Materials
white poster board cut into 8" x 8" squares, one per child
markers, paints, colored pencils, crayons, or brightly colored pictures of one color to use per square
small Bingo markers (pennies, round slips of paper, erasers)
glue sticks
ruler
pencil
Instructions
l Show children the picture of a chameleon. Ask if anyone knows what it is
(responses may include "gecko" or "lizard"). Ask how these types of creature
move and what they eat.
What to Do
1. Tell the children about chameleons' unique color-changing qualities. Ask why
it is good that the chameleon can do this (obtain food, hide, escape enemies).
2. Hold up the colors you plan to discuss (for example, red, green, and yellow).
Name each color and ask children to repeat the name. Ask older children to
name the colors without assistance, if possible.
3. Tell the children they are going to pretend to be chameleons, but they will
change into the colors they are learning today.
4. Give each child one colored paper for each of the chosen colors. Tell the
children they will hide like chameleons. When they hear the color and item
that is "coming," they are to hold the correct color card in front of them.
5. Say, "Here comes a yellow dog!" The children should hold their yellow cards
in front of them.
6. Ask the children to volunteer their own color statements for children to
camouflage themselves.
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Call on a child to hold up a color. Can the other children call out the color's
name?
