Purpose:
Children will learn and
practice the names of the colors as they collect colored objects from around
the room. They will also sort the colored object by usage and share their
thinking, thus making this a language-rich activity. In addition,
sorting requires children to visually discriminate (see differences), and
this is practice for seeing differences between letters.
Materials/Advance Preparation:
- a paper bag for each child
Directions:
- Tell
your children they are going on a color search. Each child will go
around the room and gather up items of a color they choose before going on
their search. To make the game easier, give each child a bag to place the items
in to carry. You may want to set a limit as to how many items each person will
bring back, since the items will have to be put back in their proper
places.
- After
you have gathered all the items, take them out of the bag. Name each item
and its color as they are removed from the bag.
- When
the bag is empty, count the items and place them in groupings (all clothing
articles in one group, toys in another).
- After
the game is complete see who can put the items back into their proper places
the quickest. Make sure you view each other's work and make comments on
how well or not the items were put back.
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Color Search