Colours (Activities for 3–5 Year Olds)

By Irene Yates

Colours: Activities for 3-5 Year Olds contains enjoyable activities to help develop children's essential skills. Recognizing, identifying and being able to name colours are essential steps in the early education of all children. Colour knowledge is an important means of helping children to make comparisons and observe and explore their environment. The practical activities in Colours include: Fun ways of teaching colour recognition and identification, Sorting and matching games, Unusual art and craft ideas and Suggestions for exploring colours in the environment. All the books in the Activities for 3-5 Year Olds Series contain  tried-and-tested activities, linked to the six key areas of learning. They are an invaluable resource of fun, easy-to-use ideas for all early years settings, from preschools and nurseries to reception classes and day nurseries.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliant Publications
• Release date: Nov 11, 2011
• ISBN: 9780857475404

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Sorting Colours

What children should learn

Language and literacy - to match colours with their names.

What you need

Lots of different coloured objects, different coloured sheets of sugar paper, felt-tipped pen, card.

Activity

Work with a small group of children. Get them to sort the objects into sets of colours. Tell them the name of each colour clearly and get them to repeat it back to you. Ask the children to sort all the blue, all the red, all the yellow things, etc. on to an appropriate piece of coloured sugar paper.

Extension

Write the colour names carefully on pieces of card. Put each colour name card with the appropriate coloured objects. Point out the word clearly, running your finger along it slowly in the left to right