Different Approaches to Matching Colors

As I mentioned before I took over a toddler classroom, the themes for the whole month of March were already done with the advantage that I can come up with the activities for what was written already.

Here is the lesson plan for the coming week:

Monday: Match the shamrock to its appropriate color

For this it can be as easy as gluing color shamrocks in construction paper matching the colors or
You can go the way I do it which is letting the kids move around... Having them sitting in circle time let them watch you place a paint bottle or different color construction paper on the floor or the table at the same time that you call the name of the color you are placing down, then call a child an give them a colored shamrock or whatever you are using to match colors and let them walk to the paint bottle to match the color and ask them what color do they have. Pretty simple, that's one way to go.

Another way to do this which is a little more fun would be having an obstacle course, place some pillows to jump over, a tunnel to go thru, a foam block to jump from, you get the idea; then explain the children while sitting in a circle what do they have to do, if possible demonstrate how to do it. Then call a child give them the colored shamrock and let them go thru the obstacle course to match it with the paint bottle that is waiting at the table :)

I'll post the rest of the week soon, hopefully tomorrow :)

Thanks for visiting :)

Not just primary colors

We were learning about colors

so we started teaching our kids

about primary colors

red = rojo

blue = azul

yellow = amarillo

that when mixed they make the secondary colors

yellow + red = orange (anaranjado)

blue + red = purple (morado

blue + yellow = green (verde)

this cup that you see on the left

is a color mixer, very well worth to have

because it keeps the colors separated

until we pour it out,

that's when you see the magic

of mixing colors and the new color comes out :)

In this lesson they don't just learn

how to mix colors

but also the color comes in a little pill

that melts in the water

(like the ones for egg coloring, on easter time)

so we teach them the meaning of the word "melt"

and also how the pill "disolves" in water.

After the mixing color activity

we put the water colors in little cups

for the kids to learn how to use the dropper

and learn how just a few drops of paint

on a napkins spreads in such an awesome way

to make art

Enjoy!

Fun with colors, shapes, and pattering

We worked with colors today,

we took advantage of some new red and white playdoh

that somebody gave us,

Jessica started mixing the 2 colors together all on her own

to see what color she would come up with,

and to her surprise,

her favorite color...

pink!

A is for Art

here it doesn't look like much, but we got a lot done with this print out

this is the same A print out that we used as a playdoh mat before

first she practice some cutting square shapes,

and apple punches (a is apple)

then Jessica glued all the squares in the lowercase a

and she also practice some pattering on the upper case A

she decided to alternate the apple punches with the squares when gluing