It’s a short week but not short of fun in our forest.
The forest welcomed the children with an exciting space for experiments.
The art table was laden with stringy yarn, colourful tissue paper, patterned origami paper and fuzzy pipe cleaners for the children to make their very own parachutes! We tested our creations on our very own launchpad to see how well our parachutes worked. We checked if the parachutes made a soft or hard landing and discussed the different materials and types of paper we could use that would affect the speed of the parachute falling.
Our Little Forest Folk-ers enjoyed testing the parachutes so much, the educators also decided to make their own and put them to test!
On another day, our little artists had a painting station waiting for them in the morning. We painted large rocks, wooden planks, our hands, and long pieces of wallpaper. Brushes of all sizes were experimented with and hand-printing was a popular option too. We used our fingers to make small marks and fingerprints on the paper and completed the picture by using a felt pen to add legs and beaks for a bird. Some were turned into mushrooms, caterpillars and all different little insects.
Meanwhile in another part of the forest, the air is filled with the deep tones of drums, tinkling of bells, and the swishing of the maracas. The children are experimenting with using the instruments and materials found in the forest such as wood on wood or wood on metal to see what sounds we can create.
We also enjoyed a bug hunt and bird watch and had a wonderful time searching for worms, centipedes, slugs, snails and robins.
For the rainy day, we set up a tuff tray with different textures, to build different types of habitats. There was a big pile of clay that was turned into a rainforest by sticking in all kinds of leaves and sticks that the Little Forest Folk-ers could find on the ground. Another part of the tuff tray had oat bran sprinkled all over to represent sandy desert, with the addition of some white stones and wooden animals. Our little adventurers rushed to the table soon after the morning snack time to see what they could build and create. We encouraged them to design their own habitats and they had some very creative and amazing ideas. We had an octopus climbing up the tree, water waves in the sand and an island that kept changing its shape. Hm…any suggestions on what we could name this island?
Have a fabulous weekend all!
Little Forest Folk
Twickenham