Blog by Tag: Creative learning
Firework Pictures
This week we are using paint, glitter, and toilet rolls to create pictures of the fireworks we have seen over the holidays.
The children have also been recalling their experiences to us.
To see more pictures please click on the link to the gallery: …
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Creative learning communication language
Autumn Printing
The Ducklings have been printing with fruits and vegetables this week and they have taken this learning outside with them and shown interest in wanting to print with natural fallen leaves in the garden.
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Making binoculars
The Ducklings have been learning all about the sense of sight. In the creative area they have been making binoculars and then going off to explore what they can see through them!
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Making Binoculars
The senses we are learning about this week are sight and touch. The children are making binoculars to look through and see what they can see.
The children were given tubes, string, ribbon, scissors, tape, dabbers, hole punch, stapler, crayons, wool and wax crayons to create and decorate their…
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Owls go cave painting
We are currently learning all about The Stone Age and we had a go at creating our own cave drawings.
To make it more fun we made caves under the table and decorated them will Stone Age drawings.
Have a look at the album for more pictures.
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owls art History Creative learning
Making Shakers
This week we have started to learn all about our senses and the sense of hearing. As the children have been finding and making lots of different sounds outside, we thought it would be good to make some shakers.
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The children had to choose a container, box, tub or tube and the place…
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Making a sound shaker
We have been exploring how our ears can hear as part of our 'Amazing Me!' topic. We have created our own musical instruments or shakers.
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Painting Portraits
As part of our Amazing Me topic, we have been exploring our similarities and differences by painting self-portraits.
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Construction fun!
The Ducklinngs have been selecting construction materials of their own choosing to make models of a flower.
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African Masks
The Ducklings have been busy colouring, drawing and cutting out their own African masks. Great for practising their fine motor skills.
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Making African Neckalces and Cuffs
The Ducklings have enjoyed creating their own traditional African necklaces and cuffs from junk materials. They loved making the bright and colourful patterns to decorate them.
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Yellow Ducklings African Drumming
We loved our African drumming workshop today. We learned all about djembe drums. Ask the children to tell you the three different materials that thay are made from. We found out that the first djembe drums were made over 900 years ago!
We were taught how to play the drums using different…
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