Teaching Colors to Toddlers and Preschoolers

    

Asking for items:

The week prior to this activity, we sent home a note with a picture of the rainbow. We asked each family to go on a color hunt and find items around the house that are the colors of the rainbow.

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Painting the color wheel:

Using a large piece of white paper, draw a circle and then divide it like a pie so you have sections for each color of the rainbow. Have the children paint each section and let dry thoroughly.

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Adding the items to the color wheel:

We put glue in squeeze bottles and set them around the color wheel. The preschoolers then matched the items they brought from home with the colors on the wheel. They squirted glue and applied their objects.

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I love these hands-on learning activities! So much thought was taking place as the preschoolers walked around the color wheel, searching for the matching color.

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When finished with the color wheel:

Each year we proudly display our giant color wheel. The preschoolers love to point to their contributions!

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A classroom tradition:

Creating a color wheel has been a tradition in our classroom for many years.

Here is ours from last year:

 

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