Blue

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CURRICULUM WEEK

BEGINNING MAY 26th - Blue

We will play a game of hunt the nursery for blue objects to put on our blue table

Discuss and experiment with what colours can be mixed with blue to make new colours. Is blue a primary colour?

We will be making blue play dough

Shaving foam and blue food colouring

Sequencing colours (older children in nursery)

Blue picture/collage

Blue water bottle

Water play, we will make different coloured boats and race them against each other

We will be thinking of and then taste some blue foods, e.g. blueberries

Curriculum Activities

Activities

Blue

We will play a game of hunt the nursery for blue objects to put on our blue table

Discuss and experiment with what colours can be mixed with blue to make new colours. Is blue a primary colour?

We will be making blue play dough

We will be making blue shaving foam

Sequencing colours

Blue picture/collage

Blue water bottle

Water play, we will make different coloured boats and race them against each other

We will be thinking of and then tasting some blue foods, e.g. blueberries

Objective

To help the children identify, name, match and sequence colours. For this week we will primarily be looking at the colour blue.

Also to develop the children's -

Personal and social development, well-being and cultural diversity

Feel confident and be able to form relationships with other children and with adults throughout our 'blue' curriculum activities

Demonstrate care, respect and affection for other children and adults

Concentrate for lengthening periods when involved in our curriculum activities

Explore and experiment confidently with new learning opportunities

Acknowledge the need for help and seek help when needed

Begin to take responsibility for personal hygiene (for example, washing hands before handling food)

Understand that all living things should be treated with care, respect and concern, discuss what animals live in the sea, how can we help keep them safe?

Language, literacy and communication skills

Listen to a good story, read and discuss stories about colour in particular our 'Rabbit Colour Book', discussing not only the colour blue but what colours can mixed with blue to make other colours

Listen, respond to, and recall our 'blue' songs – '5 Blue Balloons' and 'If You

Are Wearing Blue Jump Up And Down'

Ask questions and listen to responses, throughout our curriculum activities

Express opinions and make choices, when designing their sails for their sailing boats

Use marking implements for a wide range of purposes, when creating their

'blue' pictures and designing their sails for their sail boats

Mathematical development

Use mathematical language in relevant contexts: shape, position, size and quantity, for example when measuring ingredients for 'blue' play dough and then when playing with the play dough (cutting play dough in half, quarter etc.)

Recognise and recreate basic patterns, again sequencing coloured blocks or cotton reels

Recall our 'Five Blue Balloons' song

Sort, match, order, sequence, compare and count familiar objects. We will continue to sequence our coloured blocks. Also continue to use our coloured letter posting game, encouraging the children to identify the colour of the letters then post the letter through the matching coloured letter box. Mathematical language can also be used when ordering the children’s sailing boats into positions after the race, for example who came first, second and third.

Begin to understand mathematical concepts such as ‘more’ and ‘less’. For example when discussing and comparing our blue water bottle to our other coloured water bottles

Begin to recognise numbers and begin to match number to sign and sound, when using our 'Peppa Pig' interactive board and our numbered flowers

Welsh language development

Begin to label blue in English and Welsh

Knowledge and understanding of the world

Talk about home and where they live, discuss what animals live in the sea and make comparisons

Begin to find out about outcomes, problem solving and decision making.

Ask the children, how they can use straws to race their boats across the water

Begin to understand about food and where it comes from, in particular

'blue' coloured foods

Begin to appreciate the differences in and uses of a range of materials. For example we will be using empty plastic margarine tubs for the base of our sailing boats

Make choices and select materials from a range, exploring their potential, cutting, folding, joining and comparing. This can be achieved through our blue collage activity

Materials

Physical development

Move confidently, with increasing control and co-ordination. We will continue to play our ‘traffic light’ game encouraging children to recognise red, orange and green, and when to stop and go with their movement

Use a range of small and large equipment with increasing skill and confidence. Our ‘traffic lights’ can be taken and used outside with the scooters and bikes

Handle small tools and objects with increasing control and for appropriate purposes (e.g. pencils, paintbrushes), throughout our art and play dough activities

Understand, appreciate and enjoy the differences between running, walking, skipping, jumping, climbing and hopping. Again this can be encouraged through our 'traffic light game'

Understand and respond to suggestions about spatial relationships. For example with free water play after racing our boats the children will participate in a floating/sinking experiment. What floats on the top of the water? What sinks?

Creative Development

Use a range of materials to create representational images, we will be making our sailing boats out of recycled margarine tubs and card

Make choices about colour and medium, when designing our 'blue' collage pictures and our sails for our sailing boats

Discuss work in progress and completed, throughout all our activities

BLUE TABLE table covered with blue paper blue items collected from around nursery

WHAT COLOURS CAN WE MIX WITH BLUE? blue paint yellow paint red paint orange paint white paint black paint paint brushes tray aprons

BLUE PLAY DOUGH mixing bowl and spoon

3 cups of plain flour

2 tablespoons of corn flour cup of salt

1 cup of cold water

2 teaspoons of vegetable oil

2 teaspoons of blue food colouring

Process

SHAVING FOAM shaving foam blue food colouring small sealable plastic bag

SEQUENCING OF COLOURS different coloured blocks (or beads, painted pasta, etc, could also be used)

BLUE PICTURE/COLLAGE blue paint paper paint brushes glue sticks collage materials that are blue blue backing paper

BLUE WATER BOTTLE recycled water bottle water blue food colouring

BOATS/WATERPLAY small, empty margarine containers blu tac wooden skewers white card cut into sail shapes paint (different colours) paint brushes laminates laminate machine straws corks and items collected from around nursery to test whether they float or sink food colouring (different colours, but use blue when sailing the boats) water tray

BLUE FOODS we will buy some of the blue food ideas that the children will think of or see over the shop

We will be looking at and discussing the colour blue, discussing with the children

(old enough to understand) that blue is a primary colour and cannot be made from any other colours. The purpose of our ‘blue’ activities is to encourage the younger children to identify, name and match the colour blue. For the older children the aim is for them to progress to labelling the colour in Welsh, recognise that blue is a primary colour and to enjoy simple experiments of mixing blue with other colours to make new ones.

The children will play a game of hunt the nursery for ‘blue ’items to put on our

‘blue’ table. We will discuss with the children the number of blue items we have, which is the tallest, heaviest etc. before placing them on our blue table.

We will discuss and experiment with different colours of paint. What colours can be mixed with blue to make new colours? Is blue a primary colour? The children will be provided with a large tray. On the tray blue paint will be placed in the middle, with red, green, orange, yellow, black and white paint dotted around the edge of the tray. The children will then be asked to mix a little blue paint with the other colours using a paint brush and see what colours they can make. Mixing blue and yellow will make green and mixing red and blue will make purple. By mixing white and black with blue you can make lighter and darker shades of blue.

Blue play dough will be made by the children. Pour the flour, salt and corn flour into a mixing bowl. Add the blue food colouring to the water, then add the coloured water and vegetable oil to the bowl. Mix it together. The children can help measure and mix the ingredients before playing with, cutting and moulding the play dough.

The children will also attempt to make blue shaving foam. They will be provided with small re-sealable plastic bags which they will put shaving foam and a little blue food colouring into. The bag will then be sealed for the children to mix, mash and squeeze the foam and food colouring together to make blue shaving foam.

The older children will be encouraged to follow patterns and sequences of colours.

This can be initiated by staff making a tower of blocks, for example, a sequence of yellow, blue and red, yellow, blue and ? The children can also make their own sequences for their friends to follow. Other small toys/materials can also be used to make patterns in a similar way.

We will provide the children with various blue paint and/or collage materials to produce a bright blue picture. Once dry the picture will be backed onto blue activity paper and displayed in nursery.

We will recycle plastic bottles and put blue food colouring and water into one of the bottles. As the weeks continue other bottles will be made with other colours.

The bottles will be used to discuss things such as colour (favourite colour), measurements (most water, least water, etc) and if one bottle is placed in front of another coloured bottle can we see a different colour? The bottles can be used as a game, can you hit the blue bottle with a ball? We can add glitter to the bottles to jazz them up a little.

For our sailing boats the children will need sails cut out of card to paint in a colour of their choice, a small empty margarine tub, a wooden skewer and small piece of blu tac. Once the painted sails are dry they can be laminated and attached to the inside of the margarine tub using a wooden skewer (attach the sail so that the sail is taller than the skewer with sellotape) and then blu tac the bottom of the skewer to the inside of the margarine tub.

Once the sailing boats are made we can fill a water tray with water and a few drops of blue food colouring. The children can then be given a straw each and asked if they know how they can get their sailing boats from one side of the water tray to the other using their straw. After a few attempts of blowing their sailing boats the children can have a race, to see who can come first, second and third.

The children can also experiment with the different coloured water trays we have in nursery by adding water and different coloured food colouring and seeing how

Evaluation the coloured water looks different when lifted out of the tray. For example, water with blue food colouring will look green in a yellow water tray, when lifted out of the tray in a plastic jug the water will actually be blue!

The children will also be given the opportunity to experiment with floating and sinking. There are corks and toys that the children can use to play with and to see if they float and sink. Cups and saucers can also be provided for imaginary play where the children can pretend to make tea and coffee.

One of the questions we will be asking the children is to think of any foods that are blue, this could include a walk to the shop where they could see and buy some foods which are blue such as blue berries (check that any foods bought are suitable for vegetarians).

As many books and songs as possible will be used to reinforce the children's recognition of colours.

Staff will also use the interactive boards with the children which will be displaying different coloured and numbered flowers as well as different coloured balloons. Another interactive board will be provided for the older children to help grasp the concept of two colours being mixed together to form another.

Throughout all activities staff will discuss not only the colour of the activity taking place but the all different colours that we see. Reinforcing all that we are learning and all that we have learnt. Games such as the counting ladybird game, letter posting game and the traffic light game can continue to be played.

During discussions staff will encourage and answer any questions that the children may have. Use of the Welsh language will be encouraged as well as of course using the Welsh word for blue frequently.

Staff will frequently praise the children for their work. Once completed any art work will be displayed in the nursery before being taken home by the children at the end of the curriculum topic.

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