Junk Modelling in Reception

 Junk Modelling in Reception

In Reception, we have been reading 'Don't Throw That Away' by Lara Bergen and 'Grace and Box' by Kim Howard as part of our 'Inventors' topic. We had some class discussions about recycling and what happens when we throw something away. We then started to get creative by thinking about different things we could make from a box, just like Grace from our story.

The children used their sounds to write down their ideas.

We have also been making lots of marvellous creations in our art areas using junk modelling. This not only supports our creativity, cutting, joining and painting skills but also teaches determination and values the process of making as opposed to just the finished product.

During this project, we have also talked a lot about materials. The children sorted the 'junk' in different ways including; the material it was made from, colour, size and shape.