Pintify: Superheroes

Wowsers!!!!  For Superhero loving fans, what do you think of these???????

You can print out, stick to card and use brass fasteners as described on the sheets.  You can also print off and attach to wooden spoons or empty kitchen rolls.

Fabulous find...... Batman, Hulk, Spider-man, Superman, Ninja turtles

http://pintify.net/photo/489485053226506855

Raspberry rain - Domino colour pebbles

Another amazing site with so many fabulous ideas for makes but this one I am definately going to be making....

https://raspberryrain.co.uk/2014/07/01/fun-activities-for-your-kids-pebble-dominos/

Check out this amazing site...

Just found this amazing site and fallen in love....so many ideas, I,m going to be very busy making with the families.  Check out http://www.playideas.com/ you wont be disappointed.

Glove puppets

I have just come across these amazing dragon glove puppets.  How fab are these and totally no cost - lost cost.  I wish I could give credit to the maker, found on Pinterest.

Couldn't resist adding this cute little picture too.......so cute!

Wooden spoon craft

This evening I have been looking through Pinterest and the net for ideas for wooden spoon crafts.  So many fantastic ideas, I cant wait to have a go at some of them.  This one in particular is going to be one of my next projects and I will keep you posted on the outcome.....

How fantastic are these Superhero wooden spoons?

I'm thinking of making a princess and a knight one too, so I was really pleased to come across this fantastic dragon one!

Loving these special Royal ones of the Queen, one of her corgis and a soldier.  Shame its a bit late to make them for her birthday....maybe next year!

http://www.rylandpeters.com/blog/celebrate-the-arrival-of-the-royal-baby-by-making-some-one-is-amused-royal-family-wooden-spoon-puppets

Ice play

With all the lovely warm weather we have been having at the moment until today typically, I have been exploring ideas for ice play.

The imagination tree in particular has some fantastic ideas.  Pop on over to have a look: http://theimaginationtree.com/2012/05/freezing-and-melting-objects-in-ice.html

I thought i would have a go at making an ice block myself filled with interesting items to discover and talk about.  Lots of opportunities for:

• Discovering - the properties of water turning to ice and then melting (liquid, solid, liquid)
• Problem solving
• Lots of opportunities for language development

Items needed:

• Container for the ice block to be made.  I used an old ice cream container
• Jug of water
• Selection of interesting items that both sink and float to make sure that the ice block isn't one sided
• Glitter to add a bit of sparkle (optional)
• Food colouring - optional (I only used glitter)

Once you have added your items and the water pop in the freezer.  

* Children should be supervised at all times as young children could choke on the ice if left unsupervised.

What can you see so far? Shape, colours, patterns..... anything else?

What about now?.........

Outdoor / indoor nature play

There are many benefits to outdoor play for children including: Well-being, exploration, developing independence, creativity, social skills and learning through play.  Being able to get messy is another when creating mud pies and more.

Here is an example of an outdoor tray that I use with the families when we have an out and about session.  The resources are set out so that the children can pick and choose what they would like to do and explore.  

Contents for my outdoor tray 1 include:

• Large plastic tray (I use a boot tray usually used to put dirty wellington boots or similar on purchased in any hardware store)
• Selection of childrens diffing tools including forks and spades
• Measuring cups found in the kitchen isle which we use as digging tools too.  
• Childrens gardening gloves.  Although I encourage children and their families that it's ok to get dirty, some children dont like the feel of the compost etc
• Magnifying glasses made out of plastic for the children to view any mini beasts they may find when exploring
• A plastic wash bag which can be used to observe mini beasts, carry any finds in such as leaves etc or can be used to plant broad beans or similar as it will act as a mini greenhouse
• I added some plastic mini beasts 
• Old plastic cotton reel to make marks with or use as a sieve

Contents for my outdoor tray 2 include:

• Wood chips
• Wood slices
• Pebbles
• Pine cones
• Chopped pieces of a branch

The good thing about these nature trays is that if it's a really rainy day you can play inside.