Playdough Angels

Playdough angels. They may not all quite resemble angels but it was a mixture of ages, and allowed to create from the resources available. 

• skin colour play dough (obviously), there were two shades
• plastic gems
• white feathers
• pipe cleaners (metallic)
• eyes
• pom poms
• match sticks

This is also on allplayonsunday my other blog, check it out for other ideas for Christmas

Busy Bags

These busy bags were made for church they aren't church specific but these are great for travel or places you need to stay in one place and don't have much scope to pack entertainment.

Felt lollipops (I meant these to have wooden lollipop sticks but turned out I didn't have any)

 Pipe cleaners poked into a tin can lid with holes poked in. (I was going to do match stick posting but little person really likes birthday cakes so thought would like it this way)

 Drawing materials and stickers

 Threading beads, these are chunky enough to be stacked and have characters that can be played with too.

Linking bears and rings, two of each design to match or simply make a chain.

Bug Play

 Just a set up of bug play area, with supplementary resources to support play

 Soil, plastic bugs and bug hunting/ hiding materials

Matching plastic ant to picture

Enabling Environment

The drawer unit and block/ shape play on mirrors and foil (torch to right to shine on for better effect). I will try to post a better photo of this.

 The drawers are always accessible, are labelled with what's inside and you will note there are cards with signs relating to what's in many of the drawers.

Collection of Ducks

 Planning for children's interests doesn't always mean activities but the resources you provide to support play, and other areas of learning through a play based situation. This area was set up to encourage speech sounds/ symbolic sounds of a child with limited speech. He had shown an interest in ducks and liked some simple songs.

 All children enjoyed this and the ducks were displayed alongside in baskets, daily it would get back to this. There was exploring, sorting, some duck sounds made by said child LOTS made by everyone else.

Suplemental materials include books e.g. nine ducks nine and song card.

Jungle Play Small World

 This was actually for Church Jungle Themed Holiday Club (VBS, for Americans). Here is a close up of the small world play area of the jungle play space.

 It was in a "cosy" sectioned off area of the room.

 A little further away.

 Additional resources to support jungle related play.

Rock Pool in the Garden

After a discussion about how we wished we lived closer to the beach, to explore rock pools thought it was a great idea to make a rock pool in the garden (we'd just been on holiday and been to an aquarium and so had bought these sea creatures)

Cardboard Play House, with lights

 There was a spare big empty box, so..... A little house making project for 14 month old.

Inside battery operated lights poked in and a christmas light. Initially not a hit as she was rather scared of going inside (but after cutting another door so she see all the way through cue lots of crawling through!! And flap in the door become a great letter box for posting favourite lotto cards through!

Post Christmas Challenge

Ok so rather late, but just went through photos.

Week after Christmas lull, cue a play challenge! And the results

Duplo Dragon Design for Box

Stickers to be added once made (scales, fire, eyes)

 The finished dragon!

Eggs, eggs, eggs

This environment was set up in response to an interest in the vast collection of egg cup and the Easter period (last year)

 It was used in a variety of ways over a period of some weeks, as simple sorting/ collecting/ joining to playing egg shops or resteraunts.

 The chick egg collector was from poundland, Im not sure if they are doing them this year also.

Spiky eggs, sorted, little chicks...

A basket full of egg cups (never have enough it would seem, all purchased from charity shops)

Chapel Hill Snippits has a wonderful Eggs story book on her blog to down load, which has accompanying printable PCS symbols

Counting ladybirds (or bugs)

I am in the process of creating this cute little tactile bugs numbers 1-5 spots and stored in little leaf pocket!

Tiny Road Mat Quiet Bag

 I actually don't have an image of this folded and holding the cars but I promise you it does and fits nicely into a handbag to take anywhere.

 Simply sewn to fit "Learning Resources" mini motors, but you could make this for any cars you have available. The landmarks on the map serve as a great parking parking space for corresponding motor (bus- school, fire engine- fire station etc.) which was not my intention but works well!

More Peg Dolls

 As the title says, thought I'd just share some of my painted peg dolls.

 They can be for children to play with or simply as decorative paper clips

 Close ups

Pirate Dolls (+ how to make)

A spur of the moment project, making pirates for a treasure island.

"climbing about the pirate ship....looks like a bottle of run has filled their tums"

With their pipe cleaner swords

Instructions to make them

       

Zoo and Map

 Super adorable Zoo with grouped enclosures

And a map for the visitors so they know where they are going and what they want to see! (L= Lizard) I must say I had a great zoo visit.

Snow Play Scape

An imaginative snow play scene to complement our winter weather play experiences. Snow made of cotton wool balls (hill a sheet of muslin) Display above supplemented with snow men pictures (these were a favourite drawing theme over Christmas!

A poem book about snow placed alongside to enhance play, also Christmas card images of snow.

Something special magazine to support language and the play

A mirror decorative circle for pond