Nature Play: Nature Weaving
Have you tried nature weaving? If you collect some sticks, leaves, some little cherries (if you find some), follow Ian’s instructions and see what you can come up with!
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Mark Making: Steamy Windows
Drawing on steamy windows is another wonderful way to explore mark-making. In the winter when the Playbus windows steamed up so much, we’d often use the opportunity to draw different types of faces on the windows as a way of talking about and exploring emotions with young children.
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Mark Making: Home Made Paints
If you’ve run out of paint, not to worry – here’s how to make it at home using salt, flour, water and food colouring!
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Mark Making with Veg
You may be quite familiar with potato stamps, but what if we use other vegetables, or even fruit, as stamps.. How about exploring the idea of symmetry by cutting them in half, or simply studying patters? Feel free to try this with any vegetable or fruit!
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Mark Making: Drawing in Loose Materials
No felt tip pens or crayons at home? No need! You can practice mark-making in all kinds of ways, from using a stick or draw in dirt, to making patterns in a tray of dried lentils. Your little one will still get the benefit of exercising their fine motor skills and seeing how their movements […]
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Mark Making: Tracing Shadows
Here’s a fun thing to do with your toddler if it’s sunny outside: shadow tracing using a mixture of cornflour, food colouring and water, which will be your chalk paint (but using water as “paint” is quite fun too)! In this video our colleague is even using brushes made from twigs and leaves. Enjoy a […]
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Water: Transporting Water, A Toddler’s Game
Toddlers love scooping and pouring, so here’s another way you could set up a summertime activity for them. All you need is bowls, some tools and they will be busy for quite some time! Enjoy!
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Boxes: Building with Boxes!
Empty boxes make great building blocks for young children. For the younger ones it can be a satisfying physical challenge to lift, transport and balance the boxes, while for the older ones construction can become an adventure in engineering and creativity!
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Boxes: Box Robot!
Boxes make great.. robots! If you have some boxes lying around, they can definitely become a funny costume in no time!
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