- •Table of Contents
- •Early Childhood Standards Correlation
- •Introduction
- •Crayon Poster
- •Shape Sandwiches
- •Here’s My Shape
- •Color Day
- •Breakfast Talk
- •Colorful Feelings
- •Find a Partner
- •Name the Missing Shape
- •Language and Literacy
- •The Story of a Circle
- •Anytime Egg Hunt
- •Who Can Find It?
- •Parking Garage
- •Scarf Pull
- •There’s a Word for That
- •Wheel Walk
- •Color Story
- •Big Book Time
- •Color Journal
- •Math
- •Green Things
- •In the Doghouse
- •Colorful Block Tower
- •Flannelboard Train
- •Match It
- •Paint Sample Matching
- •Block Play
- •Circle Sort
- •Secret Shapes
- •Take-Home Flannelboard Kit
- •Sandpaper Shapes
- •Shape Picture Cards
- •Shoe Sort
- •Treasure Maps
- •Neighborhood Picture Book
- •Do What I Do
- •Science
- •Food Color Chart
- •Shaker Bottle
- •Something Blue
- •Apple Exploration
- •Make a Rainbow
- •Bubbles Everywhere
- •Studying Leaves
- •Mixing Tints
- •Color Goo
- •Rainbow Pudding
- •Light Show
- •Rolling Along
- •Sun Prints
- •Tinted Ice Cubes
- •Music and Movement
- •Some Shoes
- •Color Train
- •Flag March
- •If Your Clothes Have Any Red
- •Here We Go
- •Do You Know What Shape This Is?
- •Color Binoculars
- •Red Light, Green Light
- •Body Shapes
- •Read the Notes
- •Circle Gets the Square
- •The Shapes Are on the Floor
- •Visual Arts
- •Recycled Rainbow
- •Shape Prints
- •Counting Collage
- •Marvelous Mobiles
- •Shape Flags
- •Shape Mural
- •Craft Stick Shapes
- •Motor Mural
- •Paper Bag Puppets
- •Bubbly Paint
- •Sun Catcher
- •Colored Sand
- •My Own Color Banner
- •Dramatic Play
- •Blanket Fold
- •Under the Sea
- •Color Photography
- •The Ice Cream Shop
- •Special Delivery
- •The Flower Market
- •Motor Skills
- •Get Into Shape
- •Just Like Me
- •Out the Door
- •Color Thumbkin
- •Shape Toss
- •Finger Dance
- •Moving Shapes
- •Roll a Triangle
- •Nail Shapes
- •Color Matching Board
- •Connect the Colors
- •I Can Make a Circle
- •Shape Sewing Cards
- •Rainbow Fruit Salad
- •String Shapes
- •Dough Shapes
- •Color Mixing
- •Pom-Pom Sort
CHAPTER 7
Dramatic Play
78 BLANKET FOLD
Materials
Baby blankets
Activity
Use the baby blankets in your housekeeping area for a hands-on geometry lesson. Pass out blankets to a small group of children and have them sit on the floor. Ask the children to spread their blankets out. What shape do they see? (A square or rectangle.) Count the sides. Then have the children fold their blankets in half. What shape do they see now? (A rectangle or triangle.) Count the sides again. Fold the blanket one more time. What shape do they see now?
Hint: Children will enjoy “teaching” dolls and imaginary playmates how to fold blankets in all sorts of ways.
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79 UNDER THE SEA
Materials
Water table or washtub
Toy sea creatures
Small aquarium net or kitchen strainer
Activity
Fill a water table or washtub with water and add plastic sea creatures in assorted colors. Provide a small aquarium net or kitchen strainer and let the children “fish” for creatures of a particular color.
For Younger Children: Ask the children to fish out the creatures, then help them sort them according to color.
80 COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Materials
Discarded camera
Activity
An old camera (without film) makes a great prop for dramatic play. Children will enjoy pretending to photograph each other and everything else around them. To extend the learning, ask a child to take a picture of something that is of a particular color or shape.
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81 THE ICE CREAM SHOP
Materials
Colored blocks or balls
Activity
Setting up an ice cream shop in the dramatic play area provides many opportunities for color and shape learning. Use colored blocks or balls to represent the different ice cream flavors. As you play with the children, “order” cones in different color or “flavor” combinations. Challenge them to discover how many combinations they can make from three colors.
82 SPECIAL DELIVERY
Materials
Shoe boxes
Envelopes
Pen
Scissors
Activity
Select a few shoe boxes. Cut a slot in the top of each shoe box and label each box with a different color or shape. Then mark a supply of envelopes to match the “mailboxes.” Ask the children to take turns delivering each letter to its matching mailbox.
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83 THE FLOWER MARKET
Materials
Artificial flowers
Plastic vases
Toy cash register and money
Writing supplies
Activity
Set up a flower shop in your dramatic play area. Ask families for donations of unwanted artificial flowers and plastic vases. Set out these materials, along with a toy cash register and play money. Join the children in arranging floral displays. They may wish to sort the flowers according to color, shape, or size. Have them write signs and receipts for their transactions. As the children play, encourage them to talk about the differences and similarities among the artificial flowers.
Extension: To make this a special treat, add a few real flowers (dandelions are fine) to your flower market. Talk about how to care for cut flowers. What do flowers need?
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