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Sniff, sniff

Child development opportunities * To listen carefully to speech and respond quickly.

* To listen carefully to speech and respond quickly.

* To talk about flowers, their colours and their scents.

* To develop imagination.

* To have fun together.

How to play

* Talk about flowers, their colours and their scents.

* The children stand in a circle facing inwards.

* One child stands in the middle holding a pretend bunch of flowers.

* This child goes up to another child, holds out her flowers and says, 'Smell my yellow flowers. Sniff, sniff.'

* The other child replies, 'Sniff, sniff. They smell good.'

* The first child then selects someone else in the circle and says, 'Smell my blue flowers, Sniff, sniff.' (The colour can change).

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