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Rainbow Bears Days With Grey

Practice prewriting skills by moving coloured bears from left to right.

Materials Needed:

  • White piece of paper
  • Coloured textas (to draw a rainbow)
  • Container full of coloured bears

What to do:

  • On the white piece of paper, draw a rainbow using a different coloured marker (matching the coloured bears).
  • Place all the bears on the left-hand side of the rainbow.
  • Encourage the child to classify and sort the bears according to the colours of the rainbow moving the bear from the left-hand side to right.

Hints and Tips:

  • Use a large piece of white paper for group work or use A4 size for individual work.
  • Remind the child to move bears left to right.

Reference: 
Rainbow PreWriting Breakfast Invitation, Days With Grey

Additional Info

  • Appropriate Age: 3 year+
  • Number of Children: Individual (1), Couple (2), Few (3), Small Group (4)
  • Developmental Milestones:

    strengthening small hand muscles 
    learning left to right
    hand preference 

  • Play Based Learning: Manipulative Play
  • Interest Areas: Sensory Play
  • Games Categories: Cognitive Development, Fine Motor Skills
  • EYLF Outcomes: Learning Outcome 3
  • Sub Outcomes:
    • engage in increasingly complex sensory-motor skills and movement patterns.
Created On August 5, 2019
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