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Nursery Footprints in the Snow: Mark-Making Mats

Children follow animal tracks across the snow with a finger, a pen or playdough. • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • 2 mats with 4 animal footprint tracks. Linked to Development Matters for three and four-year-olds. Print-ready PDF.

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Footprints in the Snow: follow-the-tracks mark-making mats. Four animal tracks to follow across the snow. Fox, Robin, Penguin and the red boots each leave footprints for children to follow with a finger, a pen or playdough. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • 2 mats with 4 animal footprint tracks. Ideas for using it: • Finger tracks: Follow each set of footprints with a finger. • Pen tracks: Join the footprints with a whiteboard pen. • Whose tracks? Which animal made these tracks? • Animal walk: Move a toy animal along its track. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils. • Use large-muscle movements to wave flags and streamers, paint and make marks. • Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.Read more

Footprints in the Snow: follow-the-tracks mark-making mats. Four animal tracks to follow across the snow. Fox, Robin, Penguin and the red boots each leave footprints for children to follow with a finger, a pen or playdough. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • 2 mats with 4 animal footprint tracks. Ideas for using it: • Finger tracks: Follow each set of footprints with a finger. • Pen tracks: Join the footprints with a whiteboard pen. • Whose tracks? Which animal made these tracks? • Animal walk: Move a toy animal along its track. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils. • Use large-muscle movements to wave flags and streamers, paint and make marks. • Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.

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