1 Precious stones
Child-initiated
Encourage the children to bring back an interesting stone from their holidays and use these to create a focus of interest in the setting.
Resources
Tabletop display area with adjacent wallboard, wicker baskets, self-coloured fabric (such as, velvet or hessian), shallow sand tray, magnifying glass, plastic guttering, paper, pencils, crayons.
Preparation
* Outline the activity to parents and carers and encourage them to provide a photograph of where the stone came from.
* Ask staff to bring in stones or pebbles to start the collection.
Play suggestions
* Ask the children to add their stone to the display and to talk about their recent holiday or day trip. Where photographs are available, use these as a prompt for discussions too.
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