Children love painting. This is a game that you can use on the painting wall to help children learn about number and shape as well as handwriting.
AGE 3+
RESOURCES
(Health and safety note: Keep an eye out for children 'colliding')
ACTIVITY
Prepare a painting wall or cover a long table with paper. To begin with, this activity is worth doing with one or two children until they understand the game. Pick up a brush and tray and paint a circle on the wall (aim to do this anti-clockwise, starting at the top, as this is the basis of many lower case letters). Ask a child to put a circle outside of yours. Move along the wall and repeat. Think about painting small circles and large circles. Put some up, high others down low.
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