Dzień dobry!
We loved the learning and play you shared with us yesterday on our Team. Thank you! We have especially enjoyed seeing your responses to Curiosity Corner.
Today’s post is all about toys again, asking you to investigate how they work, forces and moving parts.
A. 
Miss Hardie loves jigsaws, do you? Some jigsaws are small with only a few pieces and others are so big they don’t fit on a table and you have to complete them on the floor!
Before Christmas some of us were spending a lot of time doing jigsaws. Our favourite was one of a pirate ship because the big picture has lots of funny little things happening in it like clothes hanging on a washing line and pirates falling into the sea! It was a hard jigsaw to complete and it took a lot of time but we worked out a few things we could do to make it easier.
Why don’t you get out your favourite jigsaw? Try these things to help you complete it all by yourself.
-look carefully at the colour as well as the piece’s shape when matching
-if the piece has a straight edge then it goes on the outside of the jigsaw
-if you don’t know where a piece goes, put it down and try another one
Let us know on Teams how you get on. If that jigsaw was too easy, try another one with more pieces!!
B. 
Magnetic force. If you have some magnets, sellotape or blu tac a magnet to a toy car’s roof, see if you can make it move by using another magnet. Can you PUSH or PULL it along? Does it go FAST or SLOW ? What allows the car to move along, is it its wheels? Do the wheels move? Which way do they move, is it round in a circle?
C. 
More magnets! Create a fishing pole by attaching a piece of string to a stick / wooden spoon and tying a magnet on the end. Have your child ‘fish’ for nuts and bolts and other items or place paper clips on paper fish so your child can go “fishing.”
D. 
Can you show us your favourite toy? Can you describe it to us? Where did you get it? Why is it your favourite? Can you draw a picture of it? I wonder how it works…
E. 
Mark making using your favourite washable toy to create a footprint / wheel trail etc.
* Dip your dinosaur/doll/car wheels in paint and see if you can make a lovely pattern
* I wonder how many different patterns you can make using different toys/colours
* Can you help an adult wash your toys when you are finished?
F. 
Sort your toys. Can you sort your toys from largest to smallest? And then smallest to largest? Oldest to newest?
Can you sort the toys into different groups maybe by colour (green, red, pink…) Or by type (cars, soft toys, wooden…) ?
G. 
Many of you know and love the Toy Story movies. Can you create your very own toy story? With an adult’s help why don’t you write and illustrate your own story about your favourite toys or maybe some from your imagination? Think about who, where, when, what and why. Maybe you could use some of our recent learning about feelings do describe how the characters feel at different point in your story. We would love to read your stories – or have you read them to us – on our Team.
H. As the weather allows, why don’t you check on your outdoor toys? Does anything need cleaned or repaired? Can you bring out a toy that’s been in the shed for a while or do you need to wait a little longer until winter passes? Why don’t you plan three outdoor things you would like to do at the weekend, either in the garden or at the park?
I. 
Do you know what a yo-yo is? Have you ever played with one? They can be quite tricky to master!
When you let go of the yo-yo, gravity pulls it down doesn’t it? It is also forced to rotate(go round) because the string is fastened to your finger and also wound around the yo–yo’s axle, a bit like a wheel on a car.
