Back to glorious sunshine in the High Peak this week. But to help cheer up any dull moments, here is our fourth installment of fun creative activities for families with young children from Karl, Frances & Margit our Early Years specialists – something to explore together during these extraordinary times!
This week our Family Fun Friday activity is Shadow Puppets!
Playing with light and creating shadows at home is one of the simplest and most satisfying creative activities that we can all do. It’s lots of fun and is bursting with open-ended opportunities for children of all ages to explore.
Young children are particularly fascinated with exploring shapes and textures – watch how Frances creates interesting shapes with everyday objects from around the house in our first video.
Older ones enjoy creating characters than can ‘sing’ and ‘dance’ and ‘act’ in their own little performances. This character puppetry performance was undertaken during our original project, so this week we’ve also included the For The Love Of Books film that we made with Mark and Benn from Metro Media at St George’s C of E Primary School in New Mills. The children of the Early Years department at St George’s really enjoyed this activity and we hope that you give it a go at home during these exceptional times and beyond.
And here are Margit’s activity cards:
As always our Family Fun Friday activities were originally designed for young children and their families but they can easily be undertaken by all household members during the lockdown. Let us know how you get on with SHADOW PUPPETS!
These activities have been supported by the Ragdoll Foundation.
Click here for Family Fun Friday week 1
Click here for Family Fun Friday week 2
Click here for Family Fun Friday week 3
