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Illustration Amanda Lillywhite Which corner?

Which corner?

Incorporate this game into your project about corners (see overleaf).

Child development opportunities

* To listen carefully.

* To talk about corners and where they occur.

* To talk about how to describe colours.

How to play

* Talk about corners and select the four in the room or playground.

* Mark a line on the floor in each corner to make a triangle.

* Ask the children to give colour names to the corners - for example, orange, purple, light brown and deep blue.

* Explain that everyone runs round clockwise, avoiding the corners.

* One child is the caller, and calls out the colours of two corners.

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