Page 20 - Perceptual skills development

PLACE THAT BRICK

• Teacher calls out instructions for the children to
arrange bricks in certain ways.
• Teacher gives the children the following
instructions:

- Place the yellow brick on top of the red brick.
- Put the light blue brick next to the red and
yellow brick.
- Put the green brick behind the light blue
brick.
- Put the orange brick in front of the light blue
brick.
- Put the dark blue brick under the light blue
brick.

• Create your own positional instructions.

COLOUR

CONNECT

• Children have their 6 bricks randomly placed on their
desks in front of them.
• Teacher instructs:
• Hold up a brick colour that rhymes with ….. e.g.
“fellow”.
• Connect to that brick, one which is the same colour
as grass.

Q: Can you name those colours?
Q: Which colour is at the top / bottom; L / R?

• Repeat the activity using other rhyming words or
colour associations.

Variations:
• Spread your bricks randomly in front of you.

Q: Which of these bricks could be the colour of an
apple? (banana / orange / peach / …. Etc.)
Q: Can you think of a rhyming jingle about the blue
sky / red apple / …. Etc.

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