{"id":19679,"date":"2016-03-02T14:43:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T18:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/provolearning.com\/blog\/?p=19679"},"modified":"2016-03-07T10:38:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T14:38:21","slug":"introducing-mat-man-to-preschool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/provolearning.com\/blog\/school-news\/introducing-mat-man-to-preschool\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Mat Man to Preschool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/157470931\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mat Man has been introduced to the children through a song and with a picture of him. We have been looking at the different lines that make up Mat Man\u2019s body, putting him together as we sing the song, taking him apart and putting him back together again. Mat Man is part of the Handwriting Without Tears programme. Mat Man does an important job in helping children learn about body awareness, taking turns, counting and eventually starting to draw a person correctly!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/provolearning.com\\\/blog\\\/school-news\\\/introducing-mat-man-to-preschool\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:65587034}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 165px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"165\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 125px; height: 165px;\" data-original-width=\"125\" data-original-height=\"165\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/provolearning.com\/blog\/ps-mat-man-feb-2016-1\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"121\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"161\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"19677\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/provolearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ps-mat-man-feb-2016-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ps-mat-man-feb-2016 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/provolearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ps-mat-man-feb-2016-1.jpg?fit=225%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/provolearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ps-mat-man-feb-2016-1.jpg?fit=600%2C800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/provolearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ps-mat-man-feb-2016-1.jpg?w=121&#038;h=161\" width=\"121\" height=\"161\" data-original-width=\"121\" data-original-height=\"161\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"ps-mat-man-feb-2016 (1)\" alt=\"ps-mat-man-feb-2016 (1)\" style=\"width: 121px; 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