Playdough!

Good news now feeling totally better and back to normal. It was so nice to be back working with the children and although I was only unwell for about 4 days it was amazing how much I missed them!

On Sunday I set out to make some playdough ready for using with both the big kids and small kids at Ruel. Accompanied by Maiya and Ayda we made 4 lots of playdough - using lots of different colours. It was such good fun! Believe it or not I had never made playdough before so had the potential to be a complete disaster.

It is amazing how much fun and learning you can get from playdough. Watching the childrens faces light up as I brought out the bright coloured playdough. I have been teaching the bigger kids the letters 's' and 'a' so we used the playdough to make these letters. You should have heard them gasp in wonder when I showed them how to use the playdough mats to make the letters. They had so much fun. With the small toddlers they seemed a little unsure and the sensation of the playdough in their hands felt strange to start. But they too soon got the idea and enjoying flattening, banging, rolling and prodding the playdough!!!! Something so small and cheap to make has brought me and the children so much joy this week!!