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COLORS, COLORS EVERYWHERE!



Teaching Young Children About Colors

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.

We, as adults, talk about colors everyday and for this reason children begin to learn the names of many colors. However, they may not know which color goes to which name. You can help children learn colors by asking them the color of things. Start with a single colors with very young children and then add more as time goes on. Observation plus language equals learning.

Simple activities are 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 and so on.
• 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:
Is it red? Is it yellow? Is it blue? By Tana Hoban
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 cra
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