Make a trail Time: 15-20 minutes Materials: birdseed, breadcrumbs, or something else to mark a trail, treats (optional) Activity: Have an instructor lay down a trail for kids to follow in an outdoor play area or have one kid set the trail for the rest to follow. Talk about the kinds of trail markers that […]
Go “fishing” Time: 15-30 minutes Materials: string (optional) Activity: Locate sticks for each kid. Tie long pieces of grass or string to the end of the sticks. Find some water. It could be a stream, lake, ditch, or mud puddle. Let kids “fish” in the water for as long as the imaginative play session lasts.
Mud pies Time: 10-30 minutes Materials: containers, changes of clothes (optional) Activity: Demonstrate making a mud pie. Ask what flavor they think it is. Reinforce that mud is not to be eaten and let kids make mud pies. allowing further development into a broader imaginative play period if that is the natural progression. Categories: Imaginative
