Spider Sandwiches

This weeks activities have been lead by Hanaa and linked to the story, Spider Sandwiches. The children have manipulated dough to make different bugs such as spiders and worms etc. They used their creative and critical thinking to find ways to hide from Monster Max before he ate them, children used construction pieces to build dens for the bugs to hide in and bridges for them to escape accross. They used their mark making skills to colour pictures of Max. Children also explored water beads and observed how they grew as they absorbed water, they squished them all to create a jellylike substance. The children practised their counting skills while creating a spider picture and some children were encouraged to do simple additions to extend their maths skills further. Children explored and observed a real spider, watching it crawl and climb and they went out into the park environment to find hidden, pretend spiders. Parents were encouraged to explore their creativity too by supporting their child in making a spider from junk modelling resources as part of our at home activity.