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Relating color to specific objects with use of jellybeans

Month 12 · Activity 8 ·   Colors  

Instructions

  • Have an assortment of jelly beans in a bowl in front of child
  • Ask child to select the following:
  • Select a bean the color of the sun.  Name the color (answer yellow)
  • Select a bean the color of grass.  Name the color (answer green)
  • Select a bean the color of the sky.  Name the color (answer blue)
  • Select a bean the color of a cotton ball.  Name the color (answer white)
  • Select a bean the color of your lips.  Name the color (answer red)
  • Select a bean the color of an orange.  Name the color (answer orange)
  • Select a bean the color of a crow.  Name the color (answer black)
  • Select a bean the color of an elephant.  Name the color (answer grey)
  • Select a bean the color of a pinecone.  Name the color (answer brown)
  • Select a bean the color of an eggplant.  Name the color ( answer violet)

Extend

When child has finished activity, let child pick a jellybean and tell you something that is that color.  Child chooses a yellow jellybean and says a dandelion is yellow.  Continue until all the jellybeans are used.

Materials

  • assortment of jellybeans
  • bowl
  • Language Skills
  • Motor Skills
  • Problem Solving Skills