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Xylophone color concert

Draw a pretend xylophone and make a color pattern for letter X.

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What you need

Paper and large child-appropriate crayons in several colors.

Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.

Let's make it happen

  1. Draw a row of wide bars to represent a xylophone. Color each bar.
  2. Point to two bars in order and invite your child to copy the sequence, then trade turns.
  3. Write X beside the picture. Say xylophone together and point out that its written name begins with X.

Adult stays beside the child. The drawn instrument is for pretend play.

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