Cupcake1984 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Hi all, We are trying to develop our literacy/mark making area, apart from the obvious; Pens, pencils, crayons Whiteboards & markers Blackboards & chalks We have clip boards with shopping lists & pencils in the role play corner (friut and veg shop) I would like to rack your brains for some 'out of the box' ideas to make the area more interesting and entice and engage the children! Thanks :1b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I am working from iPad and don't know how to do links from it but we had this discussion a week or so ago and some good ideas came up. Hopefully some one will come along and link it for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 We have old diarys, yellow pages, rulers, hole punch and stencils in ours. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 We have discovered some fantastic 'lipstick' type crayon thingies - can't for the life of me think what they are called - doh - will see if i have a receipt and will be back.......they are pretty pricey - but even my most reluctant mark makers just love them! :1b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 charcoal tarpaulin with brooms and paint Mops and shower curtains straws cotton wool dabbing string sticks forks decorating rollers sponge pan scourers combs/ hairbrushes wooden/ metal spoons tooth brushes shaving brushes large thick ropes beads ice cubes mud........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Right......have found a receipt and it seems they are called 'Poster Paint Sticks' - hmmmm I'm not convinced that's quite right - they are product no. BB54 from S & s Services..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Oh charcoal - thanks Alabaloo - do you know we have never used charcoal - great idea! :1b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I loved charcoal when I was little,my dad smoked a pipe so the ashtray was always full of really burnt matches which I would gather and use to draw on the walls outside. The day mom and dad bought me a box of charcoal sticks was fabulous. I presume you have print displayed too, I used to buy newspapers in different languages whenever I could to just for a bit of interest. Pens and pencils that were a bit unusual too, I bought some lovely ones from Hawkins Bazaar years ago, the lead was multi- coloured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 ours like 2 or three crayons rubber banded together at the mo to make multi coloured pens 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueFinanceManager Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 This was discussed a while ago and here are a few threads; here here Hope they help Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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