Quick
This simple idea has many possible educational or therapeutic
uses! The game can be played by an adult and a child, or adult and
group of children. The players take turns to select an object from
a "lucky dip" bag, and place it on the correct coloured
cardboard square. Select the colours according to the ability of the
children, and remember that you must also find the objects to match
to them, so if time is short, find the objects first and then colout
the squares to match them. If you want to add a whiff or education
or therapy to the game you might chose some objects starting with
a particular letter like fish, finger puppet, and fan (for speech
therapy purposes) or for their bright colours (for visually impaired
children) or for their interesting, unusual or seasonal qualities,
such as a feather, a conker (seed from a horse chestnut tree) or the
children's favourite in my bag, a large piece of glass picked
up on the beach and worn smooth by the action of the sea. The matching
objects can lead to plenty of conversation and can even be a way of
bringing a little bit of the outside world to a child who is immobile
and may never have the opportunity to explore the world on his own.
Note: This game is in the hands of the adult leading it, so the question
of safety is up to him or her. Any interesting but suspect items must
be carefully stored away at the end of the play session.
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