Nursery Activity Ideas - Mega Block Printing

This fun and messy activity can be completed by children of all ages, it can also be used to help children learn their colours and shapes.

You will need:

• Various colours of paint
• Different size and shape mega blocks
• Paper

Activity:

Pour the paint into trays and place one mega block of each size and shape into each tray. Give each child a piece of paper, then holding the top of the blocks they can print their chosen shapes and colours onto the paper.

Whilst completing this activity with older children as a group you could talk about the colours they are using and also the shapes of the blocks. The children can also be involved in a simple sorting activity where for example all the red mega blocks are used in the red paint only, blue blocks in the blue paint etc.

Areas of learning covered:

• Creative development
• Physical development
• Personal and Social development
• Mathematical development
• Language, Literacy and Communication skills

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