With the weather still so cold and the children showing an interest in the snow and ice, we have enjoyed a Winter Week. The Pretoddlers explored ‘sticky’ snow (fluffy shaving foam mixed with oats), and discovered what was frozen inside coloured blocks of ice!
The children absolutely love getting their hands messy, exploring new textures and making marks, learning by doing every day.
EYFS:
Moving & Handling; 8-20 months; Enjoys the sensory experience of making marks in damp sand, paste or paint.
Moving & Handling; 16-26 months; Makes connections between their movement and the marks they make.
The World; 16-26 months: Explores objects by linking together different approaches: shaking, hitting, looking, feeling, tasting, mouthing, pulling, turning and poking.