Every day at MA at around 11am we set up an art activity and the children who want to get involved are free to do so. During the first term we've mainly focused on clay and salt play dough, we invite the children to help lay out the table with individual wooden boards, balls of …
Integrating minds, eyes, hearts… and hands!
There’s a quote from the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson that I really love, he says that to take photos is “putting one’s head, one’s eye and one’s heart on the same axis”. What I love the most about this sentence is that it summarizes what I consider to be the magic of an artistic and creative …
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Compartint Idees…
Ja ha passat molt temps des de l'últim dia que ens vam veure i nosaltres us trobem molt a faltar, i sabem que entre vosaltres també. En les últimes trobades en línia que hem anat fent la inquietud més freqüent i comú era com preparar l'espai o quines propostes de joc fer. En aquestes trobades …
An Apple A Day
Every morning in MA at around 10:30 the children who are outside come back inside, we all wash our hands and we prepare the fruit which the children have brought with them. One or two of the children will bring the basket of fruit from the entrance, where it is placed in the morning, to …
The Importance of Tactful and Respectful Care
This month’s diary is about the importance of care moments between children and us. In MA we give so much importance to being respectful during care moments, for instance when changing a nappy (have a look at the diary about nappy changing if you haven’t yet), when giving lunch or when helping children to go …
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Rosa d’origami- Origami rose · Rosa de origami
I made a little craft to share with you today. It's a paper rose, all you need to do it is: A square sheet of paper.Some colours: pencils or crayons.A big sheet of paper for the stem. Aquí os dejo una pequeña manualidad para celebrar la diada, se trata de una rosa de papel y …
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Simple Art Projects
Hello, everyone! In case you are running out of ideas in the art department after all this time, I decided to post some ideas of very simple and yet fun art projects to make at home, they are also very versatile and you can explore your own ideas an creations.1 – Paint blobs come alive. …
A Song and Dance
Hi everyone. I’d like to share some songs with you. These are songs which we sing almost daily at MA and the children will know them well. MA. Betle'm's playlist: https://spoti.fi/3cuRDWT During our morning circle before lunch and often during the afternoons outside we’ll sing songs and incorporate actions which is great for understanding the …
Creating Narratives
“All children are born artists, the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up.”Pablo PicassoI do have to agree with Picasso on this one. Kids are obviously natural artists. They look at everything with fresh eyes, they are constantly amazed by first experiences, they are yet discovering the brightness and wonders of this …
Tongue twisters · Trabalenguas · Embarbussaments
Hi everyone! Today I want to share with you some tongue twisters. They are the best way to practise some muscular challenges that language presents to speakers, and they are great fun! ¡Hola a todos! Hoy quiero compartir con vosotros algunos trabalenguas, ya que son la mejor manera de practicar algunos de los sonidos que …
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