My family: Family matters

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By Lorelli Mojica — children’s poet and illustrator, and part-time early years teacher

Develop the children’s creative, language and number skills with these hands-on family activities

Family matters

1 Stick family

Create stick puppets based on different family members

EYFS Area of learning > Expressive arts & design > Creating with Materials

What you need

Group size: small groups.

Wooden spoons; clean lollipop sticks; collage materials; goggle eyes; glue; felt-tipped pens.

What to do

Before carrying out the activity, make your own stick family by decorating wooden spoons using a variety of collage materials. Introduce your stick family to the children and act out a simple family gathering with them.

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