- crayons
- markers
- construction paper
- color
- favorite
- shade
MA Standards:
Writing/W.PK.MA.1: Dictate words to express a preference or opinion about a topic (e.g., “ I would like to go to the fire station to see the truck and meet the firemen”).
Writing/W.PK.MA.2: Use a combination of dictating and drawing to explain information about a topic.
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.
Make a Color Card
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Skill Focus: Early Writing, Color Recognition, Vocabulary
Have children make a color card. You may choose to send the card home with children or place in their individual portfolios.
Show children the front cover of the card. Help them write the title “I Love Colors” on the cover.
Then have children draw a picture using as many colors as possible.
Open the card. On the inside, help children write, “My favorite color is .” Then have them draw something that is their favorite color on the inside of the card.
Encourage children to use and talk about different shades of color in their drawings.