Nursery Sledging Hills: Pre-Writing Paths

Penguin loves sledging! Three hills to slide down: one big hill, bumpy hills and zigzag hills. Children follow each path from the top with a finger, a pen or playdough. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Mat with 3 hills and a make-your-own space. Ideas for using it: • Slide down: Follow each hill with a finger: “up… and down!”. • Pen paths: Trace the hills with a whiteboard pen. • Playdough hills: Roll snakes along the hills. • Body hills: Move like the hills: up, down, bumpy. 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. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. • Skip, hop, stand on one leg and hold a pose for a game like musical statues. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.