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Homemade light table7/13/2023 ![]() STILL PLAYING SCHOOL reminds me that the light box is more than just a place for the visual experience - but that all the senses can be used here. ![]() There are lots of other suggestions for light table use here too (as well as lots of other inspiration). or by making your own nature slides as suggested here. WHERE IMAGINATION GROWS - exploring nature on the light table. here in Sweden it is cheapest to get gelatine and colour and add scent to it if desiring a smell sensory experience too (which I recommend as the sense of smell is strongly connected with memory making) jelly/jello is maybe not the first thing that would spring to mind when it comes to the light table. this is the link to an exploration of REDĬRAFTULATE reminds of us the need to think outside our comfort zone when it comes to the light table. LALYMOM reminds us how colour can be explored on the light table. the link to this activity is here - but it is worth exploring the whole blog for more light table inspiration - here is the link to Dyan's light table activities and inspiration click hereĪt "AND NEXT COMES L" you can see how maths and sorting can be done on the light table. if you want to have access to all my posts on the light table. of course the light table is not the only way to explore light. I have in total 19 posts with a connection to the light table. a clear box is also perfect for this sort of play/exploration. here I replaced the bottom of a tray with clear perspex so that we could experiment with salt, beans, coffee beans, beads, ice, cloud dough etc etc. here I have wrapped the light table up in plastic and squirted paint on for the children to explore, and make a print. if you are interested keep a look out here on my blog or on the International Fairy Tea Party Facebook page and at the moment we have it set up for Sleeping Beauty inspired small world play link to see our sleeping beauty inspired play on FB - there are plans to celebrate International Tea Party again this year. this photo show you how we celebrated International Fairy Tea Party last September. (check my posts from Boulder Journey School for more inspiration for indoor and outdoor play and learning - link to MY BOULDER EXPERIENCE 2013 - several posts to check out)Ĭreating small world play opportunities. at Boulder Journey School there were lots of light tables and some, as you see were on their side against the wall to add a different opportunity for light exploration. and they come in useful for glue spreading and other crafts and play)ĭare to rethink how the lighttable is positioned in your setting. she was very happy for the plastic spoons to be upcycled. here I asked StikkiNikki ice-cream (in Stockholm yumyum for organic homemade ice-cream) if I could have the spoons that people were throwing away. and start collecting all sorts of things. Think out of the box when it comes to materials for the light table.
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