Teaching young children about colors can be fun if you get creative! Today I'm sharing a cute bunny-themed book of colors, plus 6 easy color activities for kids.
What Does Bunny See? by Linda Sue Park and pictures by Maggie Smith
Follow bunny along the garden path as she discovers a rainbow of flowers. Since the text is written in rhyme, you can even prompt your child to guess the next color before you turn the page. With its vibrant illustrations and adorable character, babies and toddlers will enjoy learning from this book.
Be sure to follow up this story with one of these super simple color activities.
Repetition is one of the best ways for young children to learn new concepts, and presenting new concepts in different ways and in different contexts helps with the transfer of knowledge
from one situation to another.
6 easy color activities for kids
1. Play "I Spy" with colors. "I spy something blue."
2. Sing a song about colors. "Spaghetti sauce is red, spaghetti sauce is red...I can think of lots of things that are the color red." Then try other objects and colors.
3. Do the laundry. Sort the items by color {this is a great math skill builder too}.
4. Take a walk outside. Ask your child, "What do you see?" If he says "tree" - expand on that and respond, "Yes, a tree with green leaves and a brown trunk."
5. Create. Draw pictures with crayons, markers, or finger paints and name the colors as you go along.
6. Get moving. Play a game of tag by asking your child to run (or gallop, skip, or tip toe) to something of a particular color. Once they find and tag it, move on to another color.
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