16.04.20

I hope you all had a lovely Easter, here are some more ideas to try at home.

Before children can learn to hold a pencil correctly and use this to form letters they first need to master skills such as using the shoulder to make arm movements or the elbow.

 Whole body painting – This involves placing a large sheet of paper on the floor and allowing the children to explore the paint and make marks however they like such as using their feet, hands, knees and elbows. This promotes gross motor skills and knowledge of cause and effect

     Giant child Spirograph – Lay a large sheet of paper on the floor and then gets the children to lay on their fronts or backs. The Children then have to hold a pen in each hand with their arms stretched out and move the arms up and down or their bodies round on the floor to make Spirograph type patterns.

Mop Painting – Wallpaper is great for this or large rolls of craft paper, place the long strip off paper on the floor and allow the children to dip mops into paint and then to mop the paper. This strengthens many of the arm muscles and again teaches about the effects tools can have marks.

Under table marks – tape a sheet of paper to the underneath of a table and then get the children to lay underneath the table and stretch their arms up with pens to make marks on the table. Children always enjoy this den type activity as its something they are not usually able to do.

  Cars and pens – Tape felt tips with the nib facing downwards to cars. Place a large sheet of paper of roll of wallpaper on the floor and encourage the children to push the cars up and down to make marks. Great for gross motor skills and engaging children with strong schemas.

 Kim’s Game
WoodCalm jarWashingNatural ArtThe helicopter stories and poetry basket that we do comes from Trisha Lee at Make Believe Arts.  Here is link you might like to use https://helicopterstories.co.uk/voices-through-the-virus/

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