The site for busy mums and teachers

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The site for busy mums and teachers

If you would like to learn more about teaching very young learners, this site is for you

www.shirleys-preschool-activities

These are activities to develop visual perception of pre-schoolers:

Children need to learn to improve their weak areas to an acceptable standard, compensate for them where necessary while focusing on, developing and enjoying our strengths and talents.

No one is good at everything. The object of these stimulating activities, is to help your child develop each area to her unique potential, not to over-stimulate or try and develop super-kids!

Use these activities to develop visual perception. They are aimed at 3-5 year olds, but since this is a wide range, you should adapt them according to your child's proficiency.

 

1. Make a scrap book with a page for each colour. Let your child cut out pictures of objects of various shades from old magazines and paste them on the appropriate pages.

2. Discuss and draw various shapes for your child to identify. Look for objects of similar shapes in your environment. Try these Preschool Shapes Activities.

3. Using construction blocks, press a few together and ask your child to copy the colour sequence.

4. While looking at a picture in a story book, say, "I see something that is blue, brown and red." Ask your child to identify what you are looking at.

5. Draw an incomplete figure and ask your child to complete it. Adapt your drawing to match her ability.

6. Find a picture book with 'busy' pictures. Ask your child to look at the picture for a while, then close the book and tell you about the picture.

7. Talk about the use of colours in society - red fire trucks, warning signs and danger signs, colours of police vehicles, ambulances, traffic lights etc.

8. Let your child complete dot-to-dot pictures.

9. Let your child match socks while you sort and fold your clean laundry.

10. Place five small objects on a table in front of your child. Ask her to look away while you remove one and replace it with another object. She must tell you which one you removed.