Does anyone know of any activites I can do with 18 to 24 month olds about the color red?

Question

I teach 18 to 14 month olds. This weeks theme is the color red. I want any ideas, websites, books movies that you know of that I can use for the color red.

Answer 1

A whole week of red sounds like a little much for toddlers. But if you do have to do red for a whole week I would consider adding sub themes, red foods (probably for 2 days, toddler love food), red clothes and/or objects, red art, and red sensory or textures.
There are tons of red fruits and veggies out there that you can paint with, taste, make juice or popsicles, etc.
For art you can use red paints, markers, crayons, paper, bleeding tissue paper.
For objects you can have them wear it, bring it in, find it, play games with it, red ribbon making and dancing, or even just replicate red objects through art.
For sensory there is red play dough (which I would suggest making because it's the process not the product), red goop, red sand, red shaving cream (mix paint and shaving cream), color the water in the watertable red.
Your options and activities can be limitless, just use your imagination and what you world like to do if you were their size (touch, feel, taste, smash, make a mess, discover)!

Answer 2

What does a 24 month old need to learn about "red" beyond, "this is red?" Like they might not catch on later if they don't practice enough? Hug them, dance with them, give them a dolly. It doesn't have to be complicated. Sheesh. Are they having a Red Test at the end of the week?

Less nasty, maybe a version of red light/green light with something red to look at. Still don't think a baby needs a "teacher" so much as a mommy.

Answer 3

This website that might help you:
http://www.kinderart.com/littles/colors.shtml

You could place red objects hidden around the classroom and have the children find them.

If all else fails, try searching on Yahoo! and MSN for "teaching tips for preschoolers" or "teaching preschoolers color"

Answer 4

How about using red flowers and leaving a white carnation in some red water (food colouring) over night and see if the petals change colour?
If you can find out what the flowers represent... red rose for your lover etc... it would add another dimension.

Answer 5

you can use the story book ' Little Red Riding Hood'. Give each child a red flag. tell them something like LRRH favorite colour is red. Read the story to the children and each time you say little red riding hood ask them to put up their red flag

or you can look up the www.cebeebies.co.uk website

Answer 6

Collect all kinds of red objects to show them; such as apples, balloons, flowers, kool aid. Have them repeat these items, like red flower, red kool aid, red sugar decorated cookies. Let them have some kool aid afterwards.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

sensory, tasting strawberries and cherries
read them the book Johnny Appleseed
count apples from one to three
request that each child wear a red shirt that day

Answer 9

hmm interesting question....what is there to do with 1-2 year olds. You can show them all things red, ex: apples, strawberrys, flowers etc...

Answer 10

little red hide red rove