🎨 KG 1 · Moving & making · Ages 4–5 · about 3 weeks Dates: to

Press, Roll and Join

Goal: Use both hands to shape soft material and combine simple shapes into a small model.

For parents: An adult prepares a little soft dough from familiar, tolerated ingredients, or provides suitable modelling material already at home. Stay beside your child. Keep it out of mouths and wash hands and the surface afterwards. Work seated at a comfortable height. Folded or crumpled paper is an alternative.

Do together

  1. Change a lump

    You need: Soft dough or paper, and a washable work surface

    Show how to press a lump flat, roll it gently between palms and squeeze an edge. Let your child try two actions and describe the shapes. With paper, crumple a ball and flatten a sheet instead. Stop when hands need a rest.

  2. Join two shapes

    You need: The same material

    Make a broad flat base and a short rolled piece. Press the piece gently onto the base to make a pretend garden seat or another small model. Help one hand steady the base while the other joins. Paper pieces can rest together without glue.

  3. A model with a purpose

    You need: The model and spare material

    Invite your child to add a shape that helps tell what the model is, such as a low wall beside a seat. Ask why they chose that shape. They can reshape one part or leave it as it is. No finished example needs copying.

Talk about it

  • How did pressing change your shape?
  • Which hand could keep the base steady?
  • What does this added shape do?

Words to use

  • press
  • roll
  • squeeze
  • flat
  • shape
  • join
  • model

Play (optional)

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