Moai Statues

We talked about Easter Island today as part of our discussions about places in Chile.

Fran read us a story from Easter Island about the Aku Aku spirits who were visiting the
islands and were very curious and tried to trick the local people.

We also watched some short videos with some information and images of Easter
Island, including how big the Moai actually are.
During Centers Time some of the children chose to make their own Moai out of clay.

Clay can help children to:

- develop hand and eye coordination - squeezing, patting, pounding

- develop nger and hand muscles - poking, pinching be creative and learn about
texture, shapes and forms

- manipulate through rolling, cutting, making shapes

- experience making 3-dimensional objects

- socialise with others

- express feelings and ideas.

Working with clay allowed the students to engage with the following 'I can...'
statements that were identi ed for this project:

K1.PD.4.0 I am developing ne motor strength and co-ordination

Learning tags:

K1.PD.4.0: Shows ne-motor strength and coordination

Story date: 7 Sep 2017. Added by: Andrew Stewart.