Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit: COLORS Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit: COLORS AUTHOR Dr. Janice Wood Crawford Early Literacy Faculty Fellow The Instructional Units presented here were funded in part by the U. S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Fund for the Improvement of Education as part of the Virtual School Readiness Incubator Project, the Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida, and the Early Learning Coalition of Duval, Inc. These materials are still in the refinement phase and should be used with this caution in mind. The content of these units does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of or imply endorsement by the U. S. Department of Education, the University of North Florida, and/or the Early Learning Coalition of Duval, Inc. 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Instructional Unit Topics Colors Shapes Letters Numbers Counting All About Me - Body Parts/Senses All About Me - My Feelings My Family and Friends Weather My Community Transportation Care of the Earth Plants Day and Night Opposites Water Animals Air Animals Land Animals Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 3 Colors Ages 2+–3 Oral Language Experiences Learning Experiences # Listens to and responds to songs and books about colors # Recognizes, identifies, and uses primary colors – red, blue, yellow, white, black # Says color words— red, yellow, blue, white, black # Sorts colors into subgroups that vary by 1 attribute # Uses vocabulary words # Uses art materials to explore primary colors # Sings color songs Colors (Little Scholastic) By Justine Smith Core Vocabulary Words red yellow blue white black Rich Vocabulary Words soft bumpy shimmery sparkly fluffy color Additional Children’s Books Colors, Chuck Murphy Colors, Melanie Watts I Can Paint, Helen Depree My First Book of Colors, Sarah Davis My Many Colored Days, Dr. Seuss What Color Is It?, Pamela Azarenski Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 4 Oral Language Activities Materials Needed # Book: Colors (Little Scholastic) # Cut out the circles from Activity Pictures #1 # Red, yellow, blue, black, white toys Activities # Talk with the children about the primary colors of red, blue, and yellow. Cut out the Activity Pictures #1 and show the children the red circle. Ask the children to look around the room and point to something red. Help the children by placing red items close to the teaching area. Continue this activity by adding the blue, yellow, white, and black circles. When the activity is completed, sing the Red, Blue, Yellow song. # As you sing the Red, Blue, Yellow song with the children, display and point to the three colored circles from Activity Pictures #1. Red, Blue, Yellow Verse I Red is an apple. Blue is the sky. Yellow is the sun, That’s way up high. Verse II White are the clouds, Black is as dark as night. These are the colors That are in plain sight. After singing the song several times, hold up the red, blue, yellow, white, and black circles and encourage the children to say the name of each color. Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 5 Activities # Continue to talk about primary colors: red, yellow, blue. Place the colored circles from Activity Pictures #1 in a mystery bag. Pull out the colored circles one at a time and ask the children to name each color. Play the game again and ask one child to pull out a colored circle and name the color. Ask the children to say the beginning sound of the word. Then ask the child to find an item that is the same color somewhere in the room. Continue the activity until all children have had a chance to play. # Use Activity Pictures #1 for this activity. Pass out the red, yellow, blue, white, and black colored circles to three of the children and sing the Colored Circles song with the children. Repeat the activity, giving each child a chance to hold a circle. Colored Circles Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It If you have a red circle, jump up and down. If you have a red circle, jump up and down. If you have a red circle, then put it on your head, If you have a red circle, jump up and down. If you have a yellow circle, touch a fellow. If you have a yellow circle, touch a fellow. If you have a yellow circle, then put it on your head. If you have a yellow circle, touch a fellow. If you have a blue circle, touch your nose. If you have a blue circle, touch your nose. If you have a blue circle, then put it on your head. If you have a blue circle, touch your nose. Continue the activity with the white and black circles. # Play the I Spy game with the children. Say, “I spy something red and it is on the book case, what is it?” Continue calling out clues for the colors yellow, blue, white, and black. After playing the game several times, ask the children to give the I Spy clues. # Take a walk outdoors and see if the children can tell you the colors on a traffic light. Go over the meaning of each color of the light—red, yellow, green. Talk about how and when to cross the street. Watch the light and ask the children to tell you when the light turns red. When the light is red, hold hands and cross the street with the children. Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 6 First Reading of the Book # Introduce the CORE Vocabulary words on Activity Pictures #10 to the children by displaying the cards and pointing to and saying the name of each color. Give a childfriendly definition for each word. # Display the book Colors (Little Scholastic). Tell the children that this is a book about colors. Point to and name the colors on the cover of the book. Encourage the children to hold and touch the book. Read the title of the book and the author’s name. # Open to the first page of the book and say the word yellow. Point to the picture of the lion and say, “This is a yellow lion.” Help the children point to the yellow lion. Continue reading, while emphasizing the following words: soft, bumpy, shimmery, fluffy, and sparkly. Help the children point to and touch the pictures of all of the animals. # Encourage the child to say the color words. Display the color vocabulary word cards yellow, red, blue, black, and white while reading the book. # When reading the book, highlight the Core and Rich Vocabulary words. # Read the book several times throughout the week. # Read the books suggested in the Additional Children’s Books section. # Give each child a Take-Home Bracelet from Activity Pictures #11. Activities # Show the children the white and black colored circles from Activity Pictures #1. Point out white and black items in the room. Ask the children to think about their favorite colors. As you say the Colors chant, ask each child to say his/her favorite color. Display the colored circles from Activity Pictures #1 during this activity. Colors Colors, colors everywhere. What is your favorite color? Will you please share? (Child’s name) what is your favorite color? # Before starting this activity, place all of the circles from Activity Pictures #1 on the floor. Sing the Find the Color song with the children. Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 7 Activities Find the Color Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It There are colors on the floor, on the floor. There are colors on the floor, on the floor. There are colors on the floor—red, blue, and yellow. There are colors on the floor, on the floor. Find a red circle on the floor, on the floor. Find a red circle on the floor, on the floor. Find a red circle on the floor, hold it up and find some more. Find a red circle on the floor, on the floor. Find a blue circle on the floor, on the floor. Find a blue circle on the floor, on the floor. Find a blue circle on the floor, hold it up and find some more. Find a blue circle on the floor, on the floor. Continue song using yellow, white, and black # Place red, yellow, blue, white, and black items around the room. Encourage the children to identify the colored items throughout the day. # Help the children identify objects that are soft, bumpy, shimmery, fluffy, and sparkly. Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 8 Learning Activities Materials Needed # Cut out the circles from Activity Pictures #1 # Red, yellow, blue, white, black finger paint # Red, yellow, blue, white, black toys Activities # Place red, yellow, blue, black, and white toys on a tray. Touch each toy and say the name of each color. Let the children play with the colored toys and identify their colors. # Display the red, yellow, blue, black, and white circles from the Activity Pictures #1. Ask a small group of children to say the names of each color. Place the colored circles on the table, and ask the children to point to each colored circle while saying the names of the colors. # Give each child a piece of paper. Place a spoonful of red, yellow, blue, white or black paint on the paper and say the name of each color. Ask the children to use their fingers to swirl the paint around and to name the color that is on the paper. Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 9 Colors Ages 3+–4 Oral Language Experiences Learning Experiences # Makes predictions about mixing colors # Identifies, mixes, and uses primary colors to make secondary colors # Sorts colors into subgroups that vary by one attribute # Produces simple color patterns # Matches colored objects and words with objects in the environment # Listens to and responds to songs and books about colors # Says color words # Uses vocabulary words in conversation Mouse Paint By Ellen Stoll Walsh Core Vocabulary Words red yellow blue green purple orange pink brown white black Rich Vocabulary Words mouse paint puddles mixing Additional Children’s Books A Color of His Own, Leo Lionni A Rainbow of Colors, Dan Freeman Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle Spot Goes to School, Eric Hill The Deep Blue Sea, Audrey Wood White Rabbit’s Color Book, Alan Baker Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 10 Oral Language Activities # Book: Mouse Paint Materials Needed # Cut out the circles from Activity Pictures #1, #2, and #3 # Cut out Activity Pictures #12 # Cut out Take-Home Bracelets from Activity Pictures #13 Activities # Review the primary colors with the children—red, yellow, blue, white, and black. Display Activity Pictures #1 and ask the children to identify each of the primary colors. Introduce the colored circles from Activity Pictures #2—green, purple, orange, pink, and brown. Hold up each of the colored circles and say the name of the color and ask the children to repeat the color words. After the children become familiar with the colors, show them one colored circle at a time and ask them to find a corresponding toy or object in the room. Prior to this activity, place colored toys and objects around the room—red, blue, yellow, green, purple, pink, orange, and brown so the children can easily find the colored objects. # Introduce the Colors Everywhere! song to the children. Display and point to the colored circles from Activity Pictures #1 and #2 while singing the song. Sing Verse I with the children and as they progress, add Verse II. Colors Everywhere! Verse I Red is an apple. Blue is the sky. Yellow is the sun, That’s way up high. White are the clouds. Black is as dark as night. Verse II Green is the grass. Grapes and plums are purple. Orange is a carrot, P i n k is the nose of a bunny. And brown is the color of the ground. Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 11 Activities # Introduce the CORE Vocabulary Words from Activity Pictures #12 to the children by displaying the cards and pointing to and saying the name of each color. Give the children a child-friendly definition of each word. First Reading of the Book # Ask the children to look at the cover of the book and tell you the name of the three colors they see — red, yellow, blue. Tell the children these are primary colors. Review the colors red, yellow, and blue circles from Activity Pictures #1. Tell the children this is a book about a mouse and many colors. Read the title of the book and the author’s name. # Open the book and show the children the page where the mice are mixing colors. Tell them that they are going to learn how the mouse made the colors of green, purple, and orange. Tell the children these are secondary colors. Show them the green, purple, and orange circles from Activity Pictures #2. Review the words mouse, paint, and puddles with the children. # Read the book and ask questions while reading: • What colors of paint did the mouse find in the jars? (red, yellow, blue) • What happened when the red mouse stepped into the yellow puddle? (it became orange) • The yellow mouse hopped into a blue puddle. What color did the puddle become? (green) Talk about how the mouse mixed the colors in the puddles. • The blue mouse hopped into a red puddle. What color did the puddle become? (purple) # After reading the book, display the CORE Vocabulary words from Activity Pictures #12 and ask the children to identify each color. # After reading the story, ask the following questions: • What colors were the three mice at the beginning of the story? (red, yellow, blue) • What were the three new colors that the mice made? (green, purple, orange) # After reading the story, review with the children how primary colors are mixed to make secondary colors. Chart the following using colored markers. red yellow blue red + yellow + blue + red + white makes makes makes makes Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida orange green purple pink 12 First Reading of the Book # Encourage the children to talk about the story throughout the day using the words mouse, paint, colors, and mixing. # When reading the book, highlight the Core and Rich Vocabulary words. # Read the book several times throughout the week. # Read the books suggested in the Additional Children’s Books section. # Give each child a Take-Home Bracelet from Activity Pictures #13. Activities # Give each child one of the colored circles from Activity Pictures #3—red, blue, yellow, white, black, green, purple, orange, pink, brown. Say the name of the colored circles as you give them to the children. # Review the secondary colors with the children. Show the children the colored circles from Activity Pictures #3. Explain that these colors are made from mixing the primary colors. Place the colored circles from Activity Pictures #3 in a mystery bag. Pull out the colored circles one at a time and ask the children to name each color. Then ask one child to find that same color somewhere in the room. Continue the activity until all children have had a chance to play. # Chart and say the following poem with the children and ask them to show their colors and do the actions during the poem. Remind the children that the mouse in the book mixed colors to make new colors. Colors Hooray! If you have red, touch your head. Blue, blue touch your shoe. Mix together red and yellow and show me orange. Show me brown as you touch the ground. Take a bite if you have white. Black, black touch your back. Give a wink if you have pink. If you have yellow touch your favorite fellow. Draw a circle if you have purple. Yellow and blue mixed together make the color green. Colors, colors, hooray! Hooray! Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 13 Activities # In the story, each mouse stepped into a colorful puddle of paint and did a little dance. Invite the children to act like the mice by doing their own puddle dance. Tell the children that you are going to say two words, and if the words begin with the same letter sound, you want them to pretend there is a puddle of paint on the floor and jump in the puddle and dance. If the words do not begin with the same letter sound, do not jump in the puddle. cat - can red - rat yellow - yell mouse - paint blue - dish puddle - paint paint - pan green - sky dance - dish # Tell the children you are going to be saying some color words and you want them to repeat the words and clap for each syllable while saying the words. 1 syllable color words: red, blue, black, white, green, orange, brown 2 syllable color words: yellow, purple Sing the I Hear a Sound song with the children. Substitute the following after teaching the chant, beginning with the word mouse: jar, paint, cat, red, yellow, blue. I Hear a Sound I hear a sound, /m/ mouse, /m/ mouse, /m/ /m/ /m/, I hear a sound. It’s the letter sound for mouse. Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 14 Learning Activities Materials Needed Book: Mouse Paint Red, yellow, and blue tempura paint Craft sticks (three for each pair of children) Small paper plates (three for each pair of children) Cut out Activity Pictures #1 and #2 Cut out Activity Pictures #3 Copy Activity Pictures #6 (one for each child) Activity Pictures #7 (first page leave as chart, second page cut out the jars of paint) # Copy Activity Pictures #8 (one for each pair of children) # Copy Activity Pictures #9 (one for each child) # Zip top bags # # # # # # # # Activities # Display the circles from Activity Pictures #1 and #2. Review the colors on all of the circles. Ask the children to match the colored circles with the color words from Activity Pictures #4. Give each child a colored circle and ask them to point to an object in the room that is the same color. As the children point to the objects, ask them to say the color name. # In the story, the mice mixed colors in the puddles. Use zip top bags to place red and yellow paint in one bag, yellow and blue paint in one bag, blue and red paint in one bag, and white and red paint in one bag. Seal each bag. Pass the bags around and ask the children to squish the bags in their hands to mix the paint. Ask the children to identify the colors they see (orange, green, purple, and pink). # Talk with the children about mixing primary colors to make secondary colors. Place red, yellow, blue, and white paint at your easel and ask the children to use their paint brushes to mix the paint colors into orange, green, purple, and pink. Ask them to paint colorful pictures. Ask them to identify the colors they use. Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 15 Activities # To help children learn about mixing colors, complete the Swirling Colors activity: Pour whole milk into a bowl about 1/2” deep. Let milk warm to room temperature. Place drops of different food coloring in milk. Do not stir. Place one to three drops of dish washing soap in the milk. Watch the colors swirl! # Use the colored circles from Activity Pictures #3 and #4. Work with a small group of children and ask them to match the colored circles with the word circles. Help them identify the first letter of each word. Ask the children to tell you the beginning sound of each color word. # Use the cut out pictures from Activity Pictures #5 to make various patterns. Ask the children to follow the same patterns that have been made. Vary the patterns as the children progress. ( ) # Review the secondary colors with the children. Show the children the colored circles from Activity Pictures #3. Explain that these colors are made from mixing the primary colors. Place the colored circles from Activity Pictures #3 in a mystery bag. Pull out the colored circles one at a time and ask the children to name each color. Play the game again and ask one child to pull out a colored circle and name the color. Then ask the child to find that same color somewhere in the room. Continue the activity until all children have had a chance to play. # Give one copy of Activity Pictures #6 to each child and place crayons on the table. Give the following directions to the children. • Color the mouse red. • Color the jar yellow. • Color the puddle black. • Color the paintbrush blue. # Review with the children that the mice in the book, Mouse Paint, stepped in primary colors and made new secondary colors. Show the children Activity Pictures #7 of the jars of paint. Go to the pages in the book where the red mouse steps into a yellow puddle of paint. Ask the children what color will be made. Turn the page and ask the children to point to the new, secondary color. Point to the red jar and the yellow jar on Activity Pictures #7 and ask the children what color will be made if you mix red and yellow paint. Ask the children to place the correct colored jar of paint on the chart. Continue going through the book with the yellow and blue paint and the blue and red paint. Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 16 Activities # Give pairs of children an opportunity to mix primary colors. After reviewing how primary colors can be mixed together to make secondary colors, give each pair of children two primary colors on two paper plates. Place a craft stick on each plate. Ask the children to dab each of their colors on a third paper plate and use a craft stick to mix the colors. Ask the children to tell you what secondary colors were made when the two primary colors were mixed. Give each pair of children a copy of Activity Pictures #8. Ask the children to paint the mouse the secondary color that they made. When the painting is completed, ask the children to use a sentence to tell you what colors were mixed, such as, “We mixed red paint and yellow paint and made orange paint.” # Talk about rainbows with your children and tell them they are going to be making a rainbow. Tell your children that the colors of the class rainbow will include the primary colors and the secondary colors. On a large sheet of paper, draw a large curved line using on primary color. Have your child continue adding colors to the rainbow, following your line with different colors. After each child has had a turn, point to and name each of the colors. # Go on a color walk outdoors. Give each child a copy of the Activity Pictures #9 before walking. Ask them to look for a color item for each of the colors on the page. When the children get back indoors, ask them to draw the things they saw for each of the colors. # Help the children make a Color Book. Fold three pieces of paper in half and staple the folded side. Make one book for each child. Print the following sentences, one on each page, in the book. Red is an apple. Blue is the sky. Yellow is the sun. Green is the grass. Grapes are purple. Orange is a carrot. Ask the children to draw and color a picture on each page. Send the Color Books home for the children to share with family members. Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 17 Colors Activity Pictures #1 Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 18 Colors Activity Pictures #1 Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 19 Colors Activity Pictures #2 Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 20 Colors Activity Pictures #2 Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 21 Colors Activity Pictures #3 Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 22 Colors Activity Pictures #3 Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 23 Colors Activity Pictures #4 red black blue white yellow Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 24 Colors Activity Pictures #4 green brown purple pink orange Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 25 Colors Activity Pictures #5 Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 26 Colors Activity Pictures #5 Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 27 Colors Activity Pictures #6 Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 28 + = Colors Activity Pictures #7 + + Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida = = 29 Colors Activity Pictures #7 Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 30 Colors Activity Pictures #8 Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 31 Colors Activity Pictures #9 red blue yellow green orange purple brown pink black Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 32 Colors Activity Pictures #10 red yellow blue white black Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 33 Colors Activity Pictures #11 Today we read a book about primary colors. Ask me to name the primary colors. (red, yellow, blue) Today we read a book about primary colors. Ask me to name the primary colors. (red, yellow, blue) Today we read a book about primary colors. Ask me to name the primary colors. (red, yellow, blue) Today we read a book about primary colors. Ask me to name the primary colors. (red, yellow, blue) Today we read a book about primary colors. Ask me to name the primary colors. (red, yellow, blue) Today we read a book about primary colors. Ask me to name the primary colors. (red, yellow, blue) Today we read a book about primary colors. Ask me to name the primary colors. (red, yellow, blue) Today we read a book about primary colors. Ask me to name the primary colors. (red, yellow, blue) Today we read a book about primary colors. Ask me to name the primary colors. (red, yellow, blue) Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 34 Colors Activity Pictures #12 red yellow blue green purple orange pink brown white black Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 35 Colors Activity Pictures #13 Today we read a book about mixing colors. Ask me to tell you some of the colors that the mice mixed. (green, orange, purple, brown, pink) Today we read a book about mixing colors. Ask me to tell you some of the colors that the mice mixed. (green, orange, purple, brown, pink) Today we read a book about mixing colors. Ask me to tell you some of the colors that the mice mixed. (green, orange, purple, brown, pink) Today we read a book about mixing colors. Ask me to tell you some of the colors that the mice mixed. (green, orange, purple, brown, pink) Today we read a book about mixing colors. Ask me to tell you some of the colors that the mice mixed. (green, orange, purple, brown, pink) Today we read a book about mixing colors. Ask me to tell you some of the colors that the mice mixed. (green, orange, purple, brown, pink) Today we read a book about mixing colors. Ask me to tell you some of the colors that the mice mixed. (green, orange, purple, brown, pink) Today we read a book about mixing colors. Ask me to tell you some of the colors that the mice mixed. (green, orange, purple, brown, pink) Today we read a book about mixing colors. Ask me to tell you some of the colors that the mice mixed. (green, orange, purple, brown, pink) Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit 2013 - Colors Florida Institute of Education at the University of North Florida 36
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