Games

This week, we all brought in some of our favourite games to share with everyone else.  There was a huge variety of them, and we all enjoyed playing lots of different games together, from fishing games to hoopla!

Juggling

This week we decided to make our own juggling balls and have a go at juggling.
So first we filled some sandwich bags with some old rice, tied and wrapped the bags around the rice balls several times. Then we cut the ends of a couple of balloons for each ball, and cut a few holes on the second balloon for a spotty effect. We wrapped the first one onto the rice ball and the second one in the opposite direction. It will make more sense if you have a look at this tutorial: http://indigo-blue-designs.blogspot.com/2011/03/balloon-juggle-bags.html.

               

Then a few of us had a go at juggling, well we all admired Naomi's skills while we tried to cope with one or two ball juggling! We also had some stilts and a hula hoop to play with.

The girls decided they wanted their face painted...

And we made good use of the park next door.

Happy New Year

For our first meeting of the new year, we brought along a few games.

                There were some travelling jigsaw puzzles,                 lots of secrets in the corridor...

some fun guessing games with animal cards,

& ball games

and finally a parachute & ball game and a lot of static hair!

Ah, don't they look peaceful! (it only lasted a few seconds!)

All in all a great start to 2012! May it be a great year for everybody :)

Gliders, Mister Wolf and Fyne Court.

This week, the weather was nowhere near as nice as the previous week, so our session was spent indoors, although the children still managed a fair bit of running around..  I mean, exercise!!

We made gliders from jumbo straws, paper and tissue paper (if you ever want to make a straw glider, here is a nice tutorial to help you!), all of which worked really well.  The children enjoyed a story before lunch and then a game of What's the Time Mister Wolf? after lunch!

Some of us went for an autumnal walk up at Fyne Court after the session.  Running among the trees, playing the musical instrument and having a great time. 

Look forward to seeing you all next time!

Dancing with wands

This week we welcomed some new members, the little village hall was quite busy! We had a session centered around music, and we made some wind wands with wooden rings and ribbons, and tin drums, with empty tins and ballons. There was a lot of dancing & running around, the children especially enjoyed the slippery wooden floor. They also played outside for quite a while as this hall has a nice big garden at the back.

Usual warm-up drawing

Making wind wands

Dancing with the wands

Making the most of the equipment available!