Nursery Weather Lines: Mark-Making Playdough Mat

Weather Lines: mark-making playdough mat. A landscape mark-making mat with four weather pictures: rain lines, sun rays, a rainbow and a windy spiral. Children follow the dotted lines with fingers, playdough snakes, brushes or loose parts. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Weather mark-making mat with four patterns. Ideas for using it: • Dough weather: Lay playdough snakes along each line. • Paint it: Use a wet brush to trace the rain, rays and rainbow. • Sound effects: Add sounds: pitter-patter rain, whoosh for wind. • Weather report: Talk about today’s weather and trace that part. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Use some of their print and letter knowledge in their early writing. • 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 drawing to represent ideas like movement or loud noises. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.