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<\/a><\/p>\nIt was lovely watching the children explore different weaving options and discover different methods and techniques. The children loved mixing up the wool, pipe cleaners and felt to weave and twirl round their chosen object.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cmine is like a rainbow\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLook it\u2019s pretty now\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI love pink\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201dI am making one for all my family\u201d<\/p>\n The children used\u00a0 <\/span>both their hands to grasp the pine cone and using pincer grip to weave the material. They manipulated the different materials in lots of different ways building their muscle strength and dexterity\u00a0 <\/span>and developing their hand and eye co-ordination.<\/span><\/p>\n There was lots of patience and concentration and the children shared their ideas throughout and spoke about what they were doing.<\/span><\/p>\n Today\u00a0 the children were interested exploring the pine cones, sticks and wooden trees. We had a discussion about what we could do with them and decided we could give them some colour by weaving and twirling using ribbon, pipe cleaners, wool and felt. It was lovely watching the children explore different weaving options and discover … Continue reading Pretty Pinecones<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"