Shields

"Goodies and baddies" has been the favourite game here for a few weeks now, occasionally it veers off and the children play "Peter Pan", this is generally the same game but with character names!  The children are all very good whilst playing their game; they know that they are not allowed to hurt anyone; only those involved in the game join in; they swap teams happily and include others in their play; and although they may "kill" each other and they may "die" and "be dead", somehow they always come back to life and this is an acceptable part of their play.


We decided to make shields to defend ourselves from the baddies - some of the shields contained "force fields" and "laser beams" - the imagination being used was fantastic!


The children cut pieces of sticky backed foam to decorate their shields - this was a good activity to develop children's fine motor skills and hand muscles.  The children here have access to scissors from a young age, they are taught about scissor safety and are supervised appropriately.  I believe that it is important to give children opportunities to use scissors and learn how to use them safely.