I have been stashing away lots of cardboard boxes and tubes for a while now, and, yesterday, with the rain hammering down outside again it seemed like the perfect day to give it to the kids (aged 2.5 – 9 years old) for a junk modelling session.
Armed with nothing but recyclables, scissors, sticky tape and labels and their imaginations they got stuck in.
It was lovely to watch them engrossed in the activity for a good hour, chatting away to one another and modelling some lovely behaviours and manners.
“Can I have the scissors please?”
“Oh dear, you’ve dropped some”!
“Look at my one, its really big, I built it really big”
“Look at mine Emily!”
“It’s a rocket!”
“This is a house”
Who needs expensive holiday activities?!
Areas of Learning covered: Communication & Language, Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development, Literacy, Expressive Arts and Design
Characteristics of Effective Learning: Playing and Exploring, Active Learning, Creating and thinking critically.