Ideas of activities to do with 2 to 3 year olds on the theme of colours.?

Answer 1

Hi, in the nursery where I work we do lots of activities where we introduce the children with coulour. My favourite is Soap Flakes. Get a pack of Soap Flakes, they are not expensive but make sure you get the one that is hypoallergenic, mix it with warm water, make sure you don't put too mach. It will turn into a gooey substance. Children love it. Than you can add different colours food colouring. Start with yellow first as it is the lightest than add blue to get green, red and so on. If you have some old tea towels you can add those as well and see what colour they will turn out. A very good activity not just for colours but for recognising changes, developing sense of touch, smell and so on. Give it a try.

Answer 2

Well, It's been a few Beautiful Fall afternoons Here in the Northeast. For the past 6 years I've done the following with my daughetr (she Loves it)

Take a stroll throughthe park, or pumpkin patch, and just observe nature. Talk about the colors of each item,and ask them how they think it got that color. You'll be surprised to hear what the/she will say. You may want to bring home a few leaves and make a hanging decoration for their room (using yarnor fishing wire & paperclips).

This also opens communications to other things as well, and it's something you can really do all year long.

Good Luck :)

Answer 3

Take the children around the school grounds, or to a local park, and ask them to collect items that interest them. (State that you want items that are specific colours e.g Autumn colours- browns, reds). Back in the classroom the children could sort them into the various colours.
This could lead onto art work e.g. making a collage with the items; knowledge about their environment- naming the items, learing about different textures, smells; shape, space and number work- talking about the shape of items.

You could also ask the children what their favouite colour is, then ask them to find items at home, which match the colour they have chosen. Alternatively a game could be played-Find the colour. One child says a colour, another child finds an item in the clasroom of that colour.

Answer 4

I bought a couple of cheap colour booklets from a charity shop, cut out a lot of the pictures and got them to stick the red pictures onto a red peice of A4 paper.

We also play Ispy, but instead it goes, I spy with my little eye something coloured green...

Having colourful snacks although this is easier during the summer fruit season, but you could use food colourings to make coloured icing on biscuits.

The link below is a great resource.

Answer 5

most two yr olds are still learning to speak and so need lots of practice saying and seeing the actual item so red shoe, red ball, red cereal, green grass, green shirt, green grapes

most two and three year old also like to do art work (JUST THE BASICS) use colored sand on trays or the sidewalk outside, finger paint , pudding paint, regular paint with very large size brushes on easels,

with threes they may even know some of the colors usually red, blue, green, yellow and a few others they love to match things set up areas in your classroom like block with colored shapes so they can match the blocks shape and colors to put away the blocks have colored circles made from a variety of materials (i used flannel, sandpaper, courdory, paper, and plastic) and even cut them into basic shapes so they could be matched in several ways(circle, square, triangle, rectangle)
try checking out a book called "1-2-3 colors" at a library or teachers store it has perfect color activities for ages from 2-6
also ck out other teacher books or websites

Answer 6

Use main colours red yellow and blue and put each colour as a circle and mix two colours together this way introduces that two colours mixed together make a new colour.

Answer 7

Show them how to paint a rainbow in a sunny sky, then get them to learn those colours. Always make it jolly and in a sing song way; this makes it easier for them to remember. Do you know the song: red and yellow and pink and green, orange and purple and blue. I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too! Good luck, let me know if you choose to do this method, and how you got on. :o)

Answer 8

You could do a simple but very "open-ended" collage craft. Gather collage materials that reflect your theme. The objects you gather should be age appropriate for 2s and 3s and different sizes to reflect your theme. The children can glue them onto their own individual paper or a group mural done together. (i.e. collage materials can be one type of item to reflect sizes: "buttons all different sizes and dimensions" or different items: " sticks and buttons and....whatever in different sizes"). This is so easy to expand on and vary. Have fun, Trish

Answer 9

Do the alphabet with drawings and colours, A= apple= a red apple, B=banana=a yellow banana, by the time you get to z, there'l be ready for bed

Answer 10

Do an intrest table get them to pick a certain coulor from around the room and put it on the table and then ask what coulors are they associated with ie.blue/sky green /grass etc. do only one coulor at a time as it can be confusing for them.good luck!