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Colours are easy things to learn and teach tamariki too. We see colours all around us and so colours are inevitably connected to elements in the environment. As such, the environment is a great context for learning about colour and also learning other elements.
We can of course, just learn lists of colours in isolation, and it may seem easier to simply learn a list but research tells us that that we learn more effectively when we have a context for a word.
So the book below connects colours with Te Ao Māori. In this way we learn something about Te Ao Māori at the same time as learninmg the colours and the bonus is we learn how to put setences together as well. The key, though, is practising and speaking the sentences out loud. So don't be afraid to do just that! We'll start off though with some simple sentences to practise the kupu for colours.
He aha tō tino tae?
He aha tō tino tae?
What is your favourite colour?
Ko te karaka tōku tino tae
Ko te māwhero tōku tino tae.
He aha ngā kupu tae koe e kite ai ?
He aha ngā kupu tae koe e kite ai ?
What colour words can you see in the grid?
You can download and print off the grid if you want.
Why not try to make your own wordsearches?
Me pānui tātou! Let's read!
Me pānui tātou! Let's read!
Read the embedded book. What do the sentences mean? What new vocabulary do you see? Then have a look at the simplified sentences below that follow the same structure.
Practise saying them out loud.
He māota te tae o ngā otaota
He kōwhai te tae o ngā puāwai o te rākau kōwhai
He kikorangi te tae o te rangi
He kakariki te tae o te ngahere
He karaka ngā hue o te rākau karaka
He pango te tae o te pō
He māwhero te tae o ngā kūmara
He whero te tae o ngā puāwai o te pōhutukawa
He parauri te tae o te oneone
He mā te tae o te hukapapa
Me whakaharatau tātou! Let's practise!
Me whakaharatau tātou! Let's practise!
Choose a colour and find something/things in your room of that colour
Make up a sentence to describe the colour of your item
Use the structure:
He + Colour + te tae o + article + object
He whero te tae o te pene
Red is the colour of the pen
Take some photos of objects and add text to them to practise the sentence.
You can use a cool app called Snapseed available on iPhone and Android to edit your photos.
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