Creative

Autumn Hedgehogs

A simple activity to set up and one which bridges age gaps. These were completed by a 3 and 8 year old, who sat together talking about the leaves and then they moved on to talking about hedgehogs. A great opportunity to talk about habitats, where hedgehogs live and what they eat. Again an opportunity to talk about the seasons and to develop vocabulary.

Leaf Mini Beasts

Following on from my popular 'leaf friends' post in October, I decided to rethink the idea and incorporate it into this seasons learning. Wonderful opportunity to go out and about collecting leaves. Children making choices about the leaves they like and explaining why. An opportunity to support mini beasts investigation and a great fine motor activity as the children pick up, stick their leaves and then add their pen detail. Brilliant fun, lots of learning, lots of engagement! 🍂🍀🌿🕷️🦋🐞

Leaf Bowls

Such a lovely activity and perfect for this time of year. An opportunity to talk about leaves, their purpose, their change of colours and the different seasons. An opportunity to be creative, for a child to make decisions about their bowls. What colour leaves will they chose? Great fine motor activity, an opportunity to build determination and concentration skills. Bring the outdoors, indoors and enjoy!

Emoji Maps

Here's another way to use yesterday's emotion pebbles. Use them to identify areas around school or wherever you are, that may trigger different emotions. Lunch halls and playgrounds can often be areas where children suffer in silence. Using the stones is an opportunity to talk about why these areas are of concern and how potentially these concerns can be addressed. A great opportunity to develop emotional vocabulary and to help settle and reassure children. Also a great way to introduce maps 💜

Transient Art

Transient Art is wonderful. I did this for transition day and to begin with my children were hesitant.They didn't know what to do with the bits and pieces and we're 'afraid' of it being wrong. But once we pushed past the negativity and I reassured them that their ideas were all that was important, they were flying. They talked about their art, explaining each piece and every one was different. Instead of using frames this time, I made frames from masking tape.

Halloween Printing

A great activity for any age child. If you want to put some learning in (it is half term), talk about why we have Halloween, what's its significance. It's also an opportunity to talk about safety; why we should be careful approaching people and knocking on doors and this year why it's become more challenging. Above all, have fun; orange paint for pumpkins, green paint for aliens and for monsters... who knows! 😊

Monster Printing

I'm a great believer in using what you have and experimenting with different tools. Here we used a couple of kitchen utensils for printing and then created monsters. The children spent a lot of time experimenting with the printing and then they took time to daw the monster's features. Lots of fun, lots of talk about colour, arms, legs, eyes etc. Great for focus and great for fine motor skills.

Autumn Trees

Rainy day ahead and if you fancy an activity inside, in the warm and out of the rain, this might keep you and your little one occupied. Autumn tree, finger painting. Good for developing fine motor skills, understanding of the world and to be creative. Talk about how the trees have changed colour and why. What colours are the leaves right now? Why are they falling and when will they return?