Over the past few weeks, the children at Busy Bears in Durham have become fascinated by knights and castles - an interest that began when we added some 'knight' dressing-up costumes to the role-play area.
There was great excitement as they dressed up as knights and princesses and admired themselves and their friends in mirrors. From there, they went on to act out role-play scenarios and to make castles, shields, swords and helmets from everyday resources such as boxes and card.
One boy in particular, Loughlin, continued to pursue his interest at home and asked his parents to help him make a shield. He didn't stop at just one shield, though, and brought in a variety over the next few days. When I commented on how pleased we were with these shields, his mother Simone explained that the family takes part in medieval re-enactments in their free time, and so making the shields had been of great interest to the whole family. To our delight, they offered to share this experience with Loughlin's friends at nursery.
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