[jacquiharbinson]

We ended up having a snow day on Tuesday so Playgroup closed and kept the activity for yesterday. Filled out your form and was all ready with props - yoghurt pot for the circle/round shape, butter dish for square, large rectangle box and then brought in a small rugby ball and real egg. Most children got the shapes but not the oval! I had to repeat this a few times for them to understand it was oval and not an egg shape! We then went to the tables and made our own fish and yes I did use templates but junk art was freely accessible with glue, buttons for eyes, material and shiny paper. I am planning now to display these on the board with our rhyme in the centre. Today one of our parents donated some junk art items and in the middle of them found some netting. One little girl was obviously inspired by yesterday and took one of the fish put it in the centre of the page then cut the netting and put it around the outside. I am definitely including this in our display! Evaluating it today I realised certain children never ever go near this junk art area and others were very deliberate in their placing of material. I also observed several cutting material although others needed adult help. There was great discussion about how many eyes the fish should have - then where it should be placed. Several were very adamant that the fish needed 10 eyes because there were loads of buttons available!