At Uxbridge we are have explorig how we can make stories , 'come to life'.
The clay was setup, and some of our children were intrigued in this texture and colour as we have purchased a different colour clay.
As a provocation we had the Gruffalo book positioned to inspire these great creations.
So much thought and detail have gone into these creations The little brown mouse with the very long tail, the Gruffalo with all his details right down to his spikes on his back.
Jack was super proud of his mouse that had long wavy hair upon the mouses head.
The possibilites are endless with clay these are some of the wonderful learning opportunies that can come from exploring clay in many forms.
-Using a tool to make markings and indentations.
-Making textures and impressions.
-Manipulating (squishing, squeezing, pulling, pushing, etc) a piece of clay helps develops the child’s large and small muscles – improving dexterity.
-Fosters eye-hand coordination.
-Builds a child's ability to focus/builds attention span.
-Builds an experiential understanding of 3-dimensional shapes.
-Fosters eye-hand coordination.
-Builds a child's ability to focus/builds attention span.
-Builds an experiential understanding of 3-dimensional shapes.
-Builds vocabulary – pound, pinch, roll, flatten, poke, tear squeeze, coil, stretch, squash, twist, and bend
-Creative story telling with clay pieces
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