Squelchy, squelchy mud…’ is declared with glee as two children dip their bare feet into a pool of gooey mud and then walk along a length of white paper. The children’s delight comes from their explorations into the medium of mud at Back to the Garden Childcare, a nature-led nursery in Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
Staff noted how the children enjoyed playing with mud as they followed The Whitworth art gallery’s PLAYTIME at Home project earlier this year. ‘We chose the theme of mud because it is an amazing sensory material to work with, and best of all it’s free and everyone has access to it,’ says Lucy Turner, early years co-ordinator at The Whitworth in Manchester.
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