This year it is year of the Rat for chinese new year. We started off our chinese fun with some pretend cooking, using the play kitchen items and cooked noodles! The children enjoyed trying out “training” chopsticks and several of them gave the noodles a good nibble!
E was feeling a bit sad today. But this activity really engaged him and calmed him down. We compared the lengths of some of the noodles. Used descriptive words such as “long, sticky, soft” and one noodle even accidentally stuck to the wall while we were playing!! We all found this very funny!
EYFS areas covered:
- Physical development
- Communication and language
- Mathematics
- Understanding the world
- Expressive art and design
Characteristics of effective learning
Playing and exploring
- Finding out and exploring
- Playing with what they know
- Being willing to have a go
Active learning
- Being involved and concentrating
- Keep trying (with the chop sticks)
Creating and thinking critically
- Having their own ideas
- Making links
- Choosing to do things