Nursery World - Touch wood

Help the children get to grips with wooden objects and with paper in more project ideas from Jean Evans Activity 1

Activity 1

A-L What's it made of?

Take a close look at wooden objects.

Planned learning intention

To extend their vocabulary, exploring the meanings and sounds of new words Adult:child ratio

Up to eight children with an adult

Resources

* Wooden items such as bricks, floor tiles, bowls, musical instruments, pegs, lollipop sticks, a ruler, a pencil, carved ornaments, low table Preparation

* Put up a notice asking parents to bring in wooden items for a display. Explain that the items shouldn't be too fragile, because the children are going to be handling them.

* Cover the table with a cloth and arrange the wooden items on it. Add various wooden objects from around the nursery.

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