Lesson Two – Shapes and Colours
This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and describe a range of different shapes and colours that can be seen in some pressed flowers that have been collected from a garden area.
The class can select and record some special vocabulary words which can be used to describe artwork of a pressed flower to identify its specific shapes and colour shades.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and describe a range of different shapes and colours that can be seen in some pressed flowers that have been collected from a garden area
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe the colours and shapes seen in different flowers, a worksheet to find examples of different common flowers that can be seen around the school grounds or in a local park and a template to select and use special vocabulary words to describe a flower.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and describe a range of different shapes and colours that can be seen on collected and pressed flowers.
This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and print patterns and shapes to reflect flowers that can grow in family gardens during the spring. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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