Children love to play detective with a magnifying glass. This simple, timeless piece of equipment is great for getting close up to the small things, not only outdoors, but the familiar aspects of daily life - the textures in a woven placemat on the kitchen table, or the different coloured threads in a teatowel. Children can use the things they see to inform their drawings and pattern-making. For real detective work, try taking fingerprints and seeing if you can find any on the surfaces at…
