Children at Little Hayes Nursery School have been having a wonderful time using pipettes and syringes to shoot paint onto a spinning board, creating amazing colourful effects whilst developing important physical and creative skills.
As well as being creative, this activity helped children develop a range of skills including fine motor control through squeezing the syringes and pipettes, and gross motor skills through the arm movements needed to aim and shoot. The children have been exploring colour mixing and naming colours as they watch the paint combine on the spinning surface, discovering new shades whilst building colour vocabulary. This sensory exploration engages sight, touch and movement whilst developing hand-eye coordination as children aim for the moving board.
The activity also encouraged turn-taking as children waited for their chance and supported perseverance. The syringes were very tricky to squeeze, so children had to keep trying to achieve the satisfying paint explosion! The team look forward to having lots more spinning fun in the coming months.
These creative, hands-on experiences show how playful activities can develop multiple skills at once, building children’s physical abilities, colour knowledge, patience and determination through joyful experimentation.