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Top Color Activities for Children

Colors are a brilliant experience for all ages, and it's especially magnificent for children as they can see how colors mix and create other colors.

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Top Color Activities for Children

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  1. TopColorActivitiesforChildren 1)PointOuttheColour: Childrencanbetaughtaboutcoloursbyintroducingprimarycolourssuchasyellow,redandbluebypointingtovegetables,fruitsandanimalswiththecorrespondingcolour.Prominentcolourssuchasred,blue,yellow,whiteandblackareagoodfoundation. Thenextstepinvolvesgettingchildrentodevelopdifferentdrawingsandutilisecrayonscorrespondingtothetaughtcolourstohelpchildrenidentifywiththecolourstheyareusing.Colourassociationisthesubsequentstepinthisprocess.Forexample,ifachildistaughtabouttrees,theycanassociategreenandbrownwiththem.Thispracticeneedstorepeatuntilchildrencancomfortablyassociatecolourswiththeworldaroundthem. Colourisacomplicatedsubject,andwhatchildrenlearnisessentiallynothingbutasuperficialaspectofthefield.Therefore,maximisethatsituationbymakingsurethechildhasasmuchfunaspossibletosatisfytheirvigourforlearningandimaginationcapacity.Makingtheactivityfunisalsoeasytobondwiththechild. Benefitsofperformingthisactivityforchildrenincludetappingintotheexplorativenaturethroughusingallsenses,sensoryandmessyplay,earlymathsconceptssuchascapacity.Thisconceptualunderstandingisachievedthroughfillingemptycontainerswithcolourandintroducingtheconceptsofrelativeemptiness. Thisactivityisgreatforkidsbecausetheylearntoexploretheworldusingeveryoneoftheirsenses.The combinationofmessyandsensoryplayisalsothemostenrichingkindofengagementforkids.This

  2. activityisalsohelpfulforkidsbecauseitintroducesthemtodifferentmathsconceptslikethenumberofcolours.Also,utilisingcontainershelpsteachthemconceptslikerelativefullness-full,halffullandempty.Thisactivityalsoteacheschildrenliteraryskills-mainlydescriptivelanguagedevelopment.Theydevelopthisbydescribingthecolour,smellsandremindsthemof.Thesetypesofactivitiesshouldbeincludedinthekindergarten education. 2)ColouredIceBlocks Coloursareabrilliantexperienceforallages,andit'sespeciallymagnificentforchildrenastheycanseehowcoloursmixandcreateothercolours.Combiningtheprimarycolourswithcolourediceblocksisanexcellentopportunitytoseehowthecolourspectruminteractswitheachotherinafunandexcitingway.Childrencanseehowcoloursmixandblendtoformnewcolours.Childrencancombinethethreeprimarycoloursinvariouspermutationsandcombinationstocreatemanysecondaryandtertiarycolours. Toconductthisactivity,youwillneedthefollowingequipment: icecubetrays red,blue,yellowfoodcolouring warmwater 7glassesorclearcontainerslikejars Beforestartingtheactivity,fiveicecubesneedtobecolouredwithfoodcolouringdilutedwithwater.Usingwarmwaterforthisactivityensuresitworksbestasitspeedsupmeltingtheiceblocks.However,Childrencanaddcoldwaterinsteadiftheactivityneedstotakelongerforaparticularreason. Thisactivityaimstoshowcasetochildrenhowprimarycolourscaninteractandformsecondarycolourslikegreen,orange,andpurple. Thefollowingbenefitsareobtainedfromthisactivity: Languagedevelopment:Thechildrencanusedescribingwordstocommunicatetheiropinionsandideas. Theylearnhowtoconnectconceptstoreal-lifeexperiences. Thisactivitypromotesscientificthinkingbyaskingchildrenquestionsabouttheirpredictions,observations,comparison,datacollection,logicaldeduction,trialanderrorandassessment. Itimprovestheirfineandgrossmotorcontrolandhand-eyecoordination. Ithelpsthemimprovetheirunderstandingofcauseandeffectrelationships. Waitingfortheicetomelthelpschildrendeveloppatienceandconcentration. Languagedevelopment-childrenaddnewlanguagetotheirvocabulary,suchascolourmixing,primaryandsecondarycolours. Colourrecognition-childrenbecomemorecapableofnamingandidentifyingcolours. 3)ColourMatchingwithCars ColourMatchingwithCarsisanotheractivitythatisatonoffunthatinvolvesimprintingcarwheelpatternswithpaintwhilesimultaneouslyteachinghowtomatchcoloursandmoreaboutthem.Theideaisthatchildrendrivethecarsthroughthecolourtothematchingcolour. Asthecartracksintersect,itreinforcesthechildren'slearningaboutmixingprimarycolourstomakesecondaryandtertiarycolours.Whenthecartracksoverlap,itcreatessmallimprintsofnewcolours. Toperformthisactivity,thefollowingisrequired: 1)variouspaintcolours 2)toycars

  3. 3)largesheetofrectangularpaper Maskingtape. Toconstructthecaractivity,maskingtapewillhavetobeusedtoholdthepaperinplace,soduringthepaintingphaseofthisactivity,childrencannotmovethepiecewhilepainting.Oneachendofthesheet,placeablobofpaintofvariouscolours,butmakesurethematchedcolourisn'tinasymmetricpositionsothecarswillhavetocrosspathstomatchthecolour. Forexample,theredcarisinredpaintanddrivestowardstheredcolourontheothersideofthepaper.Thisgetsrepeatedforallcoloursononesideofthepaper.Attheendoftheactivity,theresultiscarsinthecorrectpositionandamixtureofcolourstreaksthathelpchildrenunderstandcoloursbetterbycheckingtheirobservationandhavingfun. Havingthechildrendrivebacktotheoriginalspotsafterwardsoronthepreviouspathwayresultsinvariouskindsofoverlappingandnewcolours.Everytimeanewcolourgetscreated,it'safantasticopportunitytoinitiateaconversationaboutcolourmixing. Thisactivityhelpschildrenlearnfinemotordevelopment,hand-to-eyecoordination,control,causeandeffectrelationships,matchedcoloursandcolourrecognition,spatialawarenessdevelopmentandlanguagedevelopmentregardingthenewcolours,termsandprocessesinvolved. ColourswithButtonsandPopSticks: ButtonsandPopSticksisagameoractivitythatletschildrenexploretheirenvironmentfreelyandexperimentwithessentialitemstheyprovide.Childrencancreatemultiplepictureswithsticksandbuttons.Theyhavetheoptiontobalancethebuttonsalongwiththepopsticks.Theycanevendocolourmatchingwiththeseitems.Thereareplentyofgreatoptions! Toconductthisactivity,youwillrequirebothsmallandlargecolouredplainpopsticksandabevvyofcolouredbuttons. Makingpicturesandpatternswiththebuttonsandpopsticksisoneoption.Anotheristoclassifyandmatchthecolouredbuttonsaftersortingthemandconnectthemtothepopstickwiththecorrespondingcolour. Atkangarookidsthenursery in Dubai,wehaveincludedthesecolouractivitiesforoveralldevelopmentofthechildren.

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