Perfect peg dolls

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how to make a peg doll
Want an activity that promotes creativity, environmental awareness and maths skills and combines imaginative play with a boost of literacy? Peg dolls are where it’s at!

How to make a peg doll

Take some wooden pegs, add recycled materials from your making box and let the kids get to work, making whatever characters are in their imaginations. [Read more…]

Creating comics with kids

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Promoting literacy with comics

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Our easel is becoming the hub of writing, drawing and mark making in our house. Located in the kitchen the kids can’t miss it and stocked with interesting pens and pencils, it’s just so tempting to pick one up and have a go?

Sometimes a blank canvass can be off putting, especially for reluctant writers, so I’ve been setting up invitations to write, which the children have been finding irresistible. This week we’ve been writing and drawing our own comic strips. [Read more…]

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