Unit 2: Colors All Around

Have children use various materials to form the uppercase and lowercase letter “Rr.” 

Give children boxes of uppercase and lowercase letters and ask them to match the letters to their names.

Have children make a collage of colored transparent materials and observe how light shines through the colors.

Have children roll marbles that are covered in paint inside a covered box to create a painting and observe how colors mix.

Have children build roads using blocks and display toy street signs to talk about how colors can communicate messages.

Have children select a book of interest and read the words and pictures on their own or with a buddy.

Read Red is a Dragon and invite children to identify objects and their colors as they are mentioned in the story.

Invite children to act out the African folktale featured in the video Between the Lions “It’s Red! It’s Green!”

Help children break up colors using a simple form of chromatography to show what colors were combined to make another color.

Have children press uppercase and lowercase “Rr” molds into sand.

Invite children to play the interactive online game PEEP and the Big Wide World  “Paint Splat,” to reinforce their knowledge of color mixing.

Revisit the Color Card activity from Week 1 and help children make another Color Card.