Nursery Ice Skating Swirls: Mark-Making Playdough Mat

Ice Skating Swirls: mark-making playdough mat. Polar Bear is ice skating! Four big, loose skating paths: a long glide, a wavy line, a loop and a swirl. Children follow them with a finger, a playdough snake or a pen. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Mark-making playdough mat with 4 skating paths. Ideas for using it: • Finger skate: Trace each path with a finger, saying “glide… loop… spin!”. • Playdough paths: Roll snakes and lay them along the paths. • Pen practice: Follow the paths with a whiteboard pen, then wipe clean. • Big moves: Skate the shapes in the air or on the floor with ribbons. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Use large-muscle movements to wave flags and streamers, paint and make marks. • Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils. • Write some or all of their name. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.