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The instructional book COLORS, SHAPES AND FANTASY is based on a series of games-exercises with which children of 3-6 years can learn while having fun, gaining new and more complex painting and manipulation knowledge and skills. The structure of the play-activities offered to children is based on a detailed educational tour, which respects and to develop specific needs and abilities typical of childhood. What for an adult may be perceived as an easy and banal exercise, for a child can appear a difficult task to achieve since the ability to concentrate and function capabilities of children are still little developed for both intensity, duration, and complexity of mental strategies adopted. Also, in general, children live in their own fantasy-symbolic world which characterizes the everyday experiences. So, it is important that each child can have the necessary time and motivation to realize the proposed activities and internalize them in his own mental world. The game-exercises of COLORS, SHAPES AND FANTASY develop the following concepts and topics: 1. DEVELOPMENT OF PAINTING EXPRESSION 2. ACQUISITION OF COLORS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PAINTING SKILLS 3. IDENTIFICATION OF COLORS AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCIES 4. DEVELOPING OF GRAPHIC-PAINTING SKILLS WITH GEOMETRICAL SHAPES 5. IDENTIFICATION OF FIGURES AND DEVELOPMENT OF VISUAL COORDINATION 6. IDENTIFICATION OF COLORS AND EVALUATION OF EYE-HAND COORDINATION ABILITY 7. LOGICAL-PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF THE CONCENTRATION CAPABILITY

Use favorite read-alouds to kick off hands-on activities that teach basic colors and shapes. Each developmentally appropriate lesson includes clear, easy-to-follow instructions for reading about, talking about and creating artwork that is all about these fundamentals of early childhood learning. Bonus section features simple scissor skills activities. Award certificates included too!

This resource consists of over 250 full-color letter and picture cards that can be arranged quickly into more than 45 engaging activities that reinforce skills such as letter, number, and color recognition; letter, number, and shape formation; alphabetical and numerical order; and beginning sounds.

These high-quality activities are designed to not only help children learn colors and shapes, but also help them develop visual, auditory, gross motor, and communication skills. Each session includes five theme-based activity centers. For easy use, the simple, fun activities include separate instructions for the teacher and the children.