Yellow
Read book "Little Blue and Little Yellow", experience color yellow with sense of touch; target words in and out
Month 1 · Activity 8 · Colors
Instructions
- Read the book “Little Blue and Little Yellow” by Leo Lionni or Read/Listen here
- It is suggested that your wash hands before beginning this activity
- Give a child one container of a snack-size vanilla/lemon/banana pudding. Depending on the brand of pudding and its color we can refer to this as yellow pudding
- Have the child put his finger in the yellow pudding to touch
- Ask the child how he would say the pudding feels (squishy, yucky, smooth, etc), and then ask him to take his finger out of the yellow pudding.
- Give the child one spoon and together empty the pudding onto a flat plate. Smooth all of the pudding onto the plate with a spoon.
- Ask the child to draw with one finger one capital letter A in the pudding. Use the spoon to erase it.
- Ask the child to draw the number 1 in the pudding, beginning at the top and going down.
- Next, have the child draw the first letter of his name in the pudding.
- Draw a square in the yellow pudding. Have some fun drawing again capital A, number 1, the first letter of the child's name, and a square in the yellow pudding.
- Encourage your child to participate in an experiment. Experiments help to nurture a child's curiosity. You will need two glasses filled about half full of water and red and yellow food coloring.
- Let your child put the water in the glasses until half full of water. Then carefully let the child put two drops of blue food coloring in one of the glasses of water and then two drops of yellow food coloring in the other glass of water and stir with a spoon.
- Ask the child what will happen when you mix the two colored glasses of water together in one glass. Now let the child pour the water out of one glass and in the other glass so the two colors are together.
- WOW - the color green is now in the one glass.
Simplify
Let the adult write in the pudding first, as an example, and have the child trace over the letter, number, or shape that you have drawn before erasing.
When doing the colored water experiment, allow the child to mix the yellow and blue waters together. By actively being involved in experiments, a child will often remember the outcomes.
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Extend
This activity with pudding is a fun way to practice spelling words or math problems too.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
What color is made when you mix yellow and blue?
Can you point to one blue item?
If you wrote a story, what would be the title and why?
Video Demo:
Materials
- Book “Little Blue and Little Yellow” by Leo Lionni or Read/Listen here (use full screen and pause as needed)
- banana/vanilla/lemon (yellow) pudding
- spoon
- 2 glasses filled halfway with water
- blue and yellow food coloring
Activity Resources
Language Skills
Math & Science Skills
Motor Skills
Problem Solving Skills
