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<\/a><\/p>\nThe children used their hands to pull the clay off they then explored the clay further by squeezing, rolling and piling up the clay.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m getting a big bit\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201dI\u2019m rolling it\u201d<\/p>\n
We will continue to offer opportunity for the toddlers to use all their sense to explore the clay learning different techniques to manipulate the clay with our hands. Ie pinch, squeeze, roll and how to stick it together.<\/p>\n
Our 3-5 children have been exploring our clay further by making clay models. With the change in season and frosty weather outside the children have been interested in making snowmen with the clay.<\/p>\n
Recently the children have been making clay model and painting them but find the clay is fragile and can break easily. We started to discuss how we can make it stronger. The children suggested things like we need to be careful with it, not rolling it to thin and make it bigger. \u00a0I suggested to make the clay hold \u00a0together we could add some small sticks in the middle of the clay to hold the snowman’s body together. \u00a0 While making the snowmen we challenged the older children to split their clay into 3 parts using the language of quality such as \u2018some\u2019 \u2018a bit\u2019 and \u2018equal\u2019<\/p>\n
while we waited for our clay snowmen to dry. We set about making a winter wonderland town backdrop to play with our snowmen. This involved drawing some houses on cardboard \u00a0and cutting it out to create our sky line.<\/p>\n With the clay taking a long time to dry. The children have been enjoying lots of role play with the stone people and are excited to see there snowmen dry to paint and play with.<\/p>\n Our snowmen have been a huge hit with the children. Some children have started to create a whole family of snowmen. \u2603\ufe0f\u26c4\ufe0f\u2603\ufe0f\u26c4\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At Cart Mill this week the younger children have been exploring the clay in the new 2-3 room called the pond. We started off with a big block of clay and discussed what clay is. The children describe it as playdough. Yes, it\u2019s very like playdough but clay comes from the earth. It\u2019s cold and … Continue reading Different stages of clay<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n