Initially the children explored by combining the resources pretty much as I had planned.
Adding stones
sticks
and sand!
Exploring the feel of the dough.
However, our normal playdough resources are always available to the children and these gradually became incorporated into play.
It started when we needed the rolling pins to flatten the dough.
But before long they were pounding,
stamping.
and cutting the dough.
Tracing round the circle imprinted in the dough with her finger.
Combing the resources, using the mallet to pound the stones into the dough.
The children had spent most of the week enjoying their explorations, but later in the week we accidentally made a discovery about our sand dough. We found we could add more water to it without it ruining. Brilliant, the children love adding water to things!
It took a while to master the the trigger spray….
..but she managed it!
🙂
