On the color wheel, the secondary colors are located between the colors they are made from. Their hue is halfway between the two primary colors that were used to mix them. The three secondary colors are green, orange, and violet they are each a mixture of two primary colors. The three primary colors are red, yellow, and blue they are the only colors that cannot be made by mixing two other colors. The Color Wheel shows the relationships between the colors. All in all, it was fun to create our very own ponds and play with our turtles!

Students also reenacted parts of the story. With this small world play, we recreated these piles with some toy turtles. Throughout the story, the residents of Sal-a-ma-sond make a pile, one on top of another. This book visits the pond of Sal-a-ma-sond and Yertle the Turtle, who lives there.

Seuss theme, we read a book called Yertle the Tertle.

While engaged in small world play, children can explore and experiment with different emotions and act out these scenes in their play. Small world play invites children to be creative, and boosts confidence when children are able to experiment with different (both new and familiar) materials and build something they think is awesome. Small worlds are often set up in a certain theme (construction area, pirates at sea, dinosaur world, … you name it) that are relevant and meaningful to the child at the time and they usually include a sensory element (water, sand, dry pasta, leaves, …) which adds more layers to the play. As with any kind of play, there are numerous ways in which small world play supports your child in it’s development. By providing children with opportunities to re-enact certain experiences, you are helping then to reflect on feelings and events in life in a safe way. Anything from your own home or garden will do, there is no limitation to your creativity which is why it’s a truly inexhaustible subject! Small world play involves acting out scenarios (scenes from real life, stories and/or imagination) in a miniature play scene, created with small figures and objects.

My many colors by dr seuss