Nursery World - Creative ways with wood

The Learning Through Landscapes' early years team looks at how children can learn by using wood Ideas to explore: Developing a sense of pride and achievement

Ideas to explore: Developing a sense of pride and achievement

Resources: Roughened pieces of wood and sandpaper of various grades

PLODs: Encourage children to work at sanding the roughened wood. Their effort and persistence will pay off and instil in them a sense of satisfaction at their achievement as the wood starts to become smooth.

Ideas to explore: Enriching children's descriptive vocabulary

Resources: Soft and hard woods of various textures, shapes, sizes, scents and colours. Off-cuts of manufactured wood, such as plywood, chipboard and medium density fibreboard (MDF)

PLODs: Discuss the smell, feel and appearance of the various types of wood.

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