Bear and I are always trying new crafts and as a very tactile teacher I love to incorporate fun ways to teach ordinary concepts.
I am currently working on colours with bear and what better than a bright mosaic to highlight colour ?
Mosaic
To make your own you will need:-
📎Mosaic tiles
📎Beads
📎Buttons
📎Mirror tiles
📎Wood glue
📎Paper or card.
Method:
To make your mosaic :-
📍First draw a shape with glue.
📍Next show your child how to carefully place each piece gently and next to one another on top of the glue.
📍Let them continue until the glue is covered.
Notes:
You can always add more glue if your child is a slow worker.
Try to let your child complete the activity with only gentle guidance.
Teaching colours
For me this was the perfect opportunity to ask bear:
🎈 If he could identify the colour
🎈To find me another (red) bead or ( blue) tile
🎈To only stick ( green) tiles on this part.
Additional learning
Doing the mosaics also opens up discussions on:
🎗counting
🎗shapes
🎗size
🎗line
🎗and emotions for the face design.
Obviously your child’s age, abilities and interest will determine how much learning you manage to do through this activity.
