Nursery World - Get weaving

Use everyday objects in weaving and painting activities. 1 Over and under

1 Over and under

Adult-led.

Explore weaving patterns to develop children's creative pattern making.

PLANNED LEARNING INTENTIONS

*To talk about and create simple patterns

*To use co-ordinated movements to create weaving patterns

Adult: child ratio 1:6

Resources

Variety of open-weave materials such as dishcloths, hessian, supermarket net bags; strips of paper, fabric, ribbon, braiding and sequins in different colours and widths; wool; string; threaded beads and necklaces; bodkins; large paper or hair clips; flexible found objects such as dried grasses, plant stalks and feathers.

Activity content

* Discuss with the children how to weave. Ask them to stand in a line and encourage the first child to weave in and out of the line to the end of the row. Introduce a ribbon and hold the end while another child weaves their way with the ribbon to the end of the line. Let the children take turns while you emphasise the in and out pattern of the weaving.

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