Colors, Colors Everywhere

Since the first day of school we have been working with the students on colors.  In addition to identifying colors we also worked on identifying items in the environment that were that color, spelling color words, mixing colors, making shades and tints and we even made our own colors! The students also had a project to do at home. They had to find an object for each color and bring it to school. We used all the objects to make color collages. We had so much fun!

These our the color bulbs we made. Each time we learned a new color and color word we would put the paint in the bulb and hang it up. They really loved it when we started mixing to make secondary colors.

For each color, the students got to practice their pincer grip by using a cotton swab to paint with the color inside the lines of the word... They also got to make a picture of something that was that color.

When we got to secondary colors, we had the students mix the colors themselves.

For our color project, the students brought in items that were the colors we had learned. They sorted the items by color into bins.  Then we painted wood squares and glued the objects on to make color collages.

The students also got to make their own paint color by choosing paint, mixing it and then naming the color.  These paint color creations will go in our art center to be used for center time.

                  

And of course... You can't do colors without Brown Bear, Brown Bear! We read the story and sequenced the characters and then students made their own book page which will be compiled into a class book called Students, Students, What Do You See?