Course 2

Activity 1

Colour sorting activity: Yellow     

Duration: 10-15 minutes

What to you need?

• Basket with toys or any other colour objects that are safe to play with (ensure that there are yellow items in the basket too as this is the focus colour.)
• Yellow page/blanket/bucket

What to do:

1. Give your child the basket with toys/objects in
2. Caregiver is to explain to your child that they need to find the yellow objects or toys or those that have a yellow colour on it.
3. Talk to them about other things that are also yellow that they can think of. 
4. Take a walk around the house and have your child try to spot any objects that have the colour yellow on them.
5. Once your child is done sorting allow them to choose what they want to play with in the basket

**Sorting is a beginning math skills. Children understand that things are alike and different as well as that they can be long and be organized into certain groups**

Activity 2 

Blowing and crawling to the finish line

Duration: 5-10 minutes

What do you need?

• A straw
• Pom pom/ or round cotton wool ball 
• A smooth floor surface

What to do:

1. Have a starting point and a finish point. You may use physical markings to indicate positions.
2. Demonstrate to your child that he/she needs to blow the pom pom/ball by using their straw crawling from starting point to finish line.
3. If your child struggles at first, assist them. He /she will be very excited when they experience success.
4. Remember to praise all efforts.

**Blowing exercises develop oral-motor structures in the mouth which are important for speech production**