Potato dig

This post is psrt of the potato themed activities that wid did this weekend as I went to throw old potatoes out and thought we could use them to play and learn.

So the potato dig involved potatoes, mud and a sit in digger. He role played a construction worker moving boulders or in this case potatoes. He had to move the boulders off the mud and drop them over the wall onto the patio. I encouraged him to count the potatoes on the two places and in total.

Extension tasks 

Write it label potatoes  and get them to place in piles. Maybe to desperate letters and numbers.

He could use the digger to arrange them into sizes.

This activity required physical strength and was quite tricky to actually pick them up but he had great fun .  Probably should have got his Bob the Builder hat . 

Sarah and Dylan 3.6

Cardboard shape construction

I had a bit of cardboard left over and remember a fellow blogger cutting out shapes and making a slit in them so they can be. Used for construction model.

They didn't take long to do. I made various shapes. I think a triangle was the best.

It was a little tricky at first . 

He got his tools to pretend to cut them like bob the builder.

I encouraged him to colour them in with crayons but I think paint would be better. Probably paint them in advance or as a 3D model.

Definitely will try again. Next time I will also cut a bigger slit to make it easier.

Dylan 2.11