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Mark Making

Mark Making

Mark making is not all about writing letters and drawing pictures there are many fun ways to encourage children to enjoy making marks. Here are some of the things we do to support mark making  Continue reading “Mark Making”

Author Caroline HopleyPosted on October 17, 2018May 15, 2019Categories Activities, Expressive Arts & Design, PhysicalTags Activity, Creativity, Exploring, Mark Making, Paint, Painting, Play Dough

Chinese New Year Activities

Chinese New Year Activities

Happy Chinese New Year 2018!

Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival. It is also referred to as the Lunar New Year.

Here are some Chinese New Year Activities you can enjoy… Continue reading “Chinese New Year Activities”

Author Caroline HopleyPosted on February 8, 2018February 20, 2018Categories Activities, Expressive Arts & Design, GuidesTags China, Chinese New Year, Food Tasting, Lantern, Light, Music, Play Dough, Sensory

Play Dough Activities

Play Dough Activities

Here are some activities you can do with play dough to support children’s development. Take a look at some of my ideas…
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Author Caroline HopleyPosted on February 8, 2018February 20, 2018Categories Activities, Expressive Arts & DesignTags Activity, Art, Beads, Creativity, Cutting, Discovery, Exploring, Expression, Nature, Physical, Play Dough, Roleplay, Sensory, Threading

Making Play Dough

Making Play Dough

Making play dough can be simple using ingredient that you may already have in the back of your cupboards. follow the simple steps to create your own play dough. Continue reading “Making Play Dough”

Author Caroline HopleyPosted on February 1, 2018June 20, 2018Categories Activities, GuidesTags Activity, Art, Creativity, Discovery, Exploring, Expression, Expressive Arts and Design, How-to, Physical, Play Dough, Sensory

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We have enjoyed these new toys today, we have make We have enjoyed these new toys today, we have make different things including a seesaw for the dolls. The children have been really creative. 

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Another activity from last week, we enjoyed taking Another activity from last week, we enjoyed taking care of the dolls. We dressed them, cleaned them, brushed their hair, fed them, played with them and put them to sleep. 

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Last week for eat what you want day the children w Last week for eat what you want day the children were given a selection of foods to choose their own lunch. So preparing lunch that day was such a big job but between us we managed to plate up all the foods the children asked for. 

I was surprised at some of the choices the children made especially the tomatoes. we took them off the menu because noone ate them so now we will add them back

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We had so much fun last week with the balloons, we We had so much fun last week with the balloons, we made a balloon ball pit, then wrote names and letters on them for the childen to find ans spel their names! 

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Today we have enjoyed a range of activities for th Today we have enjoyed a range of activities for the different aged children, from 8 months to 4 years, in preparation for the weekend. We have made crowns, made sand castles, enjoyed some red and blue play, and had a baby tissue paper sensory play. 

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We had a very sandy week, and had lots of fun alon We had a very sandy week, and had lots of fun along the way. 

Tuesday: we added lego, made shapes and small castles

Wednesday: numbers 1 to 5, we counted, recognised numbers

Thursday: firefighters day so we took this opportunity to make our own fire scenes. With the children following on my stories to make their own. 

Friday: all about the Royal family,  we made castles of different sizes, filled pots and emptied them and squashed down any made towers 

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