBNE3WKgZxRCpuRaCDEScX7V8yvCjAqry1djH2k2Bvag39e1zzdyNNna366tFSzNSx-YeZx53VhRn7LDLbyWeLBrXG8He7e9/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkfpWQKAkhjtD7UOXcyz7uCC-pM4ZmV1E4Luap5-_S1g7gBNE3WKgZxRCpuRaCDEScX7V8yvCjAqry1djH2k2Bvag39e1zzdyNNna366tFSzNSx-YeZx53VhRn7LDLbyWeLBrXG8He7e9/s320/3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We have rolls, pasties, pizza, sausage rolls, donuts, gingerbread men, biscuits, cookies and chocolate drops.&nbsp; </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9fngHz5ekQU9ewBZLTYQ2R5himdaUuep3wTn4A3m3aeTH5Zryv8SUkZayqtzxZUzsYi1zgUNL8lST25Z6SQeJSLfKr1SXhyd8VNoOoVWJRIvf9nwJ2kGZYyKgPuhq0j26BCG0prZyNzg/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2AKNLA8Cv23ZIvjaJ4KkumlyG-RYnUz_bHt33xP03LpsknFAzrU-B_Lr9J0ggP0IG_ja-rd55qkpnbmRbd1oEf4E7tdZgy7vonw2Tg6VifvT8ibnTxkzcMC83sCHAPgoFj0tyH0z_Ncg/s1600/397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2AKNLA8Cv23ZIvjaJ4KkumlyG-RYnUz_bHt33xP03LpsknFAzrU-B_Lr9J0ggP0IG_ja-rd55qkpnbmRbd1oEf4E7tdZgy7vonw2Tg6VifvT8ibnTxkzcMC83sCHAPgoFj0tyH0z_Ncg/s320/397.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;...waiting for change!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBq5S_r7XG9v7yNcpMFTJjd1RFPOAPT2QTRSH5-0uWgNnnETBrr00ZlGtmmZdCyDr9AzTLnqcrwdMqW7lemQn1_pYZsG3hXAd2QYWhgbiNWLRkiLn2eNBxKooauBoc8yhrjzDbzIcINEk/s1600/401.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBq5S_r7XG9v7yNcpMFTJjd1RFPOAPT2QTRSH5-0uWgNnnETBrr00ZlGtmmZdCyDr9AzTLnqcrwdMqW7lemQn1_pYZsG3hXAd2QYWhgbiNWLRkiLn2eNBxKooauBoc8yhrjzDbzIcINEk/s320/401.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;With support even the really little ones joined in play.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdxvldgMCuqFKxfdUdAgm8xUwFO9RXnVvZu1pt6yZTVGnc4Vk9Mq9vyoqPVGP_ANr0q9zGiUKgJArDxayWdUlNlJFmdffCyHGmd1dlODy0vx99R7s02UlqU-BzVE9FRTNoFkNMRUpOuQL/s1600/420.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdxvldgMCuqFKxfdUdAgm8xUwFO9RXnVvZu1pt6yZTVGnc4Vk9Mq9vyoqPVGP_ANr0q9zGiUKgJArDxayWdUlNlJFmdffCyHGmd1dlODy0vx99R7s02UlqU-BzVE9FRTNoFkNMRUpOuQL/s320/420.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;And they even managed to get close to the cash register!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiOYiOGMeUTT6nHMWHYHXROwmyMwWkDnjq-5LeZB3Tip2XwM2bpM18wVNGU_VcBgIHwuq3tnV-NOiUUoA9dzJ2Wh2rpg4s4CN3Sl8SvqxY7shCrHDHzp4OF5B-7zYKFCFk5Krz07Q7PxO/s1600/424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiOYiOGMeUTT6nHMWHYHXROwmyMwWkDnjq-5LeZB3Tip2XwM2bpM18wVNGU_VcBgIHwuq3tnV-NOiUUoA9dzJ2Wh2rpg4s4CN3Sl8SvqxY7shCrHDHzp4OF5B-7zYKFCFk5Krz07Q7PxO/s320/424.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Later in the week, I added cellophane and ribbon and the children set to work packaging their cakes.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLGDlPCopFwZerZDSWcYdys5hpZDVC764-bK8-Q8UQZPDJyjWpMGjErAsdOGuXdrTbL32cBtdVmGOdttgE7y9e96l0-ExS3RHMDmktbUDUcUE0R0OHq247vnKN-EZj2vWKo94y05VikUB/s1600/455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLGDlPCopFwZerZDSWcYdys5hpZDVC764-bK8-Q8UQZPDJyjWpMGjErAsdOGuXdrTbL32cBtdVmGOdttgE7y9e96l0-ExS3RHMDmktbUDUcUE0R0OHq247vnKN-EZj2vWKo94y05VikUB/s320/455.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> More creations in the making.</div> <div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> There were lots of learning opportunities within this activity for the children.&nbsp; Having the older children</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> This activity covered lots of areas of learning:</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> PSED: Turn-taking, sharing and working with others,</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> C&amp;L: Talking to each other as they negotiated roles, acted out roles and instructed others what to do</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> PD: Developing small motors skills as they created their cakes to sell.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> KUW: Developing an understanding of the real world of shopping, the purpose of money, queuing(!!)</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> L: Making price labels for their goods.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> M:Counting cakes into baskets, using money,</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> CD:Participating in role-play / negotiating roles. Creating cakes to sell.</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-15967407358305229042013-07-08T14:08:00.000+01:002013-07-08T14:08:36.537+01:00Jewellery Box Play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGBVHHGCGVCE5JtHyFIdA4I6h2P-cpd9raAlU8O9UMBguT-RvgX9oAQiGw3JgKAzrnpmsuhuDvWpGxZO5ev8hhHXsoqbamwp_s21mrfAQ2BLNsxZj8wfhW1vXevqBeMkoAgoipEeP7voh/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGBVHHGCGVCE5JtHyFIdA4I6h2P-cpd9raAlU8O9UMBguT-RvgX9oAQiGw3JgKAzrnpmsuhuDvWpGxZO5ev8hhHXsoqbamwp_s21mrfAQ2BLNsxZj8wfhW1vXevqBeMkoAgoipEeP7voh/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Working with children for a few years now I've come to realise that real equipment often has far more appeal for little ones than plastic toys.&nbsp; When I saw this jewellery box for sale on a Facebook selling page I knew it would be a hit, all those compartments and drawers to explore!&nbsp; I decided on this occasion to keep close to its original purpose and added some treasures for the children to explore with the box.&nbsp; These were treasures in the eyes of children and included buttons, decorative glass pebbles, craft gems and some other decorative rocks - nothing actually meant for children!&nbsp; I also added a mirror to compliment the small mirror in the lid of the jewellery box.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pK9yf4LB5wQfozNZsj_wq9gJU5YEx3SzkciPzykV7r4YyaHMZCK29PvDbVjGDKckLnUmpJExCnfJdHeDH9hwWy7GeCT-m5ru2r-hidqRiRA_z93bjZgLj0NyzyI6yrLdIxYMxN-VN0y_/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pK9yf4LB5wQfozNZsj_wq9gJU5YEx3SzkciPzykV7r4YyaHMZCK29PvDbVjGDKckLnUmpJExCnfJdHeDH9hwWy7GeCT-m5ru2r-hidqRiRA_z93bjZgLj0NyzyI6yrLdIxYMxN-VN0y_/s320/025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Sometimes when I set up an activity like this for very little ones (2 year olds) they seem to struggle to know what to do with the resources.&nbsp; Although there is no specific way in which the resources can be explored, sometimes I set the activity up with 'hints' of the ways in which the resources can be combined.&nbsp; This seems to give the children an opening to explore.&nbsp; They tend first to add to what is already set up, before finding their own ways to explore.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQgDYk1V9lDE0y3oVBMUjpSQAHpQXlCK3ZAodZTp3VHZ8r0hWQBtBGBvTLzsPEYB60BAUZKIyrSHwzfSQ3013qnsUxlwXBsuF4bkXS7SsS8D7jd8jrpVhfVuKMko9iDO5V-r1Dqpvzicg/s1600/2.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQgDYk1V9lDE0y3oVBMUjpSQAHpQXlCK3ZAodZTp3VHZ8r0hWQBtBGBvTLzsPEYB60BAUZKIyrSHwzfSQ3013qnsUxlwXBsuF4bkXS7SsS8D7jd8jrpVhfVuKMko9iDO5V-r1Dqpvzicg/s320/2.5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Well it's been popular all week and the children have had great fun exploring.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPah3355izMb4TVaTb-GkQSWmY6rdGPdXyR5yhrD9vFtOzCuDQuGmy4U2HAQJ9Z-kIDJpaDPNdI6rBCp1dFZzaOcqrTA25dOvJKXXtXXbAd08O2mmfwY6OHAlboL1iObzatc_dd8Nlu-H0/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPah3355izMb4TVaTb-GkQSWmY6rdGPdXyR5yhrD9vFtOzCuDQuGmy4U2HAQJ9Z-kIDJpaDPNdI6rBCp1dFZzaOcqrTA25dOvJKXXtXXbAd08O2mmfwY6OHAlboL1iObzatc_dd8Nlu-H0/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;As predicted they just loved all the drawers and compartments!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqEnhza47dEOxcG9qb3KqjVrZy0rSwE__PIWfrqEwVxS3dDQvdrRyDxguI7S5IK2i11-VVEGUWx-rVBnzeh4QdsfwT8Zh9n6fYv0ig_xUrzmFY7Ej9tIjZlce-Ycd2pNY7w_Wozmbnziq/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqEnhza47dEOxcG9qb3KqjVrZy0rSwE__PIWfrqEwVxS3dDQvdrRyDxguI7S5IK2i11-VVEGUWx-rVBnzeh4QdsfwT8Zh9n6fYv0ig_xUrzmFY7Ej9tIjZlce-Ycd2pNY7w_Wozmbnziq/s320/004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Working together.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl85JE6ceX_1VfROyD17a_i6j1J0v2l74NwPAg6UT9rjBIMwpELfgNZ3L4UX0e6S2R17nu0azTNk6mpOFdOGEGEC7U4LP-LHm8EQg-KUzNLUYzashlevoApKKdPSDCymDUwiMTvFiRClr8/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl85JE6ceX_1VfROyD17a_i6j1J0v2l74NwPAg6UT9rjBIMwpELfgNZ3L4UX0e6S2R17nu0azTNk6mpOFdOGEGEC7U4LP-LHm8EQg-KUzNLUYzashlevoApKKdPSDCymDUwiMTvFiRClr8/s320/4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Pushing buttons into the ring holder.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBoHLcNZUmLfeH6-tW7R9r3owXjcORPOFi2CiDT57ctlgo0bbIKzlQo6JrLIOPvLoGr8Pq0WLLXu1pCTKn-pWCWiBv6dp62l9aObhKR7vFMmIyZXRm4xymj-uk9-2zYipJDgQXXR7VMfO/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBoHLcNZUmLfeH6-tW7R9r3owXjcORPOFi2CiDT57ctlgo0bbIKzlQo6JrLIOPvLoGr8Pq0WLLXu1pCTKn-pWCWiBv6dp62l9aObhKR7vFMmIyZXRm4xymj-uk9-2zYipJDgQXXR7VMfO/s320/5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Working out how to fit the drawers back in.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFOh9i8GSuqWh2b8on9fPGhyoe8BNWYlovuTrDgTlueYDmWS6PTZaoPNIqznUmzxWwtuqTZOKUEA9moSn0Cc52W0ZMSj9Uk8Zw7_jubugvo3ZhYwrlEFrwZp_wpp49jQp0BjWFzgEXSqA/s1600/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFOh9i8GSuqWh2b8on9fPGhyoe8BNWYlovuTrDgTlueYDmWS6PTZaoPNIqznUmzxWwtuqTZOKUEA9moSn0Cc52W0ZMSj9Uk8Zw7_jubugvo3ZhYwrlEFrwZp_wpp49jQp0BjWFzgEXSqA/s320/6.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> The mirror also received some attention....</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ljQZi4WHOZ-b75Vmgal0-mOgUWROtwCRll3XmkZgzhSqkoRkcPa4T0rlZIfH0sj0esfXaFq0mNCCPs5S-mh6xVEgNVzf9TgA4LbfyKr2AtceToMCuY5snJf7_WF25C00FWGg1ox6KH9y/s1600/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ljQZi4WHOZ-b75Vmgal0-mOgUWROtwCRll3XmkZgzhSqkoRkcPa4T0rlZIfH0sj0esfXaFq0mNCCPs5S-mh6xVEgNVzf9TgA4LbfyKr2AtceToMCuY5snJf7_WF25C00FWGg1ox6KH9y/s320/7.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;.... they seemed to particularly like the sound the resources made when placed onto the mirror.&nbsp; </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0KSs8XQxYMLYuUAUnvWaE3HaQkZTbGbAel4LhKXbM3y35B0T8xzcniBbqDPFxryy_ekVaFEbQH0q6kxFt4ptcitJFYaTz9w6nsECihBtz-mRH4M-oCWacVC_LyxcQP44q2goKnXk5unf/s1600/10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0KSs8XQxYMLYuUAUnvWaE3HaQkZTbGbAel4LhKXbM3y35B0T8xzcniBbqDPFxryy_ekVaFEbQH0q6kxFt4ptcitJFYaTz9w6nsECihBtz-mRH4M-oCWacVC_LyxcQP44q2goKnXk5unf/s320/10.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;What really surprised me was how much child-led learning emerged during the activity.&nbsp; I realise that children learn during activities such as these, but I suppose what I mean is that the learning I saw was what I would normally try to encourage within an activity, but usually the children seem to do their up most to ignore me!&nbsp; This time was different though, the learning was all led by the children and they were genuinely interested.&nbsp; When K showed me a pink button, together we named the colour, he then added further pink buttons in different shades.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZUrxt561FRE1GqqCVfucpOPUALPVxZbpOZAxwUAa79U17CegssL-5WnEpn07O0WrF8jGK7VWX7fvBqc_IDDZ-9YzyfjdxAFcnxC_oYqBbqSHPT3kTZIrE-U4_FGqJ_s32LzBQ8HItPUm/s1600/11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZUrxt561FRE1GqqCVfucpOPUALPVxZbpOZAxwUAa79U17CegssL-5WnEpn07O0WrF8jGK7VWX7fvBqc_IDDZ-9YzyfjdxAFcnxC_oYqBbqSHPT3kTZIrE-U4_FGqJ_s32LzBQ8HItPUm/s320/11.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;As the buttons were proving particularly interesting I moved them over to the larger table so all the children could explore.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGlrKyxmQ7K6k_ksdOnwVUleEI0YSs-5AgyPPRRsq5WMnwsHSqBJabNFCL30jdM_yh2n5yJ1e2FdBFnVxnbSz_f0zHy6l4QmmS7F5DAwFLWOs4peetOh5sg_RhlmPbM4ORf-aAqmMxuig/s1600/12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGlrKyxmQ7K6k_ksdOnwVUleEI0YSs-5AgyPPRRsq5WMnwsHSqBJabNFCL30jdM_yh2n5yJ1e2FdBFnVxnbSz_f0zHy6l4QmmS7F5DAwFLWOs4peetOh5sg_RhlmPbM4ORf-aAqmMxuig/s320/12.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;They experimented with stacking...</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-ujCV6l47Rzm438Rz7ZMp0ZDF4fWxIW3l0r2p7qRZ14jk17vPspIW5IQkbUbkDqM_SKfv7o1Etd2J-M69GIhSet7cuKilBjHtKrFEk0Tfz52ZWWzCRwgaX29ehz7HvQSa3kvt0Xs5Kbe/s1600/13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-ujCV6l47Rzm438Rz7ZMp0ZDF4fWxIW3l0r2p7qRZ14jk17vPspIW5IQkbUbkDqM_SKfv7o1Etd2J-M69GIhSet7cuKilBjHtKrFEk0Tfz52ZWWzCRwgaX29ehz7HvQSa3kvt0Xs5Kbe/s320/13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;and then K noticed a tiny button.&nbsp; He seemed fascinated with this and searched out other tiny buttons from the pile.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2Ir4eI-aobVZjZ04mawK9gtrsn6LGOeS91rkMrcBoCDlNTjnb5M353i6JuE0YPi4MLXMfwzcW4G6CBSN8X_3om1B77Yfee1_yDAhHkENt0ZK8DfOxO5Ss6BMEYcULkVVNi513W-McCcG/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2Ir4eI-aobVZjZ04mawK9gtrsn6LGOeS91rkMrcBoCDlNTjnb5M353i6JuE0YPi4MLXMfwzcW4G6CBSN8X_3om1B77Yfee1_yDAhHkENt0ZK8DfOxO5Ss6BMEYcULkVVNi513W-McCcG/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;R was engrossed with forming the buttons into a line....</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElSM80eO-9yGux5RYfB_dj7abDrZ1Et001vnAz8ojedj0AREu5xcLSV1Fk8rHRTKJLI4y62IZgRfhyphenhyphenMt2f3QVr13hDaFSZtOQXZRIwm3ANh4z1BWM7vM4si4oSy1Ur7-ehdAL1TYWdGVg/s1600/14.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> The button lines then accidentally got messed up, but luckily toddlers don't bear a grudge!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> They set about forming new lines and R decided this one was a snake!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrnkALO6UXqD7KFWppfAAohtqAN_mSy89ZzGdtOPGI3HIobqu4OV6EHT3P3BzD33HmWt1PEdoeP3hZBCCFcH8U31Dw5txwgGFCbyBzGy5BNDs5s7QJixjoLYWoCwdjWCubf_cL9Bx5dvv/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrnkALO6UXqD7KFWppfAAohtqAN_mSy89ZzGdtOPGI3HIobqu4OV6EHT3P3BzD33HmWt1PEdoeP3hZBCCFcH8U31Dw5txwgGFCbyBzGy5BNDs5s7QJixjoLYWoCwdjWCubf_cL9Bx5dvv/s320/022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;K's interest then returned to the jewellery box.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7__cOkf94GrvKjeYEoUK8g1SjT3sDXq-XuU7YXHaba1JynTHuYSOckUkCGR7_-iS7YBvzUqRSsQsqdElVK5hJeuwO2v78UNd6BK4jvMLOkQgLJIhF6zDX8ynQPOtTw5TWhyAo8A5_3Nau/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7__cOkf94GrvKjeYEoUK8g1SjT3sDXq-XuU7YXHaba1JynTHuYSOckUkCGR7_-iS7YBvzUqRSsQsqdElVK5hJeuwO2v78UNd6BK4jvMLOkQgLJIhF6zDX8ynQPOtTw5TWhyAo8A5_3Nau/s320/023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;He seemed determine to master the lid.&nbsp; I showed him how it opened and he could unfasten the lock with both hands, only this didn't leave a spare hand to lift the lid!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVTeBqrR3VHtfYefySt-SqfESd7N0qAZOG7Hy7zX9Hh2YY8aSqdkLJmkQDPpbQdzH-lAnY0P76SyxBeQ2W5cHQJSbPtz__mYhsn8FHrQ9AlwNT9vtc3fiLOimq45145-uQ0EyLCWWWzr-/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVTeBqrR3VHtfYefySt-SqfESd7N0qAZOG7Hy7zX9Hh2YY8aSqdkLJmkQDPpbQdzH-lAnY0P76SyxBeQ2W5cHQJSbPtz__mYhsn8FHrQ9AlwNT9vtc3fiLOimq45145-uQ0EyLCWWWzr-/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;He then set himself a new challenge of trying to shut the box.&nbsp; This required him to follow a specific sequence of shutting the top lid before lifting up the side panel.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCUh9XVttI0CAZhgWLY40yzL9dPWzcgSk2GUbVM2csfsjWgR2lMFYRJLW8S6NKCj40rVD9LITCZJ-a63J0I5ocRi1yxdMzvMCY5-avPZvpOVnuVGHdsnBQc3EO4lOgty9UpL13IIPgpLi/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCUh9XVttI0CAZhgWLY40yzL9dPWzcgSk2GUbVM2csfsjWgR2lMFYRJLW8S6NKCj40rVD9LITCZJ-a63J0I5ocRi1yxdMzvMCY5-avPZvpOVnuVGHdsnBQc3EO4lOgty9UpL13IIPgpLi/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Of course it wasn't long before cars were added to the table!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWKyPspF7WGbF-EoJmDyKyB41jwvbCUEVy2ndF6CNmDUu5_r559Y0zUUbfeTsaAlLjrlm1aQfAne-2rLwt84OaQAXTKUiitRxX3UfoH2v59A505pdYiMFFE34NI7WWS00Kn3c6z9Ln15E/s1600/37.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWKyPspF7WGbF-EoJmDyKyB41jwvbCUEVy2ndF6CNmDUu5_r559Y0zUUbfeTsaAlLjrlm1aQfAne-2rLwt84OaQAXTKUiitRxX3UfoH2v59A505pdYiMFFE34NI7WWS00Kn3c6z9Ln15E/s320/37.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;At some point during the afternoon the jewellery box became a garage / car park!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7uy0nkbXWgnFOPRQaLROS_3f5Miox7cURgQIxe1nraNRLLpOEc2jgy8yLRt8D6RXctyg5EqIbYdorjY89k7hURoQVvPzf28G46dliYIgk6q8Y-8tFtsZog9Rjtz7iLWeTO5jB8tQH7r7/s1600/50.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7uy0nkbXWgnFOPRQaLROS_3f5Miox7cURgQIxe1nraNRLLpOEc2jgy8yLRt8D6RXctyg5EqIbYdorjY89k7hURoQVvPzf28G46dliYIgk6q8Y-8tFtsZog9Rjtz7iLWeTO5jB8tQH7r7/s320/50.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> As interest remains strong in the jewellery box, I think it may form part of our continuous provision&nbsp;for a&nbsp;few weeks.&nbsp;</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-17008874643902002432013-07-02T17:23:00.000+01:002013-07-02T17:23:32.378+01:00Potion Making!<div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8H61ZTukwpKkZCy1hRRmItqEWKm1QxoeV_U7N5uURQCvjPXlWH0Zfdr1HmLyb2VYV0OkZnsLCGZYNoS90wweAZtc_noVIdgFkV2soUxMuPUoumBVkxNMJpfVaxY2JEpjVzuSsItgjp9xq/s1600/a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8H61ZTukwpKkZCy1hRRmItqEWKm1QxoeV_U7N5uURQCvjPXlWH0Zfdr1HmLyb2VYV0OkZnsLCGZYNoS90wweAZtc_noVIdgFkV2soUxMuPUoumBVkxNMJpfVaxY2JEpjVzuSsItgjp9xq/s320/a.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I don't know why I've called this post potion making. The little ones haven't got a clue what potion making is! I suppose it because that's what it was last time I did it with older children. This time with the younger children, it was more of a mixing, squeezing, stirring, combining activity, with no determined outcome other than to add, mix and observe the effects :-)</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEime_fD-Gj4CiafieD8I50FpaB16352eMWY8-zN9aXcbj0mB4m7GhnVHK6bok_66XbUmGu2rQ_jcXA4Zfo7F0ZaPG9-NhrbCcsCZ0u585AIcXoJgnwiP5Na_3jOLWNz6_ycByxC3_EmoQyq/s1600/b.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEime_fD-Gj4CiafieD8I50FpaB16352eMWY8-zN9aXcbj0mB4m7GhnVHK6bok_66XbUmGu2rQ_jcXA4Zfo7F0ZaPG9-NhrbCcsCZ0u585AIcXoJgnwiP5Na_3jOLWNz6_ycByxC3_EmoQyq/s320/b.1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I added whatever I could find in the cupboard to the table; yellow split peas, split peas, hair gel, oats, pasta, toothpaste, herbs and spices, flour etc.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpEwXD6fq-RbflwUEaYfB9uQgLZCTb0Es-2cjXmsclmU2hAdQ00E8rhrN_op5nOF-to2cqjd66jMVSj9leK-HMmwDGm8qMPXDg6JX0V8eh8mXhzDa4eCPRPlmFoZAVzSgyn54FsmpHzpw/s1600/b.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpEwXD6fq-RbflwUEaYfB9uQgLZCTb0Es-2cjXmsclmU2hAdQ00E8rhrN_op5nOF-to2cqjd66jMVSj9leK-HMmwDGm8qMPXDg6JX0V8eh8mXhzDa4eCPRPlmFoZAVzSgyn54FsmpHzpw/s320/b.2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I also provided lots of bowls and spoons for mixing and let the children explore.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mar80H_TicjUi8pwbFR8u8pKr6sEz6n8sdKP-sEvEJSwysqZcPOQ6won5t95DOmYJcW9SwBSOBNFemyGJJL_egwAOKlLsmPwYviA8odRft31_8Xf6N3LJKfNgTtYv4oJ6sn-wJIT7LVW/s1600/c.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnZHf8j5qc5f8EDYWDxpg_yI0EkLuqmYEmlZ-cpcwUWlxJ0ND25PAY1bC8HCPaixyJimd3blMJ75vtAnLJ64Rng-Tbmr5GEoHKEEzIHAaUaeoptLbOrCPYsRVxl81sSn5QPOZP-BzFAr2/s1600/o.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnZHf8j5qc5f8EDYWDxpg_yI0EkLuqmYEmlZ-cpcwUWlxJ0ND25PAY1bC8HCPaixyJimd3blMJ75vtAnLJ64Rng-Tbmr5GEoHKEEzIHAaUaeoptLbOrCPYsRVxl81sSn5QPOZP-BzFAr2/s320/o.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Infact the water containers proved to be particularly popular!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgQLFNy3z7OCE8P9qJTTzYwDF10T7NBNWqHZd1LpBBFc93vG9i1HZR1cf1QVYhrwHkU0GDzzsCGoMI83dFfTlaUlF2zAKpj0AJZvLhhcBroG3qvqDSo_JsuK0mOOCQhyXIJEBZ-Kc7bMk/s1600/p.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I turned it right down so we didn't waste too much water, but it did mean the children had to wait patiently for their containers to fill.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmW9J1qTsLYuZ5j8K_VzP4i9c4Zkad8enfs2f15jqPIT_U1ap8mBPQAzP4QHe1JKibrcWgZ2Tx3g4t5YQRofmzjFpgoqi8KwNMxGDbgNd9WLgNV7VY3DlGSnOMUdzkcPFQHqOiDzHOGAT/s1600/r.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmW9J1qTsLYuZ5j8K_VzP4i9c4Zkad8enfs2f15jqPIT_U1ap8mBPQAzP4QHe1JKibrcWgZ2Tx3g4t5YQRofmzjFpgoqi8KwNMxGDbgNd9WLgNV7VY3DlGSnOMUdzkcPFQHqOiDzHOGAT/s320/r.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Handwashing also proved to be popular.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OnjwCaa8IMm1MsqqE7dB_cEFjDkA3ZBbGUyoE1OX224LEiwWLsjjIJz5F9A2IznrEnzeLe7HoZdudxpZ21FFwbE7o8EyLGoFh-kUkPkRye1wQLNRhOCNJOHIQaod1tWgUPQzqpj1MP4U/s1600/s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OnjwCaa8IMm1MsqqE7dB_cEFjDkA3ZBbGUyoE1OX224LEiwWLsjjIJz5F9A2IznrEnzeLe7HoZdudxpZ21FFwbE7o8EyLGoFh-kUkPkRye1wQLNRhOCNJOHIQaod1tWgUPQzqpj1MP4U/s320/s.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;So much so the children deliberately dipped their hands in the shaving foam so they could wash them!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiHrQx3eHcKvvQw52TCjs99ZIS67yEZhf73yz3DHsRv7m1lneW56xs1UuIH3W7ew_Xtfzam8wJ6K0ZWCsi-iRUyCLxkRNkHJ7onXqN_tJ_g4W0hDG-9npzMNCa5GSVEWkiYRwQ_NxiunG/s1600/t.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiHrQx3eHcKvvQw52TCjs99ZIS67yEZhf73yz3DHsRv7m1lneW56xs1UuIH3W7ew_Xtfzam8wJ6K0ZWCsi-iRUyCLxkRNkHJ7onXqN_tJ_g4W0hDG-9npzMNCa5GSVEWkiYRwQ_NxiunG/s320/t.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Exploration fully underway!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28DYh_123JxMA1KRZY_G8-zvoWwlsizlMp_EIz-HHDzkgWdaO2vVZflZTMjNUNxP7TylHnExd9oHgER7DZ-JoYbwovV2VUuiIb8o4BW_e-S6Wy1yn2gwYZ9-cQf5KCXhRODNA7Ap7s0D2/s1600/u.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28DYh_123JxMA1KRZY_G8-zvoWwlsizlMp_EIz-HHDzkgWdaO2vVZflZTMjNUNxP7TylHnExd9oHgER7DZ-JoYbwovV2VUuiIb8o4BW_e-S6Wy1yn2gwYZ9-cQf5KCXhRODNA7Ap7s0D2/s320/u.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The older children also enjoyed this activity after school...</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcqbszDqwWq0YisIYpAAXcKsefP2Cx4c3D1icbCxuX6dgFWXU3_iHIUIv-ZE1grUMEZFSwJo7kRjhSdpQEwHoqIdE3N4Z5RT_rSZiGaTkzSi6zldqV5YWAyQb89yv67tb4bwNYbtWOKl3/s1600/v.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcqbszDqwWq0YisIYpAAXcKsefP2Cx4c3D1icbCxuX6dgFWXU3_iHIUIv-ZE1grUMEZFSwJo7kRjhSdpQEwHoqIdE3N4Z5RT_rSZiGaTkzSi6zldqV5YWAyQb89yv67tb4bwNYbtWOKl3/s320/v.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;these are some of their creations.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xARuZLkS4AUi5oSmihqSMbTuqFlDEhpqRdf6wUDAsIre67GkBg4NwKsp45s4ihido_24j4r-1LSaDhwQyONvOyalQCj8mQYJim5EM_9sWftlRLiXUWyZMsQKENsZ6A748SXepAryc3OB/s1600/w.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xARuZLkS4AUi5oSmihqSMbTuqFlDEhpqRdf6wUDAsIre67GkBg4NwKsp45s4ihido_24j4r-1LSaDhwQyONvOyalQCj8mQYJim5EM_9sWftlRLiXUWyZMsQKENsZ6A748SXepAryc3OB/s320/w.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <span id="goog_1257874415"></span><span id="goog_1257874416"></span><br />Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-74790384948831479322013-06-10T20:47:00.000+01:002013-06-10T20:47:00.665+01:00Sensory Playdough - Week 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6u2hsNd_U0bZZo2hns6y2CE5Wc4GnmERhyPRVm_zsdxnyylGSgcNDC2zl2Qz01s-WNXgf6qGhWMXShC3UsBIUQ2irGTv5DeRuBQK6_1rMaJ7e34g61Zam0jtPEip4vYwZSRma6PgCfP_n/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6u2hsNd_U0bZZo2hns6y2CE5Wc4GnmERhyPRVm_zsdxnyylGSgcNDC2zl2Qz01s-WNXgf6qGhWMXShC3UsBIUQ2irGTv5DeRuBQK6_1rMaJ7e34g61Zam0jtPEip4vYwZSRma6PgCfP_n/s320/4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;So following on from our last playdough exploration, I added these resources for the children.&nbsp; This time they had cinnamon and lemon playdough (as before), cinnamon sticks, cardomom seeds, lemon grass, chives, aniseed stars and lemon peel.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMPQZUjbpas9hvwPHY1Yy_Q_tCAnW9t90RHIL7SxMgfPP2D3vmnidB2eZu6D7HCdsEsOpdW-Cvi9s13Z8h2dtTHNK2x1IpB3LLSmBF-FSYAHerV3Jf4NN3lf4PD5_ssqwh0Hc-y7HxX-I/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMPQZUjbpas9hvwPHY1Yy_Q_tCAnW9t90RHIL7SxMgfPP2D3vmnidB2eZu6D7HCdsEsOpdW-Cvi9s13Z8h2dtTHNK2x1IpB3LLSmBF-FSYAHerV3Jf4NN3lf4PD5_ssqwh0Hc-y7HxX-I/s320/5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I wanted to keep with the sensory feel as the children had enjoyed this aspect last time, but I also wanted to incorporate their interest in cutting.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzDpXV5Id-G-Vo8-YTRaAQd-PFYPQ8G1yRftvxQHrQ09eAr-MFxT5PW948rqc8pvCot5Aj0maVpN7R-gi5TjUxWxe3Iq6SfS0DLixVWOnjxxS4b65UduBxMqBq1vDDdzIhHExPbq8-lX4/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzDpXV5Id-G-Vo8-YTRaAQd-PFYPQ8G1yRftvxQHrQ09eAr-MFxT5PW948rqc8pvCot5Aj0maVpN7R-gi5TjUxWxe3Iq6SfS0DLixVWOnjxxS4b65UduBxMqBq1vDDdzIhHExPbq8-lX4/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;There was lots and lots of cutting going on last time!&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I struggled to think of something sensory that the children&nbsp;would be able to cut and in the end settled on chives.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVF1qK_UmGVcJUcuSWlaaqu8S1_Lnv81jptLnlWg2pHXFIn45w9cjw1OivQX9EIttsGOc8AQ-wwI4PCVbt4yDINWJ6xFXgMDUtZPKUNXxpHmZCOtw5BpYSZ61ViKfHUv2GynskXTsK_cwL/s1600/043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVF1qK_UmGVcJUcuSWlaaqu8S1_Lnv81jptLnlWg2pHXFIn45w9cjw1OivQX9EIttsGOc8AQ-wwI4PCVbt4yDINWJ6xFXgMDUtZPKUNXxpHmZCOtw5BpYSZ61ViKfHUv2GynskXTsK_cwL/s320/043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The children started off with the knives, cutting the dough into smaller pieces.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuBxCck0XQy0An0jguRe42FJr57xBf7-p7qfI5x2m8RcJ3w8hiqZwBFMczLzKjYQT1wM0ngtrSJqnzo5Jie_H2MdpthGcPR6zwYgAPUssZJ6yXk0ib9hai1CkAcyx7eyoEFoNenmI0lC_/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuBxCck0XQy0An0jguRe42FJr57xBf7-p7qfI5x2m8RcJ3w8hiqZwBFMczLzKjYQT1wM0ngtrSJqnzo5Jie_H2MdpthGcPR6zwYgAPUssZJ6yXk0ib9hai1CkAcyx7eyoEFoNenmI0lC_/s320/047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I rolled the playdough into long sausages to make this a bit easier for the children.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2a4JVR7bWOqYmjZFztCJatl4u9TasJuTyEqc49wZhAntS-44y7_-SYCTh68UJsX_AfVAF3xrT8LDmfeVwfDqmsTJYHZOxkV8sX8YjkEzggOBAckFlka_ekLm3ynNIpTfMFgW-qpATNJzq/s1600/049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2a4JVR7bWOqYmjZFztCJatl4u9TasJuTyEqc49wZhAntS-44y7_-SYCTh68UJsX_AfVAF3xrT8LDmfeVwfDqmsTJYHZOxkV8sX8YjkEzggOBAckFlka_ekLm3ynNIpTfMFgW-qpATNJzq/s320/049.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Gradually they began to explore the new resources, the orange peel proved popular.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL310MFg6Dp-Fw5JDkyEzJImkQBNT9l2arFS8w_Hr6BIruoc0sQ8QjDP49hBdcFz3jfWYecCIltlFM5nm0tovw8p44Sp0MjpwrAA3R48DVsuW2mnO-DF5HDlTIFJZXKAt1L-Vuw_G6YAEm/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL310MFg6Dp-Fw5JDkyEzJImkQBNT9l2arFS8w_Hr6BIruoc0sQ8QjDP49hBdcFz3jfWYecCIltlFM5nm0tovw8p44Sp0MjpwrAA3R48DVsuW2mnO-DF5HDlTIFJZXKAt1L-Vuw_G6YAEm/s320/050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> This was the first time I had dried orange peel and it was a bit of an experiment!&nbsp;I tried cutting it into star shapes, but it shrunk more than I was expecting and was also quite time consuming, so the remainder I cut into strips.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-TDGg8FhGpxk2oIvApoFofUFN6Sx_AHy97-o33Iy-vuHxLF051Y5nVxjwLZunECXb5FCH_svhi1hyphenhyphen5VkhE9BrRBGcEseIsHDtJKbtPH59mtB6uRP5e7ranpAfoLqd6CdiV4Nlvy8JFyQD/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-TDGg8FhGpxk2oIvApoFofUFN6Sx_AHy97-o33Iy-vuHxLF051Y5nVxjwLZunECXb5FCH_svhi1hyphenhyphen5VkhE9BrRBGcEseIsHDtJKbtPH59mtB6uRP5e7ranpAfoLqd6CdiV4Nlvy8JFyQD/s320/053.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;This creation was 'a lorry' :-)</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgty0_mS1gdpmZzgGRJ6HPa-ZZm8g2uaBRPLnkVeCqOAR-W3ENQj3P-Pw52IL31sYCzgWaK-ToOyRXhiSO6g8Xdhv_fh82UJDEKz3O1dykpVH4PRBYP5lA4p6Ju54tfl6cGAvYPsC-flI_Q/s1600/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgty0_mS1gdpmZzgGRJ6HPa-ZZm8g2uaBRPLnkVeCqOAR-W3ENQj3P-Pw52IL31sYCzgWaK-ToOyRXhiSO6g8Xdhv_fh82UJDEKz3O1dykpVH4PRBYP5lA4p6Ju54tfl6cGAvYPsC-flI_Q/s320/054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;However, a few difficulties were encounted when it came to adding the wheels!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> It seemed important that they were placed underneath the playdough lorry, however picking up a playdough lorry to position them is not easy!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ToouMrpXExa_fvayzO4CZMzoIML-MLv1Uz5qxE3KijgFoqohsVXW8ixeVjqL-hiXNcVqhYx8539HUCrX03pAUATqo0tePzLLjNpW69THiSdOSj3H0ryS2Dkfws3XbARC11dlS1Ip2oOy/s1600/058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ToouMrpXExa_fvayzO4CZMzoIML-MLv1Uz5qxE3KijgFoqohsVXW8ixeVjqL-hiXNcVqhYx8539HUCrX03pAUATqo0tePzLLjNpW69THiSdOSj3H0ryS2Dkfws3XbARC11dlS1Ip2oOy/s320/058.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Another playdough / orange peel creation.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvrWHfb22LxqqPITFNpshbxVhJ86sNI-uv20AGm0AIvcUPYYgri11hndMFCrffET5jIVkAUv7u6dG1-eg5UEUiRLPJ-lncnWH4eUP7huy4GXpzeqOCTnjSKq1l-RYuYSoWvinGjsKSqeW/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvrWHfb22LxqqPITFNpshbxVhJ86sNI-uv20AGm0AIvcUPYYgri11hndMFCrffET5jIVkAUv7u6dG1-eg5UEUiRLPJ-lncnWH4eUP7huy4GXpzeqOCTnjSKq1l-RYuYSoWvinGjsKSqeW/s320/061.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Trying hard to get the chives to stand up in the playdough.&nbsp; These proved a challenge as with most objects the children add to the playdough, it doesn't matter where you hold them when positioning, but with chives, the children needed to hold them near the base.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBcSY8Li0kGpFD7Fzp2vfbvLlPCsl3DhjmKBxNE1fic2fNUA1qeSu9kS1Kei31qjF1S9gKyCYji75nLJl5m4o0M7jUul_zO57KJUZKkl-23xNbvGa-Xfjcrk19gRJhAXja3W0NH3N9CJB/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBcSY8Li0kGpFD7Fzp2vfbvLlPCsl3DhjmKBxNE1fic2fNUA1qeSu9kS1Kei31qjF1S9gKyCYji75nLJl5m4o0M7jUul_zO57KJUZKkl-23xNbvGa-Xfjcrk19gRJhAXja3W0NH3N9CJB/s320/065.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The children also discovered that chives could be pulled apart and this occupied little E for quite a while!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNp9Gynkhss0dxvlxZ5Porsbr3x-ooLJwszsMcAAASAEVh9Ho_QFIAKEpFRBhyphenhyphenN1DHPqePYnm_7FdGrzv2fjX9vdCL-2yL8Zc4MTkPP1yM_c6sx92Gf504aLdQHPXJaLuCIz5sqLBXAoe/s1600/066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNp9Gynkhss0dxvlxZ5Porsbr3x-ooLJwszsMcAAASAEVh9Ho_QFIAKEpFRBhyphenhyphenN1DHPqePYnm_7FdGrzv2fjX9vdCL-2yL8Zc4MTkPP1yM_c6sx92Gf504aLdQHPXJaLuCIz5sqLBXAoe/s320/066.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;R discovered that the aniseed&nbsp;could be used to make star prints in the dough.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwDZZNB67vYRksvKZNsjPxftkwUQx_yMmDj9svDPvX6HJx3qZLZ1kTijmemz76Pr4bHpLD_MImMb9P8aZGnPfd3GWas4ZTYuW1uNaio82ZK7pbIAmy4OwdOYmR6p4ol1ylxKNXgqOHBBk/s1600/068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9dDS_z4XlD5kSF5TXk3WpV1OQYfvR72IxPxxfQzQORdTccNtyjhx0WQtxhcscOjvLCghGKVX7MuDwvfpo8JI1zBs-3gAmrCfuRHBnEPEouY4UrsAPxTqtiFK9IlP886BrARFtNB0rym5/s1600/77.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9dDS_z4XlD5kSF5TXk3WpV1OQYfvR72IxPxxfQzQORdTccNtyjhx0WQtxhcscOjvLCghGKVX7MuDwvfpo8JI1zBs-3gAmrCfuRHBnEPEouY4UrsAPxTqtiFK9IlP886BrARFtNB0rym5/s320/77.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Our table got pretty messy during exploration.&nbsp; After the children had finshed I tided up the 'loose' parts but left some of their creations to inspire the next round of explorations.</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-84570082514502745552013-06-09T21:11:00.000+01:002013-06-09T21:11:47.154+01:00A Week of Water Play<div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoZ59hrEUGoCx5hZofEJIh7bs79sMceP7TyIwRCDbprg1B7-wuhGO9z30dmN2aALEQiZ0HWBhzESrtgA5hrtb8MWXLQdbP_gGJaK0idYd0gdFB9VaAPKfQC0ph1W0xRpR2yDE22Eodcdq/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoZ59hrEUGoCx5hZofEJIh7bs79sMceP7TyIwRCDbprg1B7-wuhGO9z30dmN2aALEQiZ0HWBhzESrtgA5hrtb8MWXLQdbP_gGJaK0idYd0gdFB9VaAPKfQC0ph1W0xRpR2yDE22Eodcdq/s320/001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We've had some fantastic weather in England this week.&nbsp; After weeks of cold weather this meant only one thing, water play!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WWyO0fq-7McGxORBmKwCMm5YEsimBzpHoR0H9QbjQfCCljkqsTQXFpqJrSza5jDJ9Gc35D1-Yy_eFmRDNuLt6f83w5twtgEqGX6l7L-V5lq5nKTxX3ZWxaOy04UDMBCPDhHCY0j4B_JL/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WWyO0fq-7McGxORBmKwCMm5YEsimBzpHoR0H9QbjQfCCljkqsTQXFpqJrSza5jDJ9Gc35D1-Yy_eFmRDNuLt6f83w5twtgEqGX6l7L-V5lq5nKTxX3ZWxaOy04UDMBCPDhHCY0j4B_JL/s320/3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I put aside my planning and set this up for the children instead.&nbsp; We needed to make the most of the good weather, you never know how long it will last in England!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VpzuXgbkFKGQ1qcTKLb1H_sR6X9205SUVJqDDokVT5XIftyadm8CuarEhd3BE0Op38PLmw8GzaPFszI3_4LaqdUYnGWS9mKXJ5xHN-z6BGfOg-EIj8zh_TlLYC6zVZ3qipyPkZedyts_/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VpzuXgbkFKGQ1qcTKLb1H_sR6X9205SUVJqDDokVT5XIftyadm8CuarEhd3BE0Op38PLmw8GzaPFszI3_4LaqdUYnGWS9mKXJ5xHN-z6BGfOg-EIj8zh_TlLYC6zVZ3qipyPkZedyts_/s320/4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I didn't need to worry about the planning I had put aside though, the children covered lots of different areas of learning through their play - all without any planning :-)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> They experimented with filling and emptying an assortment of containers, sometimes simultaneously!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Zb7uRw3-B9LhEvlnrPqRc6MUT2IyD24MCnC7J-MBeMzv-dfT-lFh0wAswhgXLUjnouf_O4JGoLb2gmamv1szh-3SOLSky6E9yAO2xeOvTpvi7btyqIxAK7vsuF2bfUe6XVxYMKADnxPi/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Zb7uRw3-B9LhEvlnrPqRc6MUT2IyD24MCnC7J-MBeMzv-dfT-lFh0wAswhgXLUjnouf_O4JGoLb2gmamv1szh-3SOLSky6E9yAO2xeOvTpvi7btyqIxAK7vsuF2bfUe6XVxYMKADnxPi/s320/5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;They posted objects through the tube, watching and expecting them to re-appear and then problem solving on occasions when they became stuck!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9uvvsU3dQVVfDqR5a-K9Iv8fr8OOmb_BPtJ2n9HFfEliqz6Dgd0bna03tVWEoXDRXkcmzCNM67WErrOwHFX6DYFkzxydJv_4iIUaNxv2NqRwnBU5dZDpDJh7lyV74MLxPHwSDraxBKNx/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9uvvsU3dQVVfDqR5a-K9Iv8fr8OOmb_BPtJ2n9HFfEliqz6Dgd0bna03tVWEoXDRXkcmzCNM67WErrOwHFX6DYFkzxydJv_4iIUaNxv2NqRwnBU5dZDpDJh7lyV74MLxPHwSDraxBKNx/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;They experimented with rolling an assortment of objects down the guttering....</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-txkvUQSimE7YIxmOaY9u6wfoPvkTClXgrpOTlqTavr1Q8M_Du4vM982RvJ5ZjsEKA3C4X5_VhsXqeoVLGncoxnVXLy06EL29RQZhmJuqa_hy-XlFK5TPJWmg-M_eBnlxWf0T3XltI9b/s1600/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-txkvUQSimE7YIxmOaY9u6wfoPvkTClXgrpOTlqTavr1Q8M_Du4vM982RvJ5ZjsEKA3C4X5_VhsXqeoVLGncoxnVXLy06EL29RQZhmJuqa_hy-XlFK5TPJWmg-M_eBnlxWf0T3XltI9b/s320/7.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;...which at one point became a slide for the playmobil people.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DkunQTAayXMAk1gGaRKkBLEpL6AqlbK8kCkSvIjms7Lo6s7pnrwcYZUll3VSuv_W3TaESvPpBOX3MO5MHDeLFn3poB2uFABNwew3JrAuSPOhO4Fvzirb3KB6UoWeiO7AHMxfu_0sCOi4/s1600/8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DkunQTAayXMAk1gGaRKkBLEpL6AqlbK8kCkSvIjms7Lo6s7pnrwcYZUll3VSuv_W3TaESvPpBOX3MO5MHDeLFn3poB2uFABNwew3JrAuSPOhO4Fvzirb3KB6UoWeiO7AHMxfu_0sCOi4/s320/8.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The hose pipe proved to be so popular that we had the opportunity to practise our turn-taking skills :-)&nbsp; Some of us did find this quite a challenge!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha47QMZWMD8ZkUcnS_Gd8GMmNmfs0UKYlDEridPGCuIHFEt3FKooDscHA4NaRknkVIZvmrN02Og39KpOYTxV1wZueJLKcCYJH5plmOYpcF8kJdnx162N7KZMNCFUT5prJTA3UNF3sMUEZY/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PJoq44MsQO6ZekHzlVKAvE6YNpYx8Xbi0S_n8pmgG5u-9In7y5_-OeC1kCTaCExke9YF-TSscyvwz5nGYxRve55PsQ53h1tQSoQL05LbeflVuyHqOHqeOQjLydoySKkfUJiHRsdfST7j/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PJoq44MsQO6ZekHzlVKAvE6YNpYx8Xbi0S_n8pmgG5u-9In7y5_-OeC1kCTaCExke9YF-TSscyvwz5nGYxRve55PsQ53h1tQSoQL05LbeflVuyHqOHqeOQjLydoySKkfUJiHRsdfST7j/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The children also practised their hand eye coordination, scooping the ping pong balls with the nets, (unfortunately this was the best photo I had of this!)</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5fKEvSfYdhOt0mGaRRObtR7BwhuX5zC08xbQsrmazC-IJs7iSrTuRFvHPRFofAmztI949NBac0RGAQhSoiWcD7nWmQ7ayC__KkoN7gdf6YjwRnwNyqBmBlIoPeyB6Z-0Dx-CDT4VEKtr/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> Coordinating the different parts of&nbsp;their body and strengthening muscles as&nbsp;they tried&nbsp;to lift the cylinder and turn it over to empty the water out.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWGc0O4LkJxBgcu24IdmffABg0dqqEPqrtX-aEjzifhPOljgcjYXSqc4sK2KxzWRIi4yrOalQRXRbhyphenhyphenogpMdgQbKlpomDdiJ9BOoW46VWFuxOYrJNm9EPTeM-qupVL9ZQekLYjaXcVqRm/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWGc0O4LkJxBgcu24IdmffABg0dqqEPqrtX-aEjzifhPOljgcjYXSqc4sK2KxzWRIi4yrOalQRXRbhyphenhyphenogpMdgQbKlpomDdiJ9BOoW46VWFuxOYrJNm9EPTeM-qupVL9ZQekLYjaXcVqRm/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;success!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFv5Bf2pCEFaLCwmHA_YjsKInM_9hv5Rh9VjBiZl2d_QRx9r3r4z6z81NWCXf5APCqDQc1q9Sq4OJswbGaewNwRo42j-II_pcdmusYMYKTURCzs_shsiS9Nd4bfnUnAUAtbwgNbZHYQ-tD/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFv5Bf2pCEFaLCwmHA_YjsKInM_9hv5Rh9VjBiZl2d_QRx9r3r4z6z81NWCXf5APCqDQc1q9Sq4OJswbGaewNwRo42j-II_pcdmusYMYKTURCzs_shsiS9Nd4bfnUnAUAtbwgNbZHYQ-tD/s320/021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;They practised counting, rolling one,</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivr24h340lorK3ONOvgdltkQfJ6M9A2qGRy2pMT2S-aDxFbeTxDio1RWrf_VVdHw1SsrM9eAmqhyrB01Lm7CKZArsCAHahKvecvGCgToXxzBacfYFfWV5kNd4Iu2LkRPFId8l5afTb45wG/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivr24h340lorK3ONOvgdltkQfJ6M9A2qGRy2pMT2S-aDxFbeTxDio1RWrf_VVdHw1SsrM9eAmqhyrB01Lm7CKZArsCAHahKvecvGCgToXxzBacfYFfWV5kNd4Iu2LkRPFId8l5afTb45wG/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;then two,</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXJSw54Wq2jcWBS1pR6RpjHuDw1SLUwkDMKk6sPUuLqtlBCCS1CJ0YKwx62gg1_NY7cMRzjCRoxLx5sJF1iOv1NtjPcX3hRFuZ19noE-92IzDcMvjfyNxjLt1rvOKEPGrVdSwhc32B6Cu/s1600/120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXJSw54Wq2jcWBS1pR6RpjHuDw1SLUwkDMKk6sPUuLqtlBCCS1CJ0YKwx62gg1_NY7cMRzjCRoxLx5sJF1iOv1NtjPcX3hRFuZ19noE-92IzDcMvjfyNxjLt1rvOKEPGrVdSwhc32B6Cu/s320/120.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Of course when the older children came home from school, play got a whole lot wetter!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqjcaHOD1SzPjOaJLreDSOS5155QK3GFexh7yCvjLshAgMXRavoPQVC3TUWFbW5EzUvojVSEkYY8r2I0IcNkpcQim5VOBFHkt99w3a4U0JuU07AYVULxQ1S54mzhCLF62yUVrqNrPXOwO/s1600/121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqjcaHOD1SzPjOaJLreDSOS5155QK3GFexh7yCvjLshAgMXRavoPQVC3TUWFbW5EzUvojVSEkYY8r2I0IcNkpcQim5VOBFHkt99w3a4U0JuU07AYVULxQ1S54mzhCLF62yUVrqNrPXOwO/s320/121.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Fingers crossed for some more great weather next week!</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-55888752929949906182013-05-07T21:23:00.001+01:002013-05-07T21:23:39.511+01:00Playdough and Spices<div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRACUZg7XVWHyR4fE2vHXki9VhVCzdCcI3QA7d7ABtdpxH12ihSRenKeQwlEmNHNRdfr6tPANOSMqOmZn8gfUE21-8sCFyDorWC-eSMeB_9s9CJnb3ZXeX8619nIT40s62G-ErZcB-TNo1/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRACUZg7XVWHyR4fE2vHXki9VhVCzdCcI3QA7d7ABtdpxH12ihSRenKeQwlEmNHNRdfr6tPANOSMqOmZn8gfUE21-8sCFyDorWC-eSMeB_9s9CJnb3ZXeX8619nIT40s62G-ErZcB-TNo1/s320/001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I'm always on the look out for something new and different to try with the little ones and got very excited when I found an idea <a href="http://alittlepinkalittleblue.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/spicy-play-dough-fun.html">here</a>&nbsp; for adding spices to playdough.&nbsp; Not mixed in with the dough, but separate.&nbsp; I already had bay leaves and cinnamon sticks, but after a quick trip to Tesco added lemon grass and cardamoms to the collection.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwqUkQyt44NjCW5lwCKKmAwv6UcTSfJRyOwXsNKH1HdNNKryv0wpRh6yPy3Q34_qtbkoVQ0UmPePBu8uHAowo56aS8AkC5Fq7EiI6OZXGwR0gDbuK2vxhdajDyoSMAssz_WCmXiMrKyk1/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwqUkQyt44NjCW5lwCKKmAwv6UcTSfJRyOwXsNKH1HdNNKryv0wpRh6yPy3Q34_qtbkoVQ0UmPePBu8uHAowo56aS8AkC5Fq7EiI6OZXGwR0gDbuK2vxhdajDyoSMAssz_WCmXiMrKyk1/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I scented playdough with lemon and cinnamon and added rolling pins and cookie cutters to play.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlWOXkELmCB-HnlOYc0nKft3s4eP92qiLXxaS1R0bcRZxTHvX65M3ve7X170lbr-ZgvgO6vj7verucJ9LSakN2JF_7HB7_F-9p1V_ykoSUB3PvCph280pS5rsapeON1UNcpmw6KoXYr8k/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlWOXkELmCB-HnlOYc0nKft3s4eP92qiLXxaS1R0bcRZxTHvX65M3ve7X170lbr-ZgvgO6vj7verucJ9LSakN2JF_7HB7_F-9p1V_ykoSUB3PvCph280pS5rsapeON1UNcpmw6KoXYr8k/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I encouraged the children to smell the spices as they explored, as you can see some were not overly keen on this!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJYDhm5rBBchQLGn-dAzTUtjIHhOLxXL0xWfRhao9DoaiVP0bCIvHs5VswtIW3bm-jk9wg12-fH_yEX06n5U-GL1A15qy9xQ3HLWD4wBnVF2YEKkOlEfWjr9GRJ3GCweZ2Noiwhh8UrlI/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJYDhm5rBBchQLGn-dAzTUtjIHhOLxXL0xWfRhao9DoaiVP0bCIvHs5VswtIW3bm-jk9wg12-fH_yEX06n5U-GL1A15qy9xQ3HLWD4wBnVF2YEKkOlEfWjr9GRJ3GCweZ2Noiwhh8UrlI/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Ah that's better!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlxi5BhVAbWib7A38ireXlt1WM6zDdt-gcewv0UFn8WlSeSI2oIbzbLbjNz80F-RnY9uA0QwWbUyaRzIyca2WX4tmHZ5pWP4VqXRLafivNlVguIj_ag2CT_pBDmhgMQAv3riEgr5fT5QK/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlxi5BhVAbWib7A38ireXlt1WM6zDdt-gcewv0UFn8WlSeSI2oIbzbLbjNz80F-RnY9uA0QwWbUyaRzIyca2WX4tmHZ5pWP4VqXRLafivNlVguIj_ag2CT_pBDmhgMQAv3riEgr5fT5QK/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;The children selected from the resources and added them to their dough.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvEtknL_AztTbdFCW03KLG19FcO1Dg2SyhZQVs2xe3DylJp7FSdTlBKIK8TT0wyKY2XzPfNiWumnEKED_g8xtV13UQ1nYU6hqp664xg9ctuAZuMu5FzfH41d_ZfYKttUuzu4vYX-iCbG3/s1600/15.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvEtknL_AztTbdFCW03KLG19FcO1Dg2SyhZQVs2xe3DylJp7FSdTlBKIK8TT0wyKY2XzPfNiWumnEKED_g8xtV13UQ1nYU6hqp664xg9ctuAZuMu5FzfH41d_ZfYKttUuzu4vYX-iCbG3/s320/15.4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;K focused on laying everything&nbsp;flat on the dough.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHE_MHIAjpROxDZBFyx9rBJgBNSS_qSRAkyzyfC8HxOjIlVOGtfWm-CvrSfsOWs8ggmZeLZC4nr8Yu8ZjW6SzWTCkOEhfFyJfL5kfZ1lbQWPpvNY2t4rW-fF5hhdjdKjI-akz-jBBrOqyN/s1600/15.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHE_MHIAjpROxDZBFyx9rBJgBNSS_qSRAkyzyfC8HxOjIlVOGtfWm-CvrSfsOWs8ggmZeLZC4nr8Yu8ZjW6SzWTCkOEhfFyJfL5kfZ1lbQWPpvNY2t4rW-fF5hhdjdKjI-akz-jBBrOqyN/s320/15.5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;He then discovered this made it a bit tricky to use the cookie cutter, so removed the pieces one by one.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iYaV9WvzcxU3ZQnuWmBWng_M_a8xWm91d65cBg-GxCmfjwXjsHW5uVHslr1xHjQ5Yu-OsCbK6evb4ykph181sEIZHk7aXe54xcoKAZU7wB9TjWAwInCnI2O0pJQyJvKQoiUqosKtT-Ri/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iYaV9WvzcxU3ZQnuWmBWng_M_a8xWm91d65cBg-GxCmfjwXjsHW5uVHslr1xHjQ5Yu-OsCbK6evb4ykph181sEIZHk7aXe54xcoKAZU7wB9TjWAwInCnI2O0pJQyJvKQoiUqosKtT-Ri/s320/016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;R, on the other hand, positioned the spices vertically.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvGHQ8Xgo9Pt64T6AwTDJtWTuHU2hyAYqcTTF9wYI8ux4Al63psqJC2ix3Ag_GxyAFm6LCFrFN_H9g0Jq7diEPtlw3hKvZy2kwykOdxg-TGztNlPt48UYa2-qgIbFkWTqGGOscsverl1v/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvGHQ8Xgo9Pt64T6AwTDJtWTuHU2hyAYqcTTF9wYI8ux4Al63psqJC2ix3Ag_GxyAFm6LCFrFN_H9g0Jq7diEPtlw3hKvZy2kwykOdxg-TGztNlPt48UYa2-qgIbFkWTqGGOscsverl1v/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Pausing to smell the bay leaves :-)</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTgjnqhjDyCKDCwJPy7ZTn0-GaUegE6cy1aNcY8sOJBeHlMrjHxeiFzL5vocmUnA152NDS0n0kJRo3PzWE4SpFsFocPvBSb4_jQ-8D_MeBdEr7MucEfoocV7BpMEn2a85QSvUdnZtKngZ/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTgjnqhjDyCKDCwJPy7ZTn0-GaUegE6cy1aNcY8sOJBeHlMrjHxeiFzL5vocmUnA152NDS0n0kJRo3PzWE4SpFsFocPvBSb4_jQ-8D_MeBdEr7MucEfoocV7BpMEn2a85QSvUdnZtKngZ/s320/018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;K observed an imitated R's play.....</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOx-KSefwOMd4RU6DPr13E1s_iNvze2Jn2DLkldtBFy3mxaT6xjE3TpHSx8YhFfNQh_RW4Y3GY9u7GdlVLoudsg5aXVWvTesptHEYJoKp0AKBsGldhm7KN0UgBawBLykTonvO3RFZWhYp/s1600/19.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOx-KSefwOMd4RU6DPr13E1s_iNvze2Jn2DLkldtBFy3mxaT6xjE3TpHSx8YhFfNQh_RW4Y3GY9u7GdlVLoudsg5aXVWvTesptHEYJoKp0AKBsGldhm7KN0UgBawBLykTonvO3RFZWhYp/s320/19.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;...and then rolled them all flat!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6xTID2VtG3fwWfQ1m3CzOLecdQhPbo_XWchzjvpDPJZfyGVK6NQ-z8qhujyzebDQ8GxioGKATC6Seo6zV0T9Sp3aSO52QnG1UounwtZ96m20bqaRZeyfHNUohAccg-AWJbMXN8hUBTF4/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6xTID2VtG3fwWfQ1m3CzOLecdQhPbo_XWchzjvpDPJZfyGVK6NQ-z8qhujyzebDQ8GxioGKATC6Seo6zV0T9Sp3aSO52QnG1UounwtZ96m20bqaRZeyfHNUohAccg-AWJbMXN8hUBTF4/s320/021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Little E, well she was just happy to stack the pots!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzPLXA_g1EAhdWoU5AfvslZiX82GoeRvOg6jq0GfKAvpdouJ10cN_mIOhl0bIDtPRdMIQHGEJiEEmoqnh28H6z7Kus4zl1Va3PgRch0qBk-OWLRLppN6KuDNXTBpZHqFH6GV1PwcAKR9c/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> As this was an adult-directed activity, I introduced some number practise into the activity.&nbsp; The little ones however, were far more interested in their own explorations!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitADryQCNg9ymf_eUyrWR9NtdPy2EPl5_Bs9KkdYVunKzj0jLC0fbeVH-vTFr37GaBGQkw9ha0kOoH9ylfMXKBlKWimOZQ5t6QsSJzN9pfAVLzZ8JCd0jabQ9hNTJM9iofJUiBpJvUDHEG/s1600/25.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitADryQCNg9ymf_eUyrWR9NtdPy2EPl5_Bs9KkdYVunKzj0jLC0fbeVH-vTFr37GaBGQkw9ha0kOoH9ylfMXKBlKWimOZQ5t6QsSJzN9pfAVLzZ8JCd0jabQ9hNTJM9iofJUiBpJvUDHEG/s320/25.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Using the lemon grass sticks to stir the pot...</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlk_RImXo-P4fQj_igWLJJQnhIEP7v4gvzyzx1QkiT-8H-OhYli059GHcVLl1CRCpGT5XPjVz3Vwu5srZMrCfXx7vseig6GgC5dcsluhmcTjlc10u3SCJbftN6rh-9ff3KuD1MLD6sgAC4/s1600/26.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlk_RImXo-P4fQj_igWLJJQnhIEP7v4gvzyzx1QkiT-8H-OhYli059GHcVLl1CRCpGT5XPjVz3Vwu5srZMrCfXx7vseig6GgC5dcsluhmcTjlc10u3SCJbftN6rh-9ff3KuD1MLD6sgAC4/s320/26.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> ...and then to move the rolling pin!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBto62Z8-L2i0StPUvplkk_1ffE49d5CzTsCsKvzwyQbLrSf69LDE_5ct9M1uxYgYDrzhSVbFpQHOQlIW-cvtdzq2IBK7E-dJ7ZM-AX5gEnAoalXVIt6ZEU83U4Tyml5UmiyzP67DgNB-b/s1600/27.7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBto62Z8-L2i0StPUvplkk_1ffE49d5CzTsCsKvzwyQbLrSf69LDE_5ct9M1uxYgYDrzhSVbFpQHOQlIW-cvtdzq2IBK7E-dJ7ZM-AX5gEnAoalXVIt6ZEU83U4Tyml5UmiyzP67DgNB-b/s320/27.7.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;E progressed to filling the pots!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6bm7q4Kpjz6r15yZJi_El1IMnIiG7QnXtcuQcw6UnIKQR0RYAMVjwCpYOTxXFtiw4MC1OylRDA5gfd2RBxFw5LEXRZyjjVYAaaaBRftipKbx4rilYisrasvs5O96mNI9_rBD3D94lPaQ/s1600/28.6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6bm7q4Kpjz6r15yZJi_El1IMnIiG7QnXtcuQcw6UnIKQR0RYAMVjwCpYOTxXFtiw4MC1OylRDA5gfd2RBxFw5LEXRZyjjVYAaaaBRftipKbx4rilYisrasvs5O96mNI9_rBD3D94lPaQ/s320/28.6.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> And here's one of K's :-)</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljrXCGr5VbNy1jlI-sQkX01ixe6wJyQKPRQ5NJR27mRvGg5cruYxwUdG5VATP8eGF8XwMLGzyD8AWeiJR7oNWaC59tfHEqluhIw1wyAdvtYq4J2gC9Jzp2mKXn-9w1PR5R1GOKev2YqGc/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljrXCGr5VbNy1jlI-sQkX01ixe6wJyQKPRQ5NJR27mRvGg5cruYxwUdG5VATP8eGF8XwMLGzyD8AWeiJR7oNWaC59tfHEqluhIw1wyAdvtYq4J2gC9Jzp2mKXn-9w1PR5R1GOKev2YqGc/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> The original post at A Little Pink A Little Blue, used dried orange peel in their play.&nbsp; I've had a quick look on-line and this looks pretty easy to do, so hopefully we'll also have some to add to play next week :-)</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-18379357412149206652013-05-06T20:23:00.000+01:002013-05-06T20:23:13.791+01:00Hammering!<div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7ulqR8agBlMmsEr4LkPIKKG-v2zCgSAdeiEfDINPf0cFtYen4PFc1maQxTkOlT50jJxpmyhkRcWsBpFhplUvrX-xY7RULBxpBxCUTEqWG3JJvEsxbBuIbuFSPFXpQZE7pt0ojr7xaC8w/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7ulqR8agBlMmsEr4LkPIKKG-v2zCgSAdeiEfDINPf0cFtYen4PFc1maQxTkOlT50jJxpmyhkRcWsBpFhplUvrX-xY7RULBxpBxCUTEqWG3JJvEsxbBuIbuFSPFXpQZE7pt0ojr7xaC8w/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I've noticed an interest in hammering recently. Our wooden pegs&nbsp;have been&nbsp;getting something of a battering, even for a hammering toy!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYkaITrW-VGP1Vt7vntrvZXWzMOwqBzEin8AzT10ma1ZA0qT7KQCsbUF3DRA2ThBvmXAAZKW8SZdSvBfM1bSbchwLPxWZLxUgf0Nm2ngNiSQfh0Flm7VgbJTH_zzfqn65l-8fpb5rBL6H/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYkaITrW-VGP1Vt7vntrvZXWzMOwqBzEin8AzT10ma1ZA0qT7KQCsbUF3DRA2ThBvmXAAZKW8SZdSvBfM1bSbchwLPxWZLxUgf0Nm2ngNiSQfh0Flm7VgbJTH_zzfqn65l-8fpb5rBL6H/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I managed to pick up a large piece of packing foam at the re-cycling centre and added some hammers and golf tees.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgePoFO-dPd-pMjcNGA8i1EbYlZic7TBNIhuIx7uvKqeLhfpVHvGeS2kxr62qAzVUg0QoUUsPMWq6nBrDKPN6L8saBA7N4A87UFpe-olcDC58VwdXpx32SKf4ChlRYmk3eve_1JIPM9-rGQ/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I showed him how to hammer the golf tees, creating a slalom for his cars.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKIPMBsIR97pRp7pVEUMCQ6ix51ZeYZo1wnUFEtxmg59oaLXsVg5NV-Z7gCDtEddLAIq2kggvR9dHigEqTzvJcz6OzjNCuj5Q5Y5ZrZOB4mLspworn_NxsQgt55SG9lHZw-bj0jmTMl04s/s1600/9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKIPMBsIR97pRp7pVEUMCQ6ix51ZeYZo1wnUFEtxmg59oaLXsVg5NV-Z7gCDtEddLAIq2kggvR9dHigEqTzvJcz6OzjNCuj5Q5Y5ZrZOB4mLspworn_NxsQgt55SG9lHZw-bj0jmTMl04s/s320/9.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> These two joined in and set to work hammering with real hammers.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisb3Oivzey8NLujVDAALHp4m1KiyaHuWKr4irsmAEdc299_X3MDEaQ6qOS5Pm_OWxWOrCU_rS0rzOXaGP_JwSClxWOlFNYbsX-3lARSMmoAw3-u3cQoUac88_XpHF4EAELz8NnH06L-e7x/s1600/10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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She sat hammering every single one of these golf tees into this piece of foam, showing great hand / eye coordination.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IVd0LbMYrbv8P3Nw33Av85sub8OqjLwsud0vJf9s9adt-h76eX3ZhhHsfqks3WG046loKVtxdPvOtJGO0NIImUxcTytWfZ__HhFiTE_L_5ScggY5DH75MZQvhM3Q3I6n1jGWtBrbsFuz/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IVd0LbMYrbv8P3Nw33Av85sub8OqjLwsud0vJf9s9adt-h76eX3ZhhHsfqks3WG046loKVtxdPvOtJGO0NIImUxcTytWfZ__HhFiTE_L_5ScggY5DH75MZQvhM3Q3I6n1jGWtBrbsFuz/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Carefully positioning and holding the golf tees to avoid hitting her fingers!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxwdIcaZn94W5YKqeCGFLBl9-pvb3CwqVQWHoST1o5hof9d7cAFXv3BpTDjtlAhfe2Lv0Mrey2IGD25kRM48ulazlDt4v8sIQPwhIH7TBcZjWmPEjlTmTmuaxb3eAGY9yIYgtg2Ua_-4X/s1600/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaO6CSKQ-RjpsisWVM-rEpRuBGg0KaabRnVhPkoPIrw6XzIWiCh27HKNrpCSBqLp5fajmJenuxa2EfxUVmFUO2bSytNuH9saqWl658zFNbqYu1Ruq5tzwpYWtONFdbtD3V7WywxB3I3y0/s1600/108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaO6CSKQ-RjpsisWVM-rEpRuBGg0KaabRnVhPkoPIrw6XzIWiCh27HKNrpCSBqLp5fajmJenuxa2EfxUVmFUO2bSytNuH9saqWl658zFNbqYu1Ruq5tzwpYWtONFdbtD3V7WywxB3I3y0/s320/108.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Finally adding the small world figures to play.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNxzq_UTW3vVpBqyxspW64hw2U56-7-fIg9pZZovqpmoBS8hEkSNPRB1pHsTNxHlhknj_JtZmvkIGX0EiwdheRwPNprx3gwoDKR-uDDbf5ElTxocw5N55UEq8yfJXTWRpIsBk6GBZCslu/s1600/116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>&nbsp;</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-5079446674897087172013-04-27T21:07:00.000+01:002013-04-27T21:07:00.895+01:00Loose Part Storage : Outdoor Book Area<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZC7To5a7eQFYk3E0xCjGZgpdpJalTc0_mF1M0-osUafGb9noG6CMEpkAvTjIERiZ8eCkBbidUeNQpxd1AuATH8RHjXVc0KbgSuC0Ze2F4AiS8DH7vggZPUBVLKbeAQ5TWLxJgl6lr4Y_z/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZC7To5a7eQFYk3E0xCjGZgpdpJalTc0_mF1M0-osUafGb9noG6CMEpkAvTjIERiZ8eCkBbidUeNQpxd1AuATH8RHjXVc0KbgSuC0Ze2F4AiS8DH7vggZPUBVLKbeAQ5TWLxJgl6lr4Y_z/s320/3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;This is just a quick post to share some of the changes to our outdoor area.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Now that summer seems to finally be on its way, I can start to make some of the changes I have been planning:-)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I've wanted to increase our supply of loose parts, as well as making them more accessible to the children.&nbsp; I've been on the look-out for something suitable for a while, then by chance came across these.&nbsp; They are actually hanging baskets for plants, but slightly smaller than normal, making them just perfect for our loose parts.&nbsp; At the moment we have them filled with sticks, pebbles, fir cones, tree blocks, white pebbles and some of our small world insects and fairies.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8QC5uJh3worU6mpk3B7CmR3leux7yy-6IYnWnHvAGGjkEi9zfbhkWxhr86xWrYMJ8E-vSEFYVfCe-HmQ9WeWBkfajmBXkSOc5ws-Gfb9q4G3gp5cXz_iliZ9DY8HXYGUb6mxiG9IlfRS/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8QC5uJh3worU6mpk3B7CmR3leux7yy-6IYnWnHvAGGjkEi9zfbhkWxhr86xWrYMJ8E-vSEFYVfCe-HmQ9WeWBkfajmBXkSOc5ws-Gfb9q4G3gp5cXz_iliZ9DY8HXYGUb6mxiG9IlfRS/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I debated for a while whereabouts to place them in the garden as&nbsp;I didn't want to restrict their use to one specific area.&nbsp; I don't have a huge amount of space and in the end settled for placing them by our small world area.&nbsp; I've attached the baskets&nbsp;loosely with cable ties so they can be un-hooked and moved to different parts of the garden if needed.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrAIV8QiyyNCRX33zE1f-OdhewK33OIF1WJFZESfk7DCvxtnIdlIxyyMgWwlNPpREsmxMvGMlrkFl9zOFaVZUrjjWzQVFMf_SpXunzqSGPOgZFvB49As3KaW9qDYFXCq1afwYAKcUfKgW/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrAIV8QiyyNCRX33zE1f-OdhewK33OIF1WJFZESfk7DCvxtnIdlIxyyMgWwlNPpREsmxMvGMlrkFl9zOFaVZUrjjWzQVFMf_SpXunzqSGPOgZFvB49As3KaW9qDYFXCq1afwYAKcUfKgW/s320/4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I've also added the frame from our old swing seat to&nbsp;the small world area - it seemed to good to take up the tip!&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMMjnIi8cEJLyia-tQKcgbxBLoPsZSTFMGohieHrptbJXiaWd29OGlm7mD5_naPk1ciwvjywmB5USRHxJKw_jRBFJvQceK0GUXdEAledx3K-BFKcGlvyhQjzGtrrAvNZrihmpCY8fJXSc/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMMjnIi8cEJLyia-tQKcgbxBLoPsZSTFMGohieHrptbJXiaWd29OGlm7mD5_naPk1ciwvjywmB5USRHxJKw_jRBFJvQceK0GUXdEAledx3K-BFKcGlvyhQjzGtrrAvNZrihmpCY8fJXSc/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We've planted bean seeds and hopefully these will cover the frame by the summer, creating a cosy place to play and explore.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCZ5v7JNhwzfFooRL_fTi_-qm1GfgIX1bdgKOIUAqpNhZZZdHodGf4ljqLdKCqDNUmxez1EYzfGLlh3wjTiC8NBMelJ0Uqgp_5Egh7ighKncvRCThtCPX42AxKXCcBdfH-rwI05CgphBZ/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCZ5v7JNhwzfFooRL_fTi_-qm1GfgIX1bdgKOIUAqpNhZZZdHodGf4ljqLdKCqDNUmxez1EYzfGLlh3wjTiC8NBMelJ0Uqgp_5Egh7ighKncvRCThtCPX42AxKXCcBdfH-rwI05CgphBZ/s1600/1.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I was also keen to add an outdoor book area.&nbsp; I've been debating since last year how to do this.&nbsp; It had to be something that was weatherproof so I didn't have to drag the books in and out at the end of each day.&nbsp; Initially I thought of a tent, but was worried about the little ones tripping as they came in and out and also thought it might get a bit hot in the summer.&nbsp; Then I found these, sun tents meant for the beach.&nbsp; These are easy to get in and out of and the front flap zips up, so the books can be stored safely inside :-)&nbsp; We just need a few more cushions to make it really comfy and cosy!</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-17995210880303631862013-04-26T21:31:00.000+01:002013-04-29T13:22:02.495+01:00Playdough, flowers and seeds.....<div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmMEwFgec7WmKfqo_k-JsVo8SD8rz2jqvMOCT6ICWPSt4QyOpGtysVE43xT6pESiE9PK0uQqRv-i2NFONPr36OyUVuRNyn14iQlWTCfP4A3d5uZmI-ZiWtoYICJ1wQHtiK2KZmi7ubA91/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmMEwFgec7WmKfqo_k-JsVo8SD8rz2jqvMOCT6ICWPSt4QyOpGtysVE43xT6pESiE9PK0uQqRv-i2NFONPr36OyUVuRNyn14iQlWTCfP4A3d5uZmI-ZiWtoYICJ1wQHtiK2KZmi7ubA91/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;We've been busy today exploring playdough, flowers and seeds.&nbsp; This is&nbsp;an activity I planned as part of the&nbsp;seed planting and growing we will be doing over the next few months.&nbsp; I say planned, but my planning only amounted to supplying an interesting selection of resources related to seeds and growing and allowing the children to take explore them as they wished. I knew the areas of learning applicable to each child's stage of development that I hoped to cover within the activity, but whether these were actually covered, depended on the direction the children chose to take the activity in.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0yOXLUkC6S2aC-awYyHHt0GUzb9LRj-w7MRy6mpn2tRu2GzFS3KR7r9jTl7EjvBfQNs5_qBGdgxh7nyDY4pmlfkjLYeVvIezE5zk9BEwyCZ6tzuvm4DjAbSjC29vIzBdx4sM6p2DbM1sP/s1600/2.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0yOXLUkC6S2aC-awYyHHt0GUzb9LRj-w7MRy6mpn2tRu2GzFS3KR7r9jTl7EjvBfQNs5_qBGdgxh7nyDY4pmlfkjLYeVvIezE5zk9BEwyCZ6tzuvm4DjAbSjC29vIzBdx4sM6p2DbM1sP/s320/2.5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;As soon as the table was set up ready, they got straight to work!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q2K5KgbzCaWJoXMwVCTuGriGXW7lJhQW-4qPGD9Mfyf5SsDbgNgdPNtZ4-9GgcgRk6Xz4zOeO39jHl6PKVQy4p4GAgkvfzxUp1BBxZsYgSbOv8qD7qUj9e2bOvFxqstU3AqVzbK-mhN2/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q2K5KgbzCaWJoXMwVCTuGriGXW7lJhQW-4qPGD9Mfyf5SsDbgNgdPNtZ4-9GgcgRk6Xz4zOeO39jHl6PKVQy4p4GAgkvfzxUp1BBxZsYgSbOv8qD7qUj9e2bOvFxqstU3AqVzbK-mhN2/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Initially they focused their attention on adding the artificial flowers to their playdough.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQIj0eXtTLDZ28S8o1-Sr6E31I6RiwBQxs4S1iipX1mwdKNcrTsA1kxKxJKbzDUtCRJXG8iHyKhRfGSeKEBp1e9QYx1BbDGJIKQY_rVZXfe6fwVLiaDryXm7D6jUUZM6grl20oP9PVjvD/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQIj0eXtTLDZ28S8o1-Sr6E31I6RiwBQxs4S1iipX1mwdKNcrTsA1kxKxJKbzDUtCRJXG8iHyKhRfGSeKEBp1e9QYx1BbDGJIKQY_rVZXfe6fwVLiaDryXm7D6jUUZM6grl20oP9PVjvD/s320/3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Carefully adding one flower at at time and pushing it into the dough.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlC3Q0bR8AAG_za7sqej16cnj1SOT6txHNbB4aa-8k47USoShQM8nJmFju2xCQWo6yu96qEQ60cgqzaak97jQmz6G_82haNvEEc4loGCW0ZXSLUE0b8cr-F37o6Luo_P-MQa67Z2YhCFq8/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlC3Q0bR8AAG_za7sqej16cnj1SOT6txHNbB4aa-8k47USoShQM8nJmFju2xCQWo6yu96qEQ60cgqzaak97jQmz6G_82haNvEEc4loGCW0ZXSLUE0b8cr-F37o6Luo_P-MQa67Z2YhCFq8/s320/5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOCR3xyL0eCaRsJ8KkAClpf21S9MwKNUDx6qZfdZR85Ojlq_OiyOqeGYPvxxeXnYKgpZiOJelCPUOQqxBAshmZ5DB6VquX1qvDPnASdNrPdrDnIk0nnXfpOiAA88ubfpjNG-VGTDUhtJ3/s1600/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOCR3xyL0eCaRsJ8KkAClpf21S9MwKNUDx6qZfdZR85Ojlq_OiyOqeGYPvxxeXnYKgpZiOJelCPUOQqxBAshmZ5DB6VquX1qvDPnASdNrPdrDnIk0nnXfpOiAA88ubfpjNG-VGTDUhtJ3/s320/6.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Sometimes using the mini flower pots.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWuZUriPMvR0KR-ImUe0pDCr70lhKq3LW4h1EQoMDZqZouGQqKYYOUHhgoIlgLd32e0GeZKdEW2JPii9DobDsYZbqs9hFuMVKu02-UjBINmDcVjADrYbW4WZFx6ZBr3N2Sz8cZx75ws6q/s1600/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWuZUriPMvR0KR-ImUe0pDCr70lhKq3LW4h1EQoMDZqZouGQqKYYOUHhgoIlgLd32e0GeZKdEW2JPii9DobDsYZbqs9hFuMVKu02-UjBINmDcVjADrYbW4WZFx6ZBr3N2Sz8cZx75ws6q/s320/7.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;K decided to use the flower pots in a different way, poking the flower stems through the holes in the underside of the pots!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBL6flnMe-5KNhvjAhwO1ppw2STGNOXGXCJ7rqU5YzeZ3IWA6peLj4VSdhe8uacdzypRCl9eOOLxyLxSd2Ni_QUxUV93mTqfl2XkO59z7kHklCGIFGV6outx3qS51XNarK7xb55inkQ1q/s1600/8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBL6flnMe-5KNhvjAhwO1ppw2STGNOXGXCJ7rqU5YzeZ3IWA6peLj4VSdhe8uacdzypRCl9eOOLxyLxSd2Ni_QUxUV93mTqfl2XkO59z7kHklCGIFGV6outx3qS51XNarK7xb55inkQ1q/s320/8.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;R, observing K's exploration, decided this was a pretty good idea and joined in!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLO-7E5gcU39HBuV8QuY0stIS0fBFFrwDPkPjJrBiSBW3MgjCP7ccjKbGGtftEnyIik_Bi5DBwRCPgt2PkwoXtfB9AnlVIviJcil5uiXRgtyBaQUm5oMSDp6PE-YQhrvfy62TlZuUXhPVm/s1600/9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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(They have been really interested in the fans lately)</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjNoT4Xd6pdPCivrqCc-3Y95c4tgcNPWK4brST_oh-9c1OmDFHWfqQ_SMDNSE3WEMTLQO6BodLNhueNz-fXrrgjSJefAg6NsPwfxZw8LId3aZiODM2jnBm_Dhwk6GC5VIZNs6evz1v10d/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjNoT4Xd6pdPCivrqCc-3Y95c4tgcNPWK4brST_oh-9c1OmDFHWfqQ_SMDNSE3WEMTLQO6BodLNhueNz-fXrrgjSJefAg6NsPwfxZw8LId3aZiODM2jnBm_Dhwk6GC5VIZNs6evz1v10d/s320/050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;K pushed his flower into the dough and both K and R noticed that it slowly fell over.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA46f-uSFke5qAmjLw0qXVYS14zdydQJCfR8IM1FDfTk5ZiMddyuW1JWOqhKVT6rRjvAoEwvY58Nxq3oHrT3aN_9lbm8Z2I6UnPd6TxAigazuRQNPvhFRenZxvj7suAx6bsxbsEI2c_Jkf/s1600/051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCCqWRif4OJwZEIDNp_FHKiJcS9IWpLynimiC5D765O4Snnl3SlDuopsZ3TE4LDlhFxPoo0A8G5ebJ0eA5V6yPBAl3WX8o6UOtWAfA720vJbeRnFzadko21JR94zvfMoRPijohvf9Hh_H/s1600/074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCCqWRif4OJwZEIDNp_FHKiJcS9IWpLynimiC5D765O4Snnl3SlDuopsZ3TE4LDlhFxPoo0A8G5ebJ0eA5V6yPBAl3WX8o6UOtWAfA720vJbeRnFzadko21JR94zvfMoRPijohvf9Hh_H/s320/074.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> When the children had lost interest, I tidied the table, but left some of their explorations.</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-16189244023766456722013-04-22T20:43:00.001+01:002013-04-22T20:43:11.073+01:00Tree Cookie Threading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3hrXbdN6S_w3piOtMFB88ni_JVxz-PuEAfUb1fC4bejmS6li1WrTxa91Y__MJDHDNdgslWzoRbH3g7w9JAs59rxmJokjYNsNSGmQSIMHbjP9UOzTKnhyEVgQnfAjbY2-htorWQZuG0ux/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsWRxHGa2gyTwH8-QXF9FTbiZOjsHtRsFlS5krLmnzkXV4Pr_-zCd5XeIVcFosgg19F9DwN8HpEgdtJdxSlc4031UutrhG_2YOxQLezrjJuUnSNdBq2a8q-TL_t3XJ0d6RijU0p3Pc5a3/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsWRxHGa2gyTwH8-QXF9FTbiZOjsHtRsFlS5krLmnzkXV4Pr_-zCd5XeIVcFosgg19F9DwN8HpEgdtJdxSlc4031UutrhG_2YOxQLezrjJuUnSNdBq2a8q-TL_t3XJ0d6RijU0p3Pc5a3/s320/3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;...and also our cookies.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I added leather shoe laces for threading.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXM1eJkm5JhO_rM0UIbd0ENqfZuLt9UzRbRFMe5zNg_r7U92cOJ-nzO20sy5suQlAb2G62d6SEPmUfADdqHyHcjC-yFEVGoaOxr-Y6Txy85tO4q_xwLEUlnQS9gqvbybMHz83NOYR0B3mv/s1600/155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXM1eJkm5JhO_rM0UIbd0ENqfZuLt9UzRbRFMe5zNg_r7U92cOJ-nzO20sy5suQlAb2G62d6SEPmUfADdqHyHcjC-yFEVGoaOxr-Y6Txy85tO4q_xwLEUlnQS9gqvbybMHz83NOYR0B3mv/s320/155.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;K started off with the cookies...</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0bT2ormGuCyAjZp2yp_sPKGRcCmgvAqpbkciHNE-Lw-u1fDEgYX23PCZtOfV5W1qSUHw2SgDexCx8symqtWL-W2r5L06-j58gXtS9Ao1c6agT-JC5gVO0eA3_JEh0vWCsiA3DX34C5ti/s1600/156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0bT2ormGuCyAjZp2yp_sPKGRcCmgvAqpbkciHNE-Lw-u1fDEgYX23PCZtOfV5W1qSUHw2SgDexCx8symqtWL-W2r5L06-j58gXtS9Ao1c6agT-JC5gVO0eA3_JEh0vWCsiA3DX34C5ti/s320/156.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;...but the blocks were definitely his favourite this time.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoQfXY1TcBbYTQkE5Cw9ZfLVYTdWtdf9iQ74OKdXq9QU13_fo5hdnb4KQDDyvHoPfIlWHn3Ce-UgegstWauN35fXhf0LRDUtL2Xr2NMmVO4MYPaqZT65XIuvuYZt_n45lnspg06zx_6K-/s1600/176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoQfXY1TcBbYTQkE5Cw9ZfLVYTdWtdf9iQ74OKdXq9QU13_fo5hdnb4KQDDyvHoPfIlWHn3Ce-UgegstWauN35fXhf0LRDUtL2Xr2NMmVO4MYPaqZT65XIuvuYZt_n45lnspg06zx_6K-/s320/176.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> These were really easy to make and free, apart from the laces which were only £2 :-)</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-81486536112113900382013-04-21T09:17:00.000+01:002013-04-21T09:21:46.325+01:00Brown Bear Brown Bear Story Sticks.<div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5a8Ok8bAOyUVBTPSA4J50IKwS5F-W6XHny74usNCkfHsuROKzF3DpU_pcMTQjfdH7mJTPHqaRCDvVfd3PZA9UOHm9VXElyrj_TQnorJiV_2hFtM6kxRWSdBx_nLVMXfcMjz_mnCG-CARP/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5a8Ok8bAOyUVBTPSA4J50IKwS5F-W6XHny74usNCkfHsuROKzF3DpU_pcMTQjfdH7mJTPHqaRCDvVfd3PZA9UOHm9VXElyrj_TQnorJiV_2hFtM6kxRWSdBx_nLVMXfcMjz_mnCG-CARP/s320/1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I finally got round to finishing our Brown Bear story sticks.&nbsp; I'd seen the idea for story sticks a while ago on the internet <a href="http://makinglearningfun.com/themepages/StoryStickDirectory.htm">here </a>and they've been half-finished on the table for months!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqBIE8NX9X9AIxZHW6RgJa4_d756BFNtwTtMbx14YvVToluludrpoGmhl4bWVSDYtE1NhLfyhjjQ0xmppHmORgzF6WLFgeUApmDxa_ySYKijqAKZWkDGKfKXm7GL28exELz-pEzNiQbk5/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqBIE8NX9X9AIxZHW6RgJa4_d756BFNtwTtMbx14YvVToluludrpoGmhl4bWVSDYtE1NhLfyhjjQ0xmppHmORgzF6WLFgeUApmDxa_ySYKijqAKZWkDGKfKXm7GL28exELz-pEzNiQbk5/s320/2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Story sticks are used as an accompaniment to stories, a way of involving the children and providing an opportunity to extend their learning and enjoyment of the story.&nbsp; I know myself the children like to play an active role when we read books, joining in with repetitive parts and pointing out particular objects on the page.&nbsp; It can get a bit hectic at times, when everyone is keen to participate!&nbsp; With story sticks, each child has their own stick and adds counters to it as the story is read.&nbsp; <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPjiZ9UrFy1xOD6dZjOaXAeBMs4_4_cEqfKOLWWrpO2LvuFaZN_TMMREM6gc6Hj-LVo7WYKK6dDl9QNRTMrsBD_TabQu5l_Vzo_JTpRPXNIaaqmDkclZvKXvLZdJnDLRvs7qVAhMEtuFy/s1600/brown+bear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPjiZ9UrFy1xOD6dZjOaXAeBMs4_4_cEqfKOLWWrpO2LvuFaZN_TMMREM6gc6Hj-LVo7WYKK6dDl9QNRTMrsBD_TabQu5l_Vzo_JTpRPXNIaaqmDkclZvKXvLZdJnDLRvs7qVAhMEtuFy/s1600/brown+bear.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> I chose Brown Bear Brown Bear by Eric Carle because as well as being one of the&nbsp;children's favourites, the different animal images made the story easily adaptable to story sticks.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzJlMYbYhAlfiB4qYd_qQ-7GpF4s-wLJBsHtQObfxvb8kHeRa4tz_dzfhjjX2c28kBk0yUDUy6PMMMZn0aLuiCt7hhykkEPQBQGZzNQN8PXnm8e3jWP1a3cDpzKKZZYO9YFO2xTcoDYw2/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzJlMYbYhAlfiB4qYd_qQ-7GpF4s-wLJBsHtQObfxvb8kHeRa4tz_dzfhjjX2c28kBk0yUDUy6PMMMZn0aLuiCt7hhykkEPQBQGZzNQN8PXnm8e3jWP1a3cDpzKKZZYO9YFO2xTcoDYw2/s320/3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I used a long wooden stick from a local DIY store.&nbsp; I found it in the section with the decorative wood for banisters and dado rails, then cut it up when I got home.&nbsp; I then attached adhesive velcro to each piece.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnCI3Mwq-AjSAZ_WgXtFIYT1PPVq6JRgEL6s-dKD83FwizLiB-JCzb1arHY60ZyHUgmy7lwr7sBRmhYYJVv5n5BOUE01Y36Yin0p4rPiYX9zwtXz7akL_Ctz6lW-AROmn0l6o4aUpwr9g/s1600/brown+bear+story+stick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnCI3Mwq-AjSAZ_WgXtFIYT1PPVq6JRgEL6s-dKD83FwizLiB-JCzb1arHY60ZyHUgmy7lwr7sBRmhYYJVv5n5BOUE01Y36Yin0p4rPiYX9zwtXz7akL_Ctz6lW-AROmn0l6o4aUpwr9g/s320/brown+bear+story+stick.jpg" width="226" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I then made templates for the images from the story.&nbsp; The pdf is available&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9T-1Wvth8FRaS1uY3E4TjdDWG8/edit?usp=sharing">here&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;if anyone wants to use it. I laminated the images, but was still a bit worried little fingers would be tempted to bend them, so stuck them on to plastic counters.&nbsp; I found these on Ebay (50 for about £2).</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkXF1qipax85DOl9USmLJUo3HHq8r9ocUGo2o3DqnAiGLjtyZ1Uqj6gRWRyel5EE74L9zJe9oLOOiRsciRTQjGpf7Xc9ek4a09__OorD88jzVtsAb8aIelZ7ETkLlITY30DScy9tDLglr/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkXF1qipax85DOl9USmLJUo3HHq8r9ocUGo2o3DqnAiGLjtyZ1Uqj6gRWRyel5EE74L9zJe9oLOOiRsciRTQjGpf7Xc9ek4a09__OorD88jzVtsAb8aIelZ7ETkLlITY30DScy9tDLglr/s320/4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I then attached velcro to the back of each counter and we were ready to play!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaTUheK31HEswyVGVRyUwLzAqn0iQrjEMxZDwW6JTnIEswIS5KPytLl8xhkyifqpmSdmaTpFQRFVk692FeLQl7fcrHSktwYfoZJQNdzWN55l3Yo2js1tzIv6HeopVa6Z98aGITGeKRRny/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaTUheK31HEswyVGVRyUwLzAqn0iQrjEMxZDwW6JTnIEswIS5KPytLl8xhkyifqpmSdmaTpFQRFVk692FeLQl7fcrHSktwYfoZJQNdzWN55l3Yo2js1tzIv6HeopVa6Z98aGITGeKRRny/s320/5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;I put all the counters in the middle of the table and as we read the story, the children looked for the correct counter and added it to their stick.&nbsp;</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGemrd0aLHICN1FhgebjK4P6gAmV2UVY2mSpGzIhz4ECM3pUUWDaDWC3BLTawyDCIwJ-E46IF8RTe9Zd2GjEflhZb4dPaAecaNeR6GLw7GRb0cPppGAzo0Y7wMUK2IiiB9I9WyI57rSNd/s1600/6.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGemrd0aLHICN1FhgebjK4P6gAmV2UVY2mSpGzIhz4ECM3pUUWDaDWC3BLTawyDCIwJ-E46IF8RTe9Zd2GjEflhZb4dPaAecaNeR6GLw7GRb0cPppGAzo0Y7wMUK2IiiB9I9WyI57rSNd/s320/6.5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp; I realised at our first attempt at play, that I had forgotten the monkey!!&nbsp; </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1ZEVyYKXUKoWMGivzxFOnzp4lqcfnyvT0YMUkL22_CUsQCRKDThb4Y3RvJLvdPAFt3M60EDnl45nA1jrdYBKyCXAgBovDGnYmv2qRJSTCbcIwczo2RF6HkRBG-BxnkBlHgZJORSE3lAm/s1600/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1ZEVyYKXUKoWMGivzxFOnzp4lqcfnyvT0YMUkL22_CUsQCRKDThb4Y3RvJLvdPAFt3M60EDnl45nA1jrdYBKyCXAgBovDGnYmv2qRJSTCbcIwczo2RF6HkRBG-BxnkBlHgZJORSE3lAm/s320/6.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Carefully adding the counters to his stick!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWyFPT7Q5SpSPkM6EWno2W2b5gN4lAClKxT6CR2458D-AXxmC1Dw4U0_N52sdfk0Bq5kWMOe-HLIaPpt8fV5ORPRvY1T0ZkhX1GDXM2Xxkj2sOBJ1wd2yJ09UdtcQ91LoqB8y_tdvhHeq7/s1600/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWyFPT7Q5SpSPkM6EWno2W2b5gN4lAClKxT6CR2458D-AXxmC1Dw4U0_N52sdfk0Bq5kWMOe-HLIaPpt8fV5ORPRvY1T0ZkhX1GDXM2Xxkj2sOBJ1wd2yJ09UdtcQ91LoqB8y_tdvhHeq7/s320/7.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Some of us found an alternative use for our sticks, namely swatting the counters to send them flying across the table!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcT5kocetOEKZog9QpVySHgMBu5nd5ajGO1V1Jav3eIZXEVrHWUpIfcwGJZ49DHs-PJMI-PdJZf11td1gXVIT7NYMuqr6nsnRUeh5LIHRcN8BqXDZQwm053U4MVi9GY_NGXvSeVPmda6Bk/s1600/8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcT5kocetOEKZog9QpVySHgMBu5nd5ajGO1V1Jav3eIZXEVrHWUpIfcwGJZ49DHs-PJMI-PdJZf11td1gXVIT7NYMuqr6nsnRUeh5LIHRcN8BqXDZQwm053U4MVi9GY_NGXvSeVPmda6Bk/s320/8.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Some of us were so keen, that we helped everyone else to find the correct counter!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTC9RPK_PGkY0kwq0Ip_92kA184BtN6-CD1_O1FG25E6LnLUUwHJfod3jKuXJibGXXU2rhjiWXihFgqm3PNfdnIXWlWzkSlnDvT8w_8Yw_S0QftCVqHGOVFrVqXVyHsdnETdhM0laRPkez/s1600/20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTC9RPK_PGkY0kwq0Ip_92kA184BtN6-CD1_O1FG25E6LnLUUwHJfod3jKuXJibGXXU2rhjiWXihFgqm3PNfdnIXWlWzkSlnDvT8w_8Yw_S0QftCVqHGOVFrVqXVyHsdnETdhM0laRPkez/s320/20.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;Helping to tidy away once we had finished.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTAS-Zqa1RKC76PFh1E2Moqfs6XoGVtjdvKDjPimz0a0TGL_aXJCPkUuEbbu0V4-QX7oR9_3QLIvD_3ms_WrnI5r5LVK6cDzH2CPAwCzIFo2kNkqwXSzri_XiGJ0vY5pmLPXZOSE80hKQ/s1600/21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTAS-Zqa1RKC76PFh1E2Moqfs6XoGVtjdvKDjPimz0a0TGL_aXJCPkUuEbbu0V4-QX7oR9_3QLIvD_3ms_WrnI5r5LVK6cDzH2CPAwCzIFo2kNkqwXSzri_XiGJ0vY5pmLPXZOSE80hKQ/s320/21.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> &nbsp;This proved to be popular too, so we had to divide up the jobs, one person removing the counters from the sticks and the other placing them back in the bag!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFFt_utA_nSHTtwE0olaaFEt_EX10RLJ0vz4UKWMNNJYOYaAEbudK6YSGAORysOYWGD_jOnIkreFU8mwHcXnkN7AGMneW6Y5zqZVAS3exkmIEAU2mbSYQiBBmg7UW_-PZ-e0xJdjDEAdJ/s1600/22.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFFt_utA_nSHTtwE0olaaFEt_EX10RLJ0vz4UKWMNNJYOYaAEbudK6YSGAORysOYWGD_jOnIkreFU8mwHcXnkN7AGMneW6Y5zqZVAS3exkmIEAU2mbSYQiBBmg7UW_-PZ-e0xJdjDEAdJ/s320/22.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I've just used a plastic zip wallet to store our sticks and counters.</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913853684395934389.post-16017334259476815282013-04-03T14:56:00.002+01:002013-04-03T14:58:27.426+01:00Painting ON the table :-)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV9sHa5QRgLa02tkih-8xpPMBUSVcU2KfPVATyaLyf-7u1QF4KYGbyrXmV4NkOzHmnFHN6XHk3djQf8ZSKws6dKkr2LYNUZkUEn3iXuEEQVBA_c54NbqJaI5IyQZhaQVQt02KcVkFZx_9/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV9sHa5QRgLa02tkih-8xpPMBUSVcU2KfPVATyaLyf-7u1QF4KYGbyrXmV4NkOzHmnFHN6XHk3djQf8ZSKws6dKkr2LYNUZkUEn3iXuEEQVBA_c54NbqJaI5IyQZhaQVQt02KcVkFZx_9/s320/050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-nQhklh0gP1j1indB8BN_7jXIz8ejxJNj9aVWw7PMbKJ4CsmLXUjfnrT5FFpqArNOf4k4IjUlXr4rs-TbyE9MulGcDK4ZIeazKue9T4StKKvBQkcOVzyW8FIDV43o7uQsoiCt4zlgOFK/s1600/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-nQhklh0gP1j1indB8BN_7jXIz8ejxJNj9aVWw7PMbKJ4CsmLXUjfnrT5FFpqArNOf4k4IjUlXr4rs-TbyE9MulGcDK4ZIeazKue9T4StKKvBQkcOVzyW8FIDV43o7uQsoiCt4zlgOFK/s320/036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Last week when we were painting our giant Easter eggs, I noticed a bit of painting on the table going on, so decided to have this for our activity this week :-)</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyA3Pob7zs50iDeEvTuL8mXSIg0T1t2FWlHwgFT4I0bJTXDADoJk3KuMR2cN3ZO1Ze30X5-zVUV8u4pVMx-wAqgihHY-WxiARPIf_8_VlvK-SE7TEjwlH6WJYVQt7OMXX28-ZTAweHhhmA/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyA3Pob7zs50iDeEvTuL8mXSIg0T1t2FWlHwgFT4I0bJTXDADoJk3KuMR2cN3ZO1Ze30X5-zVUV8u4pVMx-wAqgihHY-WxiARPIf_8_VlvK-SE7TEjwlH6WJYVQt7OMXX28-ZTAweHhhmA/s320/037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I covered the table in a shower curtain and provided 3 pots of paint.&nbsp; </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR87Uh08yyGdhcoZBI6yjpm8Ht1jlXsu2qRi7qbTfgqiJ24H1N4M8vQHMWtVvFWsGUKZVkGr4yJOAAedl8fUo5sMsgoWp6xIjdmdtqb6BaHHAWSXKC3buYWZYJAwQz8_KfJ6iJANxXYYzO/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR87Uh08yyGdhcoZBI6yjpm8Ht1jlXsu2qRi7qbTfgqiJ24H1N4M8vQHMWtVvFWsGUKZVkGr4yJOAAedl8fUo5sMsgoWp6xIjdmdtqb6BaHHAWSXKC3buYWZYJAwQz8_KfJ6iJANxXYYzO/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Both E and R were keen to explore.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> K on the other hand is reluctant to do anything that doesn't involve a car. I wanted him to join in the activity, but I didn't want to take him away from his play on the floor with cars that he was engaged in. So I decided rather than interrupting his play, I'd just add some cars to the table and see if he noticed and was interested enough to join in :-)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXdb7MMIL2rhkEnzJrr8FhS23LJScgW_1HjhJvw6AIuCxWxb2Y0yJO8Bu6NVE5HGqlbBFxScnQ3S8C9TUk1CdYf9DePKL10mjG6w9MIw1lNQdfU8mZFEkLFlzRBxCufpSig_I0NyciOZX/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXdb7MMIL2rhkEnzJrr8FhS23LJScgW_1HjhJvw6AIuCxWxb2Y0yJO8Bu6NVE5HGqlbBFxScnQ3S8C9TUk1CdYf9DePKL10mjG6w9MIw1lNQdfU8mZFEkLFlzRBxCufpSig_I0NyciOZX/s320/041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> As I suspected, cars make an activity a whole lot more appealing!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VHsuzW9W4KbtRiRWgUHibgigkqLJgOliIhRXWKhwit3BqlS1hUCcNGgYZ8GECszBzbjQ0EqHI-SIKgajyHjry0IRsTURCUCR7PBKx8vwVN20F-rdqgSOclUCKbeSRqCavjt7hFq0GLsr/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VHsuzW9W4KbtRiRWgUHibgigkqLJgOliIhRXWKhwit3BqlS1hUCcNGgYZ8GECszBzbjQ0EqHI-SIKgajyHjry0IRsTURCUCR7PBKx8vwVN20F-rdqgSOclUCKbeSRqCavjt7hFq0GLsr/s320/040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> K experimented with the marks he could make by running the cars backwards and forwards through the paint.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiISXRxjPpDLSHpyiElzhyRECyTcRYqL_UHGnV3CqAUdCMeLWmt2FhTyUiNSGwoWsLHic6UtI-BZX7rvAYxC37wMVxEd27GFpS9bV8HvboJCA2jSnkQt_LF2rQAsiEk7POOT5Kir4335oI/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiISXRxjPpDLSHpyiElzhyRECyTcRYqL_UHGnV3CqAUdCMeLWmt2FhTyUiNSGwoWsLHic6UtI-BZX7rvAYxC37wMVxEd27GFpS9bV8HvboJCA2jSnkQt_LF2rQAsiEk7POOT5Kir4335oI/s320/045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> R adopted a slightly different approach, using the car like a brush to make large swooshing marks.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyzgxJufale2ke2GiiyeI-062yWBSGWxosy4ZikI2VlKCTEHEY0ybBe5Bg9lGRzNRtMpQb5cOjzJF5M0TkN3yrWXcWooq05UatE-Sx_mov5oLQ0BA54_S3U4U1MqPZnLi271eKgOaIlp9/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyzgxJufale2ke2GiiyeI-062yWBSGWxosy4ZikI2VlKCTEHEY0ybBe5Bg9lGRzNRtMpQb5cOjzJF5M0TkN3yrWXcWooq05UatE-Sx_mov5oLQ0BA54_S3U4U1MqPZnLi271eKgOaIlp9/s320/042.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Despite his reluctance to join in with the activity when it was just brush painting, K did use the brush in his explorations to add more paint to the table to run his cars through!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMV09168XtHH5nORNl2gLbeYWNV0HYbtL5KOIQvkYdN8Cc8F0mDs0ShWMkct7mIY0ZNp1btFz-aeZD67N-h36AOrTiLnzC-Nk0SQSvRkgDuwKW19eM4wJALG-qRppbQnRbWy0xmy7B3Fg/s1600/049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMV09168XtHH5nORNl2gLbeYWNV0HYbtL5KOIQvkYdN8Cc8F0mDs0ShWMkct7mIY0ZNp1btFz-aeZD67N-h36AOrTiLnzC-Nk0SQSvRkgDuwKW19eM4wJALG-qRppbQnRbWy0xmy7B3Fg/s320/049.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Explorations fully under way!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGc4lCHjAZv4ov8yl15iH01S0CarNKQrZfzO55MRe45Q502y1-W6BxioL-qzy14uaMZH6FRB96TM4_CqRXlH9Y80BrX3rzLBgc9m1aTYu84ZO2Bkh709h8dVlHXQI4fDQyojkWC_09q6c/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGc4lCHjAZv4ov8yl15iH01S0CarNKQrZfzO55MRe45Q502y1-W6BxioL-qzy14uaMZH6FRB96TM4_CqRXlH9Y80BrX3rzLBgc9m1aTYu84ZO2Bkh709h8dVlHXQI4fDQyojkWC_09q6c/s320/045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> K played in a similar way with the cars as he had done on the floor, but the additional paint enhanced his play, apparently becoming the cause of many crashes!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV9sHa5QRgLa02tkih-8xpPMBUSVcU2KfPVATyaLyf-7u1QF4KYGbyrXmV4NkOzHmnFHN6XHk3djQf8ZSKws6dKkr2LYNUZkUEn3iXuEEQVBA_c54NbqJaI5IyQZhaQVQt02KcVkFZx_9/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV9sHa5QRgLa02tkih-8xpPMBUSVcU2KfPVATyaLyf-7u1QF4KYGbyrXmV4NkOzHmnFHN6XHk3djQf8ZSKws6dKkr2LYNUZkUEn3iXuEEQVBA_c54NbqJaI5IyQZhaQVQt02KcVkFZx_9/s320/050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> R continue her exploration with the paint, enjoying both mixing the paints and adding them to the table, sometimes creating new colours along the way.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdp5yFP-xjG7O2IUXkckTdyG6m7sCBl8Xa34tTFBrHT-maVc6G3dPuMwH2JfGRCTLyPB71XjD2MTOz9ArVf34NKhaFUelqL2WtxFjbxgc8DZrjh0Sw_tHrC31HolZ2dU-DOIlHL_QxZjH/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdp5yFP-xjG7O2IUXkckTdyG6m7sCBl8Xa34tTFBrHT-maVc6G3dPuMwH2JfGRCTLyPB71XjD2MTOz9ArVf34NKhaFUelqL2WtxFjbxgc8DZrjh0Sw_tHrC31HolZ2dU-DOIlHL_QxZjH/s320/052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I showed K how he could drag his finger through the paint to make a road for his cars.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Q5kd0iErf0AEBKiY7xmaGzatuO_SIcztVoG6F50u_RdSIbuWtNzXjyc4o8jgstUeNDKgjW3HlDFjLWtqkJmfpb4jH67rIQ8fmkeUZZo-PEjG7GbBJItMX1sHEHq2hUpftOkM-XKE34C3/s1600/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Q5kd0iErf0AEBKiY7xmaGzatuO_SIcztVoG6F50u_RdSIbuWtNzXjyc4o8jgstUeNDKgjW3HlDFjLWtqkJmfpb4jH67rIQ8fmkeUZZo-PEjG7GbBJItMX1sHEHq2hUpftOkM-XKE34C3/s320/054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Building dexterity in his wrist with all that twisting and turning to stay on the road.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksotjqr8qxJuw9D2aWE3_ztsUh75Z1e5LYtyH_qzrai0UPUcLLrH_5iiecRQ68yJfEi8bxW1-hhA1O0NGvj3d4KJMjYKu6x5O-zHXWS8s9ALvghwBa_jQ793QKN589Qhe_xMLPuOFwANx/s1600/058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksotjqr8qxJuw9D2aWE3_ztsUh75Z1e5LYtyH_qzrai0UPUcLLrH_5iiecRQ68yJfEi8bxW1-hhA1O0NGvj3d4KJMjYKu6x5O-zHXWS8s9ALvghwBa_jQ793QKN589Qhe_xMLPuOFwANx/s320/058.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> R became really engaged with this activity, happily adding layer upon layer of paint to the shower curtain.&nbsp; There was no talk accompanying her play, but she was clearly engrossed in what she was doing.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfEBsrqljE1U1r6Ymmr6oj49IBzhg2-DUNLCMhLLG8c-XVFHKCaPHoLep3HliHLI9cj4Kel_NOv3iv0mzspt5BGL9S1kbVaQcoSbcRt1LQ8Jmbxo5i8H_SxBBkHX7C4UyYII4VUiJDwvU/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfEBsrqljE1U1r6Ymmr6oj49IBzhg2-DUNLCMhLLG8c-XVFHKCaPHoLep3HliHLI9cj4Kel_NOv3iv0mzspt5BGL9S1kbVaQcoSbcRt1LQ8Jmbxo5i8H_SxBBkHX7C4UyYII4VUiJDwvU/s320/059.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> She then decided to paint the cars.....</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5aDn-u6-BYS-s_v60dP2DrOWMx-OksbfzcAuHWU8lgMdUte-uR3TSB4ZeazoIpf7g-SDMZ9Q4OVMvpctR3zyiq-2pmuDwA0aGX7nyrKpJNMPcmsA0bHK8hUHrE0SYumyU3EzWEbyHuFo/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5aDn-u6-BYS-s_v60dP2DrOWMx-OksbfzcAuHWU8lgMdUte-uR3TSB4ZeazoIpf7g-SDMZ9Q4OVMvpctR3zyiq-2pmuDwA0aGX7nyrKpJNMPcmsA0bHK8hUHrE0SYumyU3EzWEbyHuFo/s320/060.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> which, as well as being highly amusing :-)&nbsp;also took our activity in a whole new direction.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPpM6svoj-1kMalXnoQ3LnMYwKUz5HSYwx9aVcOEIbyxGyrokRCKptctuVwwboPX96tk0yit4y4esnfje9hJW4_Td1BIwwBrOf4DoxDNyYyev5lhfMG-2-b5xkxTOvQ0Yq4uHxfurGYgu/s1600/063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPpM6svoj-1kMalXnoQ3LnMYwKUz5HSYwx9aVcOEIbyxGyrokRCKptctuVwwboPX96tk0yit4y4esnfje9hJW4_Td1BIwwBrOf4DoxDNyYyev5lhfMG-2-b5xkxTOvQ0Yq4uHxfurGYgu/s320/063.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Not being one to miss out on anything to do with cars, K soon joined in!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JSedelQ8i8PjZ7kmdhUPE6s4TZhGEY6wdY3Bl78wZTVyYaogARnLVSL72ywClvDNPt8ozX-i7Zx7wZfDcM2cM8hUZIHrKaNiY2Bl7ve0MruLUG-PSAeBBUN8lqo_IabvAmdiX1ZKRjZH/s1600/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I added some of the bigger lorries which would require more than one brushstroke to paint.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyXhiIas6okfonyalytxa5-NFKzrFDFQ69Tk8cuvx9ppFC4dOt4keoEXkkBWSlnsZ9EIZoNBz0tEJP02-IzvWRuoEIfs9Kw_ENgilOq2DGxO1euotXpAsoMUrGvLjDPC0_9xFbuqUEnwS/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyXhiIas6okfonyalytxa5-NFKzrFDFQ69Tk8cuvx9ppFC4dOt4keoEXkkBWSlnsZ9EIZoNBz0tEJP02-IzvWRuoEIfs9Kw_ENgilOq2DGxO1euotXpAsoMUrGvLjDPC0_9xFbuqUEnwS/s320/065.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Purposefully painting each wheel in turn.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrMEJxceTD8HIRcf_VbvztErV6JJJG85z2FLkXFxQBOYhruHnhsMQMT7dxNz9RFYGTJuMW5kC0G7DKWteaL1aF5UsE8jhWFwtvHPp0nmve1n7BmUYSAzNP9tR0LAUWIYWgtdfw0UjRi1r/s1600/066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrMEJxceTD8HIRcf_VbvztErV6JJJG85z2FLkXFxQBOYhruHnhsMQMT7dxNz9RFYGTJuMW5kC0G7DKWteaL1aF5UsE8jhWFwtvHPp0nmve1n7BmUYSAzNP9tR0LAUWIYWgtdfw0UjRi1r/s320/066.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Then it was requested that the cars needed to be cleaned, which again changed the direction of the activity.&nbsp; I provided a small amount of water and cloths and the children set to work.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I did have to keep reminding them that they needed to squeeze out their cloths, but kept a towel to hand.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wqH_4WMo4UscN8C2SlBrNaeGZGBLSuOa2XSqzIsZ9eMUkZjLc6gUN-KKc1kbEov7Anbc1L2vrE4ducwlp_SULcBrXiNkqW7IndUDFQSYfNHg7k76AN4BVRPjKG9VAKtP2mascgV3bWK-/s1600/067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wqH_4WMo4UscN8C2SlBrNaeGZGBLSuOa2XSqzIsZ9eMUkZjLc6gUN-KKc1kbEov7Anbc1L2vrE4ducwlp_SULcBrXiNkqW7IndUDFQSYfNHg7k76AN4BVRPjKG9VAKtP2mascgV3bWK-/s320/067.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> They seemed to enjoy&nbsp;cleaning as much as painting!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKf7wxhOh2uK9yiH2mQtGVt82Q3V9B3NVRpaQLQZZse2DqPyVfuypria1SbG4TYAOCdh0ebqFx3M8JrniE9oe4cCwnb_L36j21RwrQVMcVXKMXvf1oPzXw-jDqSzdchR6MIl3D8vdEbla/s1600/068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKf7wxhOh2uK9yiH2mQtGVt82Q3V9B3NVRpaQLQZZse2DqPyVfuypria1SbG4TYAOCdh0ebqFx3M8JrniE9oe4cCwnb_L36j21RwrQVMcVXKMXvf1oPzXw-jDqSzdchR6MIl3D8vdEbla/s320/068.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDi047VsiWpz7AVCSfX2Ul88zMFORK75OY5eBFz9ohJYr9qy4odJv73IPEvK9ZMSAunXaM_5TG9Jof8L-vK6aDWxxwuqNZ7IMwVJlc_uwxuj5IEL5ccFsHxD70lSAjwdRfpPXsWvZSRfH6/s1600/072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDi047VsiWpz7AVCSfX2Ul88zMFORK75OY5eBFz9ohJYr9qy4odJv73IPEvK9ZMSAunXaM_5TG9Jof8L-vK6aDWxxwuqNZ7IMwVJlc_uwxuj5IEL5ccFsHxD70lSAjwdRfpPXsWvZSRfH6/s320/072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I showed them how they could also use the cloths to clean the table, an activity and clear up all in one :-))</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-ZZf61CoFD_SgGtRcez7SVz4Mvu2OwUAOxnx2JFOU8mvKGLXB99MVuThZkM1VOsuxoT7ife4kMGsF7kaxYSTd18ehjSpdL7UjQ3UumP6Bhykd65mYq9iFlt43GABtVXPsqKE5B9hCjmS/s1600/073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-ZZf61CoFD_SgGtRcez7SVz4Mvu2OwUAOxnx2JFOU8mvKGLXB99MVuThZkM1VOsuxoT7ife4kMGsF7kaxYSTd18ehjSpdL7UjQ3UumP6Bhykd65mYq9iFlt43GABtVXPsqKE5B9hCjmS/s320/073.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Love how she holds the car up close to her face so she can make sure she gets all the paint off!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9CikPV6HoLtx54bB3g6UX8ZtQqD7AfBaAwNoaNjqmw0ainmESAvD7UQuPV7XYZ78LETopXGY2ZG9N7wQsZCwQzIFhEWiLsd8mgB5qyxkO8ef42Q_gfHG4eKT57443VwpdVLMzgoVKvrj/s1600/074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9CikPV6HoLtx54bB3g6UX8ZtQqD7AfBaAwNoaNjqmw0ainmESAvD7UQuPV7XYZ78LETopXGY2ZG9N7wQsZCwQzIFhEWiLsd8mgB5qyxkO8ef42Q_gfHG4eKT57443VwpdVLMzgoVKvrj/s320/074.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> While the children were engaged with the cars and cloths, I started to clean up the rest of the table as they had clearly finished their paint exploration.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadKdZyPk5J3muIKNTSA_ZqBncM1qPqpqttv8iViSKQ1kk4Srjwx4PPGSbV-C8EA5RVX5CYWmVnVEEAL3gJxnGSHpOBki5929rhX1AYcj1-LzwF01tb0O-SUg-8EiJS0N6gyYWdoUVzhgX/s1600/076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadKdZyPk5J3muIKNTSA_ZqBncM1qPqpqttv8iViSKQ1kk4Srjwx4PPGSbV-C8EA5RVX5CYWmVnVEEAL3gJxnGSHpOBki5929rhX1AYcj1-LzwF01tb0O-SUg-8EiJS0N6gyYWdoUVzhgX/s320/076.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Inevitably the cars ended up in the water - still that would save me having to wash them after!</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYjWyoToy-P0T8DGs3HjGiTKHxE-pC1ZW3K490iIr198W9Jg9-A129VdT2yKrVaQRWL1tL-3j0RgWgfx4plcTUx9oTQemLyA3oQGs7OA22yRz1NpM9ypjzc4NhHVeb_oBRe-KL1x6YoqW/s1600/078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The children dictated the pace of the activity and the direction it took, following their interests.&nbsp; I can honestly say even though, it was a very messy activity, it was one of the most relaxed we have done.</div> Cathy Denmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652130945551658704noreply@blogger.com0