WINTER ROCK HUNTING
I set up a little rock hunting group on facebook for our village last summer. It was such a huge hit with all the children at the school and in…
SNOWMAN STICKING CRAFT
As part of our winter focus we have made some snowmen to take home. I used the foam cut outs that you can get from places like The Works and…
EXPLORING THE WORLD THROUGH CHILDREN EYES.
It is so easy to loose sight of all the magic in our world. Day to day we go through life, caught up in appointments and things to do, head…
COLD CLIMATE AND ARCTIC THEMED PLAY
We have been having a great time learning about life in cold climates and the Arctic. One of the things we have looked at is how Inuits live and what…
FROZEN WINTER SNOW SCENE – SENSORY PLAY
We have been enjoying this lovely winter sensory tray. I was lucky enough to find these glowing trees in Poundland over Christmas, which offer another sensory element to the tray.…
MONTESSORI TRAY ACTIVITY – ARCTIC MATCHING
I really like the Safari Toobs that you can buy from toy shops and Amazon. They are well made and usually a good price. We use them in small world…
MONTESSORI TRAY ACTIVITY – SNOWBALL COUNTING
We are using white pom poms as counting manipulative's for this activity and jars with numbers written on them, placed in sequence. We then count the correct number of snowballs…
MONTESSORI TRAY SNOWMAN CUTTING ACTIVITY
This Snowman activity is great to encourage little hands to cut and follow a line. We are starting with straight lines as this is easier when learning to cut. The…