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Name and image/s of the Activity
Valentines card
Materials used:
Card, makers, scissors and glue
Time plan:
30 minutes
Room and/or equipment requirements: table space
General Aim of activity – to make a card with a child’s traced hand
Specific Learning outcomes of the activity – ‘To use fine motor skills using the scissors’
Steps for making or doing activity:
Trace hand and cut it out cut out small hearts and glue them to hand
The finished cards
How will the child/ren benefit from the activity?
The children can take pride in their work
They will use their fine motor skills
They will use their concentrations skills
Age group/s: (development level)
3-12 years
How would you make the activity more inclusive? Principles of universal design
Simple and intuitive design is easy to understand, regardless of a child’s experience, knowledge, language skills, or concentration level – this idea is simple and easy to understand for the children
How would you adapt the activity to suit outside/inside? This could be done with leaves from outside and trace them onto a page for autumn or the children’s hands could be traced onto the window for a window display
Simplify this activity: have the hands already cut out and the hearts cut out and let the children decorate them
Variations for the activity: How could you vary the activity? ‘
This can also be used as a mothers’ day card or birthday cards
