Most toddlers, when given a piece of ordinary soft pottery clay, are instinctively motivated to explore its inviting soft sensory qualities. They poke it, squeeze it, hit it, pick it up and pound it down, and the clay adjusts and responds. These changes mean very little to us as adults, but for a toddler these changes in the clay are magical. Marvin Bartel explains how children are naturally fascinated, motivated, and empowered to keep experimenting.
Being able to write is one of the many things that most of us take for granted. For children, writing is a skill that they have to learn and, like so much during their childhood, it develops gradually. This resource offers ideas to help children begin their journey towards writing by making marks, not by producing letters and words.
This is Dance 4's successful early years resource pack giving early years practitioners, teachers, artists and parents the skills and confidence to deliver dance. Giant Leaps is a pack of five new refresher cards for those who have used the original pack and would like new ideas for keeping the pack fresh and exciting.
