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Home | Store | Forum | What's New | Contact | About | Terms | Links | Storytime | Rhymes Road safety activities  Awareness ideas for young children's early learning      Traffic lights! Colours explored through paint and the Stop, Wait and Go bears   Pedestrian crossings with button pressing playdough & pop-up toys Traffic light nursery rhyme   Painting traffic lights Use the stop, wait and go, red amber green bear stampers to explore the coloured commands that are given to the drivers and bike riders using the country's roads. Once painted, sprinkle over with some glitter and see if the lights really do sparkle when beams of light are shone on them - wind up torches Resources needed   A3 black craft paper - trimmed to an oblong. Dinner plate sized white paper circles   Red, yellow and green poster paint   Set of painting stamps - printout, laminator, sponge cloth & glue   Copy of the traffic light dicussion slip for adding conversation to the table   Containers for the paint Adding texture to each traffic light colour   Glitter and hair combs to drag the paint outwards and prompt conversation about shine, beam and the reach of light. Make the paint stampers by printing the bear images and cutting out. Laminate them individually and trim. Cut rounds of sponge and secure to the underside of each stamper with glue Click to view the traffic light bear stampers and the table top chat slip Playdough pedestrian & traffic light activities Resources needed    Copies of the playdough base mats - traffic lights and pedestrian light crossing unit    Laminating pouches & access to a laminator machine   Quantities of red, yellow and green dough - cooked playdough recipe   Print the dough sheet and laminate.   Use the dough to colour fill light areas and fill small tubs that can be used as buttons!   Include people cutters for children to explore standing still and moving forward   Traffic light playdough sheet - pedestrain light crossing  Have fun with finger pressing pop up toys Pedestrian family playdough cookie cutters Traffic light and road sign role play toys Time tracker     Additional resources     Large traffic lights for sit N ride play     Types of road crossing - devon.gov.uk     Preschool traffic light rhyme  red is like a ladybug    amber like a bee  'green' shouts a caterpillar  'drive safely with me' Traffic light rhyme printable   Additional resources  Large traffic lights for sit N ride play on amazon.co.uk   Types of road crossing - devon.gov.uk