{"id":23157,"date":"2023-01-09T17:10:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=23157"},"modified":"2023-01-09T17:10:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:10:42","slug":"loose-parts-fun-%f0%9f%a4%a9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/01\/09\/loose-parts-fun-%f0%9f%a4%a9\/","title":{"rendered":"Loose parts fun \ud83e\udd29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the children have enjoyed being creative in the loose parts area. We explored different patterns including numbers\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/F30FD1AF-D730-4454-B51C-9585602A7F8A-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23161\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/F30FD1AF-D730-4454-B51C-9585602A7F8A-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/8DE8403C-0E68-4282-A62B-B64D246C3017-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23162\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/8DE8403C-0E68-4282-A62B-B64D246C3017-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shapes\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/EC104582-6DF6-4623-BD7C-74B192B04E67-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23163\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/EC104582-6DF6-4623-BD7C-74B192B04E67-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/6E600F71-3C89-42B6-8A35-2F1C2245FB16-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23164\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/6E600F71-3C89-42B6-8A35-2F1C2245FB16-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and some letters too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/FA7B95E8-ED79-4F6A-A470-922C7698236E-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23158\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/FA7B95E8-ED79-4F6A-A470-922C7698236E-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/59301A13-CA22-4733-A6BA-5DFDF6EE0F0B-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23160\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/59301A13-CA22-4733-A6BA-5DFDF6EE0F0B-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to do a S. That\u2019s in my name\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/3A94AFB2-B20D-446A-9571-26DA04FE853D-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23166\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/3A94AFB2-B20D-446A-9571-26DA04FE853D-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/AC9CD757-E636-4425-94A3-B16D2E1016A6-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23167\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/AC9CD757-E636-4425-94A3-B16D2E1016A6-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pipe cleaners will work, because they\u2019re straight lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some children even loved making something completely different all together, like the Scotland flag!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/48D56486-C2B5-4247-ABD9-EDECB28695EA-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23168\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/48D56486-C2B5-4247-ABD9-EDECB28695EA-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/4845D050-E10D-4410-BD7F-0991391693D6-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/01\/4845D050-E10D-4410-BD7F-0991391693D6-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cthe peg is for the wee stick on the flag. How can I do the triangles for the inside? I know, why don\u2019t I squish the pipe cleaners?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The children loved being creative with their patterns, and showed really great problem solving skills when choosing their materials. They were able to recognise patterns that included straight lines as well as more curved lines, and choose their loose parts to explore this. Great work everyone!<br \/>\nWhat can you make out of loose parts at home?  We would love to see your ideas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the children have enjoyed being creative in the loose parts area. We explored different patterns including numbers\u2026 Shapes\u2026 and some letters too&#8230; \u201cI want to do a S. That\u2019s in my name\u201d \u201cThe pipe cleaners will work, because they\u2019re straight lines.\u201d Some children even loved making something completely different all together, like the Scotland &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/01\/09\/loose-parts-fun-%f0%9f%a4%a9\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Loose parts fun \ud83e\udd29<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2508,189],"tags":[383355,6103,4725],"class_list":["post-23157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expressive-arts","category-literacy","tag-loose-parts","tag-patterns","tag-problem-solving"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23157"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23175,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23157\/revisions\/23175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}