Stick stomping? Den building? Pooh Sticks? Dried cowpat flicking? It's so hard to decide on a favourite stick activity - there are just so many to choose from. Sticks provide a step towards understanding and caring about the world we live in. A pile of sticks in your setting will enrich the curriculum, enticing children into magical worlds of knights, fairies, acrobats, explorers and engineers.
Sticks are the ultimate eco-toy - recyclable and easily replenished, they cost nothing and can do (almost) anything. They lend themselves to being sorted, stacked, snapped, buried, joined together and leaned on.
They can be cumbersome, noisy and a little unpredictable, not unlike young children - perhaps that's where the attraction lies.
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