- color
- shade
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/
SL.PK.MA.2: Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Language Development/Expressive Language: Uses language to express ideas and needs.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 2: Participate actively in discussions, listen to the ideas of others, and ask and answer relevant questions.
Watch Together: “Spicy Hot Colors” #1 (BTL show)
STEM Key Concepts: There are many different colors; A color can have many different shades (from very light to very dark)
ELA Focus Skills: Color Recognition, Build Vocabulary, Active Listening, Making Connections, Comprehension
Before You Watch
Have children watch the video Between the Lions “Spicy Hot Colors.” Provide a viewing focus for children by having them look for all the colors and different shades of each color color in the illustrations.
As You Watch
Pause after the narrator names things that are red. Point to the object and ask children to identify it and then ask, What shades of red do you see in the firecrackers? Pause after each color and point out interesting, descriptive words used to describe each color.
After You Watch
Review the colors. Stop the video and have the children join you in counting how many shades of color there are on one frame. Turn children’s attention to one of the areas of your room. Ask, How many shades of <color> can we find in the <Pretend and Play Center?>
Social Emotional Tip: Encourage children to listen to the family traditions of others and to share their family traditions and language as a means of understanding family differences.
English Language Learners: During the video, pause the video so children can name items in their home language. Have other children repeat the word after them and then name the item in English. For example, pause on the corn and have children name "yellow corn" in their native language and have other children repeat in child's home language. Then repeat the phrase in English.
