Activity Planner: 2-5 Year Olds

Centre: Sight tray Explicit/Intentional Teaching: Centre: Cellophane Windows:

Materials:
-Binoculars Mat Session/Introduction: Question
-Magnifying glass children- “What is your favourite colour?
-Eye patch “What colours do you know?”
-Tray
-Leaves Show children orange, red, blue and green
-Feathers crayons and explain how they are all colours.
-Pom poms One colour at a time, shade the crayon onto a
-Sticks piece of paper on the board. Ask children
-Flowers questions relating to the colour: “What is the
name for this colour?”, “Where have you
Children will use binoculars, eye patches and seen this colour?”. Explain how we need light
magnifying glasses to change their vision and our sense of sight to view the colour. The
and explore their sense of sight. They are to teacher will introduce the term primary
look at visual factors of objects such as colour to the children and tell the children
colour, texture and shape. Children will that red, blue and yellow are primary colours.
become aware of how their sight can be
changed using different materials. The teacher will then explain all of the
centres available for the children to move
into to experiment with colour, light and
sight.
Materials:
-Different colours of cellophane cut into small
pieces.
-Clear contact.
-Blue tack
Children will each have a piece of clear contact
and a container full of different coloured
cellophane. Children can create their own
cellophane windows by sticking the different
colours onto the contact and experiment with
mixing colours. When the sun hits their completed
cellophane windows, children will be able to
notice how the light reflects colour onto different
surfaces.

http://www.pinkstripeysocks.com/2013/07/conta
ct-paper-and-cellophane-stained.html
https://stayathomeeducator.com/three-
activities-to-learn-about-the-sense-of-sight/

Centre: Edicol Dye Mixing Station Conclusion: Centre: Coloured Rice Sensory Tub:
Materials: Children will return to the mat and the Materials:
• Absorbent paper towels teacher will read the children the story called • Rice
• Edicol dye • Food Colouring
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• Newspaper
• Pipette Droppers
• Containers (with water)
Teacher will have prepared paper towel on table.
There will be a range of colours, (red, yellow,
orange, green, blue, purple) of edicol dye and
pipette dropper inside containers. Children will
then use the droppers to help distribute colours
onto paper towel as they begin to witness
colours combining together.
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. • Container (deep)
The teacher can then ask the children a series • Tongs, spoons, forks
of questions:
Prepare dyed rice using food colouring to make
red, blue, green, yellow rice. Place in deep see-
• “What colours can you remember
through container with rice side by side. Children
from the book?” will then begin to use their hands and other
• “Can anyone see something in the objects available to help with discovery through
room that is red?” sensory play.
• “What colour is the sky outside?”
• “What is your favourite colour?”
• “Can anyone tell me a primary colour
that was in the story?”

Children will then move into the next part of

https://gembelina.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/simple-coloured-rice-
their day. for-sensory-play/
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/87609155226737385/visual-
search/?cropSource=1&h=521&w=402&x=0&y=1

Objectives:
-Use different materials to explore the science concept of colour, light and sight.
-Identify a primary colour by its name (blue, red and yellow).

Assessment & Recording: (What are we assessing? How are we assessing? How are we recording?)
-What we are assessing: The teacher will be assessing whether or not children can identify the three primary colours which are blue, red and
yellow. The teacher will be assessing the achieve of this by making observations during the activities.
-Recording: The teacher will record her assessment using a checklist and within the checklist the teacher will have some of her anecdotal
notes recorded during the centre time activities. This checklist will record whether or not the children have identified the primary colours by
their correct name.

EYLF OUTCOMES:
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4.1: Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence,
imagination and reflexivity.

5.3: Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media.