This week the children have been celebrating Diwali. We have been read the story of Rama and Sita and we have been watching some Diwali celebration videos. We have had the opportunity to make diva lamps and make Rangoli patterns. We used salt dough for our diva lamps, the children rolled the dough into a small ball then they pushed their thumb in to it to make a hole, they then pinched the dough with their thumb and forefinger and pulled it to a point to make the shape of the lamp. We used a template to make our Rangoli. We had to carefully spread glue between the cut out sections and then we had great fun sprinkling sparkly glitter over the glue. When the template was lifted we were able to see the pattern that had been made.
The children have also been talking about fireworks, they have seen or heard this week and it will probably continue over the weekend. This has given the adult the opportunity to introduce some new language that the children may not have heard by talking about sounds they can hear, for example, crackle, sizzle, whoosh and pow. The children have also made some amazing firework picture using paint and empty toilet roll tubes.
