Materials
- large pot
- large spoon
- hat
- color flash cards
Preparation
- If you do not have color flash cards, create a set out of colored construction paper. You will need one card for each child.
What to Do
1. Ask the children to sit in a circle. Place a pot in the middle and announce that you are going to make rainbow soup.
2. Place the necessary color ingredients (the color flash cards) into a hat, and have each child draw one.
3. Tell the children that you want them to find objects in the room that match the color of the card that they have chosen.
4. Call the children back to the circle once everyone has had time to find an object.
5. Ask each child to take a turn showing the "ingredient" that she has found. For each one, ask the children if the color of the "ingredient" matches the child's color card. If everyone agrees that it is a match, let the child add it to the pot and give the soup a few stirs.
6. After the children add all of the "ingredients," peek into the pot and announce that they have made rainbow soup. Yum!
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
- Ask the children to name their favorite foods and then name the color of each one.
- Ask each child to name her favorite color. Then ask each child to draw a picture of an object that is that color.
-Erin Huffstetler, Maryville, TN
Instructions
l In advance, send a letter home asking that the children come in on a certain
day wearing bright single-color shirts, or shirts of two or more colors if they
have them. If this is not possible, use colorful sashes or arm bands.
What to Do
1. Ask the children to run around the playground until they hear the whistle,
when they must stop, stand still, and listen.
2. When you say, "Spot that [color name] shirt!" they must all line up behind
whoever has a shirt of that color.
3. Explain that if they are wearing a shirt of that color they must keep still and
quiet and not shout out to the others to join them.
4. Remind them that there are many shades of each color, so that there may be
four or five different people they could line up behind.
5. If there are only a few children, use several different colors each time. This will
also help exercise their memories.
6. When you blow the whistle the children can all run around again, until you
whistle again and call out another color.
Teacher - to - Teacher Tip
l This is a good activity to do before a quiet activity because the children use a
lot of energy.
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Talk about shirts in different shades of the color you called out.
l Did the children remember and follow instructions?
