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Nursery Colour Mixing Mat: Red, Yellow and Blue

Children mix red and yellow, blue and yellow, and red and blue with paint or playdough, and predict the new colour. • Teacher guide with Development Matters links • Colour mixing mat with three colour sums Linked to Development Matters for three and four-year-olds.

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Colour Mixing Mat: what happens when we mix? A landscape mat with three colour sums: red and yellow, blue and yellow, red and blue. Children mix small amounts of paint or coloured playdough and put the result in the empty circle. What’s included • Teacher guide with Development Matters links • Colour mixing mat with three colour sums Ideas for using it • Mix and see: Mix two colours on the mat and place the result in the empty circle. • Predict first: “What colour will we make?” Test and see. • Dough twist: Twist two colours of playdough together until they change. • Colour bags: Put two paints in a zip bag and squish them together (no mess!). Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds) • Explore colour and colour mixing. • Explore different materials freely, to develop their ideas about how to use them and what to make. • Explore how things work. • Use a wider range of vocabulary.Read more

Colour Mixing Mat: what happens when we mix? A landscape mat with three colour sums: red and yellow, blue and yellow, red and blue. Children mix small amounts of paint or coloured playdough and put the result in the empty circle. What’s included • Teacher guide with Development Matters links • Colour mixing mat with three colour sums Ideas for using it • Mix and see: Mix two colours on the mat and place the result in the empty circle. • Predict first: “What colour will we make?” Test and see. • Dough twist: Twist two colours of playdough together until they change. • Colour bags: Put two paints in a zip bag and squish them together (no mess!). Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds) • Explore colour and colour mixing. • Explore different materials freely, to develop their ideas about how to use them and what to make. • Explore how things work. • Use a wider range of vocabulary.

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