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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Are you going on a Road Trip this Summer?
Looking for some fun and engaging games to play on those long car journeys over the holidays? How about playing some Car Bingo along the way or even creating your own Story Starters to get your imagination going. These can be prepped before the journey or you can add your magical drawings as part of your journey.
Car Bingo
1. Cut out the Bingo cards from the free download
2. Think of 12 Items you will come across on a car journey – this could be a tree, traffic lights, a bus etc.
3. Draw each of your items in a box on your bingo card.
4. Set off on your journey and cross off each item as you see it.
Who will be the first to complete a line? Will you be able to cross off all of your items?
>>> Print out your Bingo Cards here
Story Starters
Create your own imaginative adventures with your story starters. Design your story discs to inspire exciting stories as you pick each one out of the bag. Draw a design on each disc, it can be an object, a character, a place, whatever you think will fun to include in your stories.
How to use your story starters:
– Create your own story using the inspiration discs, picking out one at a time and continuing your story.
– Take it in turns to add to one epic story, each picking out a disc and making up part of a story linked to the image in front of you.
– Can you pick out a story starter and describe what it remind you of? Can you think of any smells or sounds that are linked to the picture? Can you remember any stories that are related to the picture on your disc? For example if I was to pick out a picture of a tree it reminds me of fields and countryside but also of a really blustery Autumn walk with my Mum, where the leaves were flying everywhere.
– There are so many things you could do with your story starters we couldn’t have thought of all of them. How else do you think you could use them?
>>> Download your Road Games Template Here
EYFS Creative Resources To Help Nurseries and Childcare Providers
The Creation Station are passionate about supporting proactive nurseries to now access extra resources to help inspire children. The Creation Station has developed EYFS linked art & craft resources and ideas to help inspire children and support staff in childcare settings.
Child care organisations can now benefit from the EYFS linked resources developed by the UK’s leading art & crafts experience provider, The Creation Station. With over 150,000 children and families inspired the Creation Station have a wealth of knowledge and experience to share.
Resources and activities are designed to engage children, support staff and help with time and cost management of arts & crafts based activities.
To find out more, simply complete this form and we will get back to you within 24 hours.
At Home Parenting with Jo Frost
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Do a Doodle a Day
Did you hear about the announcement of the new Children’s Laureate. The Children’s Laureate is a well known writer of children’s books who promotes and encourage children’s interest in books, reading and writing. This year the new Laureate has been named Chris Riddell, the illustrator and author.
He says his mission is to encourage creativity and “drawing every day”, he wants kids to doodle more.
“There comes a point where children decide that they can’t draw. I want to say, ‘don’t stop drawing – carry on, and do a sketch a day. I think stories can grow out of the visual. It can be an engine for literacy.” – Chris Riddell
Chris is documenting his role as the Laureate with a daily log with various sketches.
>> Check out Chris’s Laureate Log here
Do you or your child doodle each day? As adult art therapy and doodle books become more popular why don’t you have a go at doodling with your child and see what magical stories you can create together.
We would love to see some of your creations, please share them on our Facebook Page #creationstation
We have put together some special shop offers to help you on your way with your doodle a day.
Enjoy Creative Fun 