Inspiration What you’ll need


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743909 Assorted Pipe Cleaners - pack of 250 810207 Wooden Lacing Beads 800015 YPO Tweezers – 12 pieces Cardboard


@timetofly_abc Spaghetti faces


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304670 Coloured Wooden Beads


75126x YPO Broad Tip Colouring Pens Cardboard


@play.to.learn.with.katy Lots and lots of lines


“This activity was so much fun. The children represented themselves using spaghetti and loose parts. They looked carefully in the mirror and noticed everything about their appearance.


It involved lots of descriptive language about facial features, length/colour/style of hair, earrings, hair clips, scars etc. The children also developed fine motor skills using the scissors to cut the spaghetti to the desired length.”


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10


Cooked spaghetti Food colouring: 851248 Yellow 851221 Green


• 851213 Blue • 85123x Red


31353x Colourful Scissors


800515 YPO Flower Sorting Tray Decorations of your choice Cardboard cut out faces


“All you need is cardboard and loose parts for this simple pattern-making activity. Draw lines or squiggles and ask children to populate them with loose parts. I used pasta we dyed with paint from our stock of sensory bases, but you could also use buttons, beads, shells or pebbles. Unpainted pasta is just as fun too!”


For more ideas and inspiration visit ypo.co.uk/littlelearners


@harrylouisadventures Coin rescue from the nation


You asked, we listened! We gathered your valuable feedback and learnt that you wanted to see what other early years professionals were getting up to in their settings.


Here are six great physical development activities for you to take inspiration from, brought to you by creators across the nation!


"A fun activity to practice colour recognition and use those fine motor skills. Harry had to use his pliers to pull the pipe cleaners out of the cardboard to free the coins. An extra challenge was completing it in the correct order as I had purposely layered the pipe cleaners in a certain way."


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