This week we will learn all about Colors!
STANDARD SUPPLIES*
- SCISSORS
- GLUE
- PAPER PLATES
- CONSTRUCTION PAPER
- GOOGLY EYES
- CRAYONS
- WASHABLE MARKERS
- WASHABLE PAINT
- BLACK PERMANENT MARKER
- TAPE
- PAINT BRUSHES
- FOOD COLORING
- STICKERS
- TOILET PAPER ROLLS (EMPTY)
- POPSICLE STICKS
- PLAYDOUGH (FLOUR, WATER, OIL, CREAM OF TARTER, SALT)
- BIG, EMPTY BIN
*(most used – recommended to have on hand)
EXTRA SUPPLIES*
- TIN FOIL
- ZIP-LOCK BAG
- BAKING SODA
- VINEGAR
- SKEWER STICKS
- FRUIT
- ICE CUBE TRAY
- WATER
- BOWLS OR CUPS
*(special supplies for this week)
CRAFTS
FOIL PAINTING
SUPPLIES
- TIN FOIL
- PAINT
- TAPE
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Rip a large sheet of tin foil and use the tape to make sure it stays
down to the table.
2. Pour different colored drops of paint all over the tin foil.
3. Let children use their fingers to spread around the paint and
start mixing colors to create new colors!
Feel free to teach the children about mixing colors with this activity!
Use fingers to add a fun sensory feel to it. Make sure they
notice the sound the foil makes too!
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?
SENSORY | SCIENCE | COLORS
MESS-FREE PAINTING
SUPPLIES
- WHITE PAPER
- PAINT
- ZIP-LOCK BAG
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Put a few drops of different colored paint on paper.
2. Place paper with paint into zip-lock bag and seal.
3. Let children use their fingers to spread the paint around
through the bag.
4. Talk about all the different colors!
Optional: remove paper from bag to let the painting dry.
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?
SENSORY | COLORS
ACTIVITIES
FIZZING COLORS
SUPPLIES
- BAKING SODA
- FOOD COLORING
- VINEGAR
- CLEAR CUP
- BAKING DISH
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Fill cup with some baking soda, then a few drops of food
coloring, more baking soda, another color of food coloring, and
so on until the cup is about 3/4 full.
2. Place baking soda cup into the baking dish to prevent a large
mess from happening.
3. Pour littles bits of vinegar into the cup of baking soda and
watch the colors start fizzing!
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?
SCIENCE | HAND-EYE COORDINATION | COLORS
COLOR SORTING
SUPPLIES
- POM POMS
- CONSTRUCTION PAPER
INSTRUCTIONS
(If you have multi-colored children’s bowls, those would work
great instead of the construction paper.)
1. Put different colored pom-poms into a large bin.
2. Set out different colored construction paper around the bin
of pom-poms.
3. Now let the children put the pom-poms on the matching
colored paper.
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?
FINE MOTOR | COLORS
ICE COLOR MIXING
SUPPLIES
- ICE CUBE TRAY
- WATER
- FOOD COLORING
- BOWLS
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Fill an ice cube tray with water.
2. Use food coloring to make red, yellow, and blue ice cubes,
then freeze.
3. Once they are frozen, grab 3 bowls.
4. Have the child place 2 different colored ice cubes and let
them melt and mix.
5. Talk about what color it’s turning into!
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?
PRIMARY COLORS | SENSORY | SCIENCE
FIND MORE IDEAS ONLINE!
BOOKS
1. THE CRAYON’S BOOK OF COLORS
https://www.amazon.ca/Crayons-Book-Colors-Drew-Daywalt/dp/0451534042
2. COLOR OF HIS OWN
https://www.amazon.ca/Color-His-Own-Leo-Lionni/dp/0679887857
ACTIVITIES
3. STICKER SORTING
https://happytoddlerplaytime.com/10-genius-colour-sorting-activities-for-toddlers/
4. MEMORY PRINTOUT GAME
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/
SNACK
RAINBOW FRUIT SKEWERS
SUPPLIES
- SKEWER STICKS
- FRUIT (VARIOUS COLORED FRUIT IS IDEAL)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Cut the fruit into small pieces.
2. One by one, slide the fruit down the skewer until the
skewer is full and looks like a rainbow!
3. Talk about the colors and see if your child can name all
the colors + fruits.
4. Enjoy!
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?
COLORS | FINE MOTOR | HAND-EYE COORDINATION
OUTING
SCAVENGER HUNT
INSTRUCTIONS
The outing this week is another scavenger hunt!
Get a piece of paper and let the children make patches of
a few different colors with crayons. Then, head outside
for a walk or to the park and try to find something that
matches each color! If the weather isn’t nice outside, no
problem! Do the scavenger hunt indoors. Maybe even at
a grocery store, finding food in specific categories!
Ex: do all fruit, then boxed items, then frozen items!
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?
GROSS MOTOR | SENSORY | COLORS