Guest Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Hi Just looking at our topics for next term and was wodering whether anyone has any good tried and tested ideas for colour, light, fire and diwali. Any help would be much appreciated. Im especially tuck on ideas for CLL and MD Thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie A. Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 We'll be making little diva lamps for Diwali again this year. We use salt dough (half weight of salt to flour). Give the children a small ball of dough (bit larger than golf ball size) and show them how to make a thumb pot. Squeeze one side of the pot to make a sort of spout shape. The pots are then baked in the oven until they are hard. They can then be painted and decorated with sequins or glitter and then given a final coat of pva or varnish to make them shiny. Then add a small night light candle. These candle holders also make good Christmas presents and can be done with clay also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 try a forum search... divali one to start you off.. Inge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 (edited) and another http://www.underfives.co.uk/diwali.html#diwali Edited October 23, 2005 by MARl0N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 What about Rangoli patterns for maths? Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 you could use paper doilies for rangoli patterns.... use them like a stencil and print into them... lft off and hey presto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I was going to suggest Rangoli patterns too as they are symmetrical.. For CLL could you work on the stories e.g. Rama and Sita? One year we made stick puppets nad retold the story. Or describing texture - how about coloured sand to make symmetrical patterns in and ask them to describe their pattern (like ink blots!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Thanks a lot. I love the idea of making diva lamps. I think they will really like making them. Thanks again everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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