Following on from ‘Curious Carousel‘, our National Science & Engineering Week event for early years children and their families, here’s the instructions for the the popular and fun ‘Magic Flower’ experiment. This was part of our theme on how plants drink and is a great way of using arts and crafts to help young children…
Continue Reading →Following on from ‘Curious Carousel‘, our National Science & Engineering Week event for early years children and their families, here’s the instructions for the the very visual and fun ‘Escaping Water’ experiment. A great way of helping young children learn how plants drink because it’s colourful, visual and easy to do. Have a go with…
Continue Reading →Following on from ‘Curious Carousel‘, our National Science & Engineering Week event for early years children and their families, here’s the instructions for the the very visual and fun ‘Moving Colours’ experiment. We ended up with some beautiful results at our event, all proudly pegged up around the room. Have a go with your child…
Continue Reading →A great day was had by all at ‘Curious Carousel’, our National Science & Engineering Week event on march 22nd for early years children and their families. Our ‘Invention Room’ was filled with self led activities where kids could do visual experiments using water and colours to see how plants drink: We also had a…
Continue Reading →Budding Scientists Wanted! To celebrate National Science & Engineering Week we are running an afternoon of science play for under-5s and their families. Working with the theme of ‘Invention & Discovery’ we’ll be exploring the wonders of the natural world through experience, experiment, movement and art. Through fun activities find out why plants are amazing…
Continue Reading →Carousel artists Lizzie & Tamsin worked together with Foundation and Year 1 children at Wynstream School over two days during Literacy Week, exploring the story ‘Where the wild things are’ by Maurice Sendak. Lizzie led the movement to tell the story, while Tamsin used finds from Exeter Scrap Store to transform the Foundation children into…
Continue Reading →The Stoke Canon Scallywags enjoyed exploring the tale of Hansel & Gretel last week with movement artist Lizzie Swinford. The children found their way through the forest following pebbles and then following the bread crumbs – they had to find them quick before the birds pecked them up! They learnt some German folk dance moves,…
Continue Reading →Exciting news!..we’re running a two week block of activities working with archaeologists and musicians to explore the watery theme of Exe Bridges. Did you know Romans were once in our midst, Vikings sailed up the River Exe and our medieval Exe Bridge was probably the third stone bridge to be completed in England? Join us…
Continue Reading →Today the Stoke Canon Scallywags, led by movement artist Lizzie Swinford, explored the story of the Elves and the Shoemaker. There was the opportunity to have a go at being a cobbler by sewing shoe soles and the children could make and decorate their own shoe using templates. They played with and tried on a…
Continue Reading →Using creative play and having lots of fun, children learnt about materials, balancing, building and their bodies during our session yesterday on the Three Little Pigs led by Carousel artist Lizzie Swinford. The session started with the children freely moving between three zones based on the straw, wood and brick houses in the story of…
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