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Broad Bean Colour Sort

May 12, 2017 by Emma Edwards 3 Comments

As part of the A-Z Play At Home series, we are looking back at some simple learning activities we have created over the years. Last week we showcased A is for Animal Balloon Herding. Today, for the letter B, it is all about broad beans. Our Broad Bean Colour Sort activity was easy to set up and helped two year old Adam learn his colours.

After a plentiful crop of broad beans, Nana was keen on finding another use for the dried up beans. As Adam loves naming colours (usually the colour of cars) and transferring objects from one container to another we decided on making a Broad Bean Colour Sort activity.

Broad Bean Colour Sort

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Resources needed for Broad Bean Colour Sort

* Dried broad bean pods

* Ziploc Bags

* Green, yellow and blue acrylic paint

* Baking Paper (optional)

* Recycled Terracotta Pots

How to set up Broad Bean Colour Sort

Adam helped to pick the dried pods from the plant and shell them. We placed the broad beans into three zip-loc bags and added acrylic paint to each one. Adam had great fun covering the beans in the paint without getting his hands dirty. We emptied the painted beans onto baking paper and allowed them to dry. This process was fairly quick as it was a hot day.

Making broad bean colour sort

In a short time we had 6o coloured beans.

Coloured broad beans

We needed some coloured pots for Adam to sort the coloured beans into. We recycled the terracotta pots that were used for Adam’s second birthday party cakes and painted them using the same acrylic paints.

Colour sorting with pots

How to play Broad Bean Colour Sort

We placed the coloured broad beans and the three coloured pots onto a table and demonstrated how to sort the beans. After a lot of demonstrating Adam slowly got the hang of sorting the coloured broad beans into the correct coloured pots.  As soon as he had sorted all of the beans Adam tipped them out of the pots and started again. It was a great activity for practising colours whilst recycling natural materials. It could also be used as a Busy Box activity.

Toddler colour sorting using natural materials

The activity could be adapted to use a variety of different natural materials. Why not colour chickpeas, pasta or even pumpkin seeds. The possibilities are endless!

We have teamed up with our favourite bloggers to create an A-Z Play At Home Seriesfollow. We are starting the series with the letter B:

Buttons and Beads Stacking // Teach Me Mommy

Bug Hunt // Play and Learn Every Day

Bottle Top Stamps // The Gingerbread House

Beach Party // Bambini Travel

Body Butterfly Life Cycle // Line Upon Line Learning

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Filed Under: Independent Play Activity, Play Activities, Some time required Tagged With: Busy Bag Play Activities, Colours, Fine Motor Activities, Independent Play Activities, Natural materials, Non-messy activity, Outdoor Play Activities, Painting Activities, Zip-loc plastic bag

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  1. farmerswifeandmummy says

    October 4, 2014 at 3:12 pm

    What a brilliant idea. I will definitely keep this in mind. It is very tactile for them too. I am so impressed 🙂

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  2. Coombe Mill says

    October 4, 2014 at 4:18 pm

    What a great idea for getting fine motor skills and colour matching using items from around the house. Thanks for linking up with me over on Country Kids.

    Reply
  3. Play Travel Life says

    October 11, 2014 at 10:16 am

    How awesome! Had never heard of broad beans before and never seen them in Belgium. But if I do I’ll get some and colour them for a sticking activity for our 3y old.
    Discovering your blog via #CountryKids

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During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

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