Nursery World - Shades of green

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Take a close look at a range of colours and shades.

Planned learning intention To differentiate colours and begin to differentiate shades within colours Adult:child ratio 1:6 Resources

A bag filled with a teddy's toys and clothes in primary and secondary colours (red, blue, yellow, green, orange and purple); a bag filled with green items (different shades); six coloured boxes (red, blue, yellow, green, orange and purple); a selection of green paint shade cards.

Activity content

* Show the children the first bag and explain that they will be looking at the colours of the items inside. To engage children's interest, try introducing the activity by saying: 'Teddy has let his things get into a terrible muddle. Can you help him sort his possessions into the boxes?' Ask the children, in turn, to take an item from the bag and to place it ina box of the same colour.

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