A miniature world

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By Sally Gray — early years teacher and writer

Spark the children’s imagination and encourage their creativity with some wonderful small-world toys

Small world

1 Moving house

Help the dolls to pack up and move house

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

What you need

Group size: whole group.

‘Moving house’ activity sheet, doll’s house with dolls and furniture, recyclable materials such as cardboard boxes and pots, child scissors, sticky tape, glue, paper, string, card, toy truck.

What to do

Look at the sequence of pictures on the activity sheet with the children and talk about what happens when someone moves house.

Explain that the dolls in the doll’s house are moving, and they need the children’s help to pack things up safely. Invite the children to make boxes and packages for the dolls’ items.

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