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Westfield Nursery School
Westfield Road Dunstable Bedfordshire LU6 1DL Tel: 01582 608650 Email: [email protected] Head Teacher - Mrs Elizabeth Collins |
EXPRESSIVE ARTS AND DESIGN
The development of children’s artistic and cultural awareness supports their imagination and creativity. Children have regular opportunities to engage with the arts, enabling them to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials.
| Expressive Arts and Design Policy |
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Creative Play
-Use recyclable materials- What can you make?
-Do some vegetable printing. (If you have no paint try yoghurt!)
-Making tracks- run different toy cars through paint to make tracks; walk different toy animals through paint to make tracks; add a marble/ ball to a tray and roll it in paint to make tracks.
-Use a large cardboard box- what will it become (a space ship? A boat? A bus?)
-Use different fabrics/ buttons- what patterns or pictures can you make?
-Use old magazines/ catalogues- what patterns or pictures can you make?
-Use blankets to make a den.
-Use old clothes for dressing up.
Sensory Play
-Explore dry pasta- Can you fill and empty? Can you thread (penne)?
-Explore rice- Can you fill and empty? Can you make patterns?
-Explore flour- What marks can you make?
-Explore cornflour- Gradually add water, what happens?
-Explore shaving foam- Can you make patterns? What marks can you make?
-Mix some ingredients from the kitchen cupboard to make a magic potion.
-Use recyclable materials- What can you make?
-Do some vegetable printing. (If you have no paint try yoghurt!)
-Making tracks- run different toy cars through paint to make tracks; walk different toy animals through paint to make tracks; add a marble/ ball to a tray and roll it in paint to make tracks.
-Use a large cardboard box- what will it become (a space ship? A boat? A bus?)
-Use different fabrics/ buttons- what patterns or pictures can you make?
-Use old magazines/ catalogues- what patterns or pictures can you make?
-Use blankets to make a den.
-Use old clothes for dressing up.
Sensory Play
-Explore dry pasta- Can you fill and empty? Can you thread (penne)?
-Explore rice- Can you fill and empty? Can you make patterns?
-Explore flour- What marks can you make?
-Explore cornflour- Gradually add water, what happens?
-Explore shaving foam- Can you make patterns? What marks can you make?
-Mix some ingredients from the kitchen cupboard to make a magic potion.
