This week we have been exploring playdough using different shaped pasta. The children used the pasta to decorate the playdough by pressing it into to its soft texture and also used it to mark make by printing the shape into the dough. Using small pasta in play is a great way to develop a child’s fine motor skills as picking up and handling the small pieces help to strengthen the muscles in their fingers and hands, something required for writing skills later on.
Click on the link below to watch out pasta play.
WORLD BOOK DAY
We celebrated World Book Day by exploring The Gruffalo story. This was read to the children every day this week and was explored in the tuff tray using woodland foliage and Gruffalo stone characters. This allowed the children to reenact parts of the story to help then to deepen their understanding of the book.
Pictures of the animals from the story were also placed around the room for the children to discover. Please click on the link below.
We also made Gruffalo footprints using using paint and wellies!
And we even made some Gruffalo Crumble!
*No Gruffalos were harmed to make this crumble.
