Learning and Development: Homes - Brick work

The highlight of our focus on 'houses and homes' was making real building bricks. It came about because I knew someone who worked in a local brick factory and he agreed to come into nursery to show the children the moulding process. During his visit, Peter Marshall showed the children how to shape the clay and 'throw' it into a brick mould, which had sand in the bottom. Each child moulded and engraved their name in a...