The colour green.

All children are different, but generally at around 18 months of age they are able to grasp the idea of different colours. We should use colours in our vocabulary daily to reinforce the concept… “Look at the red flower”, “Please pass me the blue crayon”, etc.

At around 3 years of age your child should be able to start naming some colours. Don’t worry if it takes a while for your child to start proficiently naming all of the colours correctly. Repetition is key and both colour and shape recognition should be infused in our daily living.

This week we are exploring the colour green. Leaves are green, grass is green…frogs are green. What other things are green?

Join teacher Inger as she explores the colour green and sings a fun song all about a little green frog.

The Shape: Square

Did you know…… learning to recognise different shapes is a precursor to identifying written letters and numbers? After all, the written symbols we use for letters and numbers are really just shapes.

Shapes can take longer to learn than colours, but by age 3 children should generally be able to name some simple shapes (e.g. circle, square, triangle).

The more we infuse this kind of learning into our daily living, the easier it will be for our children to learn these concepts.

So far this term we have reviewed: circle, crescent, triangle and oval shapes.
This week we are adding squares to the mix!

We have created some fun shape printables to go with our frog theme this week….
Have fun exploring circles, triangles and squares by following the froggy footprints with these original Watering Whole printables.

Directions:

Print out the froggy footprint shapes.
Invite your child to make the froggy footprints sticky with some glue.
Sprinkle some sand onto the sticky foot prints to make them sandy and sticky!
Once dry invite your child to trace the different shapes with their fingers.

Benefits include: Shape recognition, developing pre-reading and pre-writing skills. Developing hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, muscle control, and muscle memory.