As we prepare our preschoolers for "Back to School" let's review colors this week. There are colors all around us and using these activities will teach our children to recognize and appreciate the beautiful hues we have close by. Check out these projects and if you enjoy them, please share this page with a friend.
Until next week,
Happy Parenting :)
Colors make our world beautiful in many ways, through
nature, food, clothing, crayons—the list is endless. It’s important to
emphasize colors in our daily lives as they stimulate a child’s imagination and
delight their sense of sight.
There are plenty of activities designed to help children
become aware of the many colors that surround them. Here are a few ways to
teach colors to children:
- Use the seasons to help teach your child about colors—green in spring, white in winter, orange in fall, blue in summer and so on. Make drawings emphasizing the colors of each season.
- The use of toy blocks, cards, paints, and crayons can help your child develop color skills and learn to name them.
- Talk a walk outdoors (or even in the house) and look for a particular color. Say blue for example, and then ask if a toy is blue, or is the car parked out front blue?
- Choose a day of the week and make it “color day”. Make projects, wear clothing, cook foods and read books about that color.
- Hot glue crayons to a strip of tag board. Then provide a second set of crayons and invite the children to match the colors.
- Read a good book involving colors. Some favorites are:
The Mixed-up Chameleon by Eric Carle
Colors (Slide ‘n Seek) by Chuck Murphy
Colors (Children’s Collection Board Books) by Anne Geddes
Color Match—
Pick up free paint chip cards from your local paint store.
Choose cards in shades of red, yellow and blue. At home, cut each rectangular
chip apart. Spread these across the table and have the children match each hue.
Paint and Sniff—
When painting a picture with poster paints, add a few drops
of baking extracts to give these paints a flavor (scent). Painting with scents
is a fun and sensory experience for children!
Strawberry Extract = Red
Lemon Extract = Yellow
Peppermint Extract = Green
Orange Extract = Orange
Chocolate Extract = Brown
Anise (Licorice) Extract = Black
Color Wands—
Dance to the beat of music waving colorful streamers in the
air. Use toilet or paper towel tubes for the wands. The children can paint the
cardboard tubes and then enhance them with crayons, markers or stickers. Next,
attach crepe paper streamers to the wand with a stapler. For a variation, add
ribbons and/or colorful strips of cloth.
Color Hokey-Pokey—
Have colored circle stickers in four colors. These are
easily found in office or craft stores. Every child gets a sticker on each hand
and each foot (having one of each color on each body part). Play Color
Hokey-Pokey by singing, “Put your blue dot in, put your blue dot out, put your
blue dot in and shake it all about. You do the Color Pokey and you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all
about. BLUE!” Continue playing with the other colors.
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