- art supplies (pom-poms, dots, feathers, sheets of folded paper, etc.)
- crayons and markers
- glue sticks
- magazines
- poster paper
- scissors
- color
- favorite
MA Standards:
Writing/W.PK.MA.2: Use a combination of dictating and drawing to explain information about a topic.
Language/L.PK.MA.1: Demonstrate use of oral language in informal everyday activities.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Early Writing: Uses scribbles, shapes, pictures, and letters to represent objects, stories, experiences, or ideas.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Composition 16: Use their own words or illustrations to describe their experiences, tell imaginative stories, or communicate information about a topic of interest.
Our Book of Color
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Skill Focus: Color Recognition, Creative Expression, Fine Motor Skills
Tell children they will draw a picture of an object that is their favorite color. Then explain that you will collect all the drawings and make a group "Favorite Colors" book that children can revisit on their own or with a buddy.
Provide sheets of heavy paper folded in half lengthwise.
- Have children search through the magazines to find a picture of something that is their favorite color. Help children glue the picture to the left side of the paper.
- Ask children to draw on the right side of the paper a picture of something that is of the same color. Tell them they can draw a picture of a real life object or create a make-believe object.
- Ask children to dictate to you what it is and record it at the bottom of the creation.
- Help children write their favorite color under the picture on the left side.
Place the group book in the Library Center.