Colours and Shapes
Dear Parents,
During this term our topic in the Baby room will be Colours and Shapes. This topic will start on the week
beginning 4/1/16. Our intended, overall learning objective for the children during this topic is for us to:
Encourage the children to be able to recognise basic shapes and primary colours. We will be planning
activities to encourage sorting of colours, shapes and sizes and encouraging the children to learn names of
shapes and colours during adult led activities.
Through observing the children and their interests we have noticed that the children enjoy exploring with
different colours and shapes in their everyday play. We will build on these interests through planned
activities such as coloured water, paint, play dough and sensory exploration.
Adult led activities will include sorting objects into size or shape, mark making on pre-cut shapes such as
circles, squares, triangles and using flash cards to recognise shapes and colours.
During this topic our planners will be displayed on our planning board for you to look at which include our
topic plans and other weekly activities. Below are a few things we shall be doing with your children, based
around the following themes and their interests:
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Looking at different colours and shapes books
Using different colours during messy play like red gloop, blue play dough or green water etc.
Decorating pre-cut shapes of circles, squares, triangles and stars in primary colours
Sensory exploration, hiding and finding picture cards in shredded paper, water, soil, ice etc.
Sorting objects into categories according to size, shape or colours
Looking at flash cards of shapes and colours during small group times to encourage naming of
colours and shapes.
You may also like to talk about the topic with your children at home. Here are a few ways you could bring
this topic to life in your home environment:
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Use different coloured toys or shapes in the bath each night to talk about
Look at shapes and colours from around the home or in the outside environment
Make a colour/shape sorting game to play at home
Cook biscuits in different shapes and ice in different colours
Play with boxes of different sizes
Look at inset puzzles to complete
We hope you find all the above information useful. If you would like any further information about our
topic please look at our planners or ask a member of staff to go through the activities with you.
Yours sincerely
The Baby room team
Colours and Shapes
Jan-March 2016
W/C 4/1/16
Red
W/C 11/1/16
Blue
W/C 18/1/16
Yellow
W/C 25/1/16
Green
W/C 1/2/16
Square
W/C 8/2/16
Circle
W/C 15/2/16
Triangle
W/C 22/2/16
Star
W/C 29/2/16
Favourite activities
W/C 7/3/16
Australia Day
Pancake day
Chinese new year
Valentine’s day
Mother’s day
St. David’s day
Favourite activities
W/C 14/3/16
St. Patrick’s day
Easter
W/C 21/3/16
Easter
Holi