_______________ The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun original skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance a list of resources and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative simple and highly effective this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting. Early Years expert Judit Horvath presents 50 fun and thoroughly creative ideas in this book designed to get children experimenting and investigating the properties of mud and clay. When given soil clay or mud to play with most children are instinctively motivated to explore and experiment. Mud soil and clay are naturally open-ended stimulating children to investigate possibilities look for reasons and think of ideas. They are cheap and easy to source or access simple to transform to suit any age group or activity can be mixed with other materials given a rich sensory experience via visual texture deep colour rich smell and tactile feel. . Language: English