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As summer approaches it's the perfect time to try out a topic on sailing boats and launch the children's work in an attractive display, writes nursery nurse Nina Massey Ship shape

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Transport topics never fail to capture children's imaginations, so I would like to share with you how to do a sailing boat activity and display. Our children have enjoyed it immensely.

The activity works best if you work with one or two children at a time and take more than a day to complete it, so plan to do it over several sessions.

Planned learning intentions

To build and construct with a wide range of objects, selecting appropriate resources and adapting their work where necessary

To select the tools and techniques they need to shape, assemble and join the materials they are using

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