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Fish Ideas/Story Bag (Including snack ideas.)
Colorful
Peas, Pineapple and Ham Pasta Salad
If you want, you can make different colors of pasta using various
colors of gelatin and pots to cook them in.
Note: For all these snacks, you can
talk about the different colors and how they became those colors
in the "Rainbow Toast" and "Rainbow Pudding".
Foreign
Languages
Japanese
Language Vocabulary - Colors
Spanish
Flash Cards - Colors Hear the words pronounced
(If you like, you can read Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh.)
Directions:
For each color, take 1 tablespoon milk
(rice/soy/cow's) and 1/2 teaspoon sugar and mix it. This
makes quite a few pieces of toast.
If you want to make lots of colors to
practice making colors or if if you have more children or
students, you will need to make more.
Place some of the milk mixture in small jars,
glasses, small margarine containers, or other containers.
Repeat this 3 times.
Add red, yellow, and blue food coloring in containers.
It takes 1 drop to make each color.
Take a piece of white bread.
Paint the bread with some of the milk using a pastry brush or
small paint brush.
Make sure not to paint it with too much milk or it will become
soggy (if the child does do that, that is okay, since children
love to explore).
Mix some of the red with some of the yellow and see what color it
makes (orange).
Mix some of the yellow with the blue and see what color it makes
(green).
Mix some of the blue with some of the red and see what color it
makes (violet/purple).
Put the bread in the oven or a toaster oven.
Take it out when it is lightly brown.
Rainbow Pudding
Make vanilla
pudding or dairy-free
vanilla pudding. Place some in a
container . Make one red, one blue, and one yellow.
Have the children mix the colors to see what other colors they
create. Another variation is to add some colored
fruited ring cereal to your pudding.
Rainbow Cereal Snack
Eat colored fruit ring cereal.
Rainbow Necklace or Bracelet
Take a piece of yarn to go around a child's
neck or wrist. Let the child string the colored fruit ring
cereal on it. (You might need to tie one at the end for
pre-schoolers so it doesn't fall off.) Tie it off when you
are done. Enjoy eating it!
Rainbow Rice Cereal Treats
Make rice cereal treats (Rice Krispie
treats) and color it with your favorite food coloring (or two).
Rainbow in a Cup
You will need: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple
gelatin. Make the red gelatin according to the directions on
the package. Place a little bit in a clear plastic
cup. Let it set (which will take hours or over night).
Make the orange, then the yellow, then the green, then the blue,
and then the purple gelatin in that order after each color has
set. Make sure you begin ahead of time or you will run out
of time for each color. If you don't want to make a complete
rainbow, choose your favorite colors and follow the same
directions as the red gelatin.
Rainbow Cake
You can use one of my cake recipes located
at desserts
or dairy-free
desserts.
Version #1
Make your favorite cake in a bundt pan. Cut
it in half. Frost each with white or light blue frosting
or seven minute frosting. Decorate with chocolate chips,
raisins, red hots, sprinkles, colored
sugar, Skittles, M&M's, etc. to form a rainbow (or just spread anywhere
on the cake). (If you don't use the seven minute frosting,
you can squirt some whipped topping on the cake to form a
rainbow and then add toppings on the cake.)
Version #2
Make your favorite cake in a 9x13 inch
pan. Frost with white or light blue frosting. Decorate with chocolate chips, raisins,
red hots, sprinkles, colored
sugar, sweetened colored candy (for example; Skittles or
M&M's), etc. to form a rainbow (or just spread anywhere on
the cake). (If you don't use
the seven minute frosting, you can
squirt some whipped topping on the cake to form a rainbow and
then add toppings on the cake.)
Version #3
Make your favorite cake. Frost with a 7 minute frosting.
Sprinkle colored sugar, sprinkles, etc. over it.
Rainbow Cookies or Cupcakes
Make your favorite cookies or cake and put
it in a muffin tin. (I have some recipes located at desserts
or dairy-free
desserts.) Frost with white or
light blue frosting
or 7 minute frosting. Decorate with chocolate chips,
raisins, red hots, sprinkles, colored
sugar, sweetened colored candy (for example; Skittles or
M&M's), etc.
Rainbow Graham Crackers
Spread frosting on a graham cracker. Sprinkle colored
sugar on it.
Rainbow Water #1
Take a container, glass, or jar of water.
Have the child add a single drop of liquid food coloring to
it. This can be repeated for different colors. You
can mix colors too.
Rainbow Water #2
Cut up little pieces of square paper.
Using a marker, completely color the square with a color.
Make one red, another yellow, another blue. Make
one part red and part yellow (to make orange). Take another
and make that yellow and blue (to make green). Take another
and color it blue and red (to make purple/violet).You can do other colors, black, brown, pink,
etc. Place some water in each of the cups or containers.
Have the child drop the pieces of paper in small cups or
containers. You will see the water change colors and what
color it makes.
Rainbow on the Wall
If you have a peep hole in your door, look
for a rainbow on the wall. What do you see?
Rainbow Over the Water
Go outside and see a rainbow in your garden
house or sprinklers. What do you see?
Rainbow On a CD
In a room that has light, move a cd that you
received in the mail for accessing the web. What do you
see?
Science Activities Links
See a rainbow in a very dark room with a jar or glass of water, a
small mirror, and a flashlight. You tilt the mirror upwards
and then shine the flashlight onto the mirror.
More facts about this at:
Indoor
Rainbow @ nationalgeographic
Rainbow Painting
Paint a rainbow on a piece of paper.
Torn Paper Rainbows
Make a rainbow shape piece of paper using
white (or whatever color the child wants) construction
paper. Have pieces of torn construction paper. (If
you want, you can have the child/children help you tear pieces
of paper.) Place some glue onto a small piece paper
so they can put the colored pieces of paper on the glue and then
on to the rainbow. If desired, you can glue the
finished rainbow on a piece of blue construction paper.
Torn Paper Paper Plate Rainbow
Cut the paper plate in half. Make a rainbow shape.
Hole punch a hole in the middle of the paper plate so you can hang
it with yarn. Have pieces of different
colors of torn construction paper or you can have the
child/children help you tear pieces of paper. Place
some glue onto a piece paper. Place a cotton swap in it
and then on the paper. Have the child place it on the back
of the paper plate to make a rainbow.
Crepe Paper Rainbows
Make a rainbow shape piece of paper using
white construction paper. Put various colors of pre-cut
2x2 inch tissue paper in a box. Have the children over the end
of an unsharpened pencil, then put some glue on it, and place it
on the rainbow. If desired, you can glue the finished
rainbow on a piece of blue construction paper.
Get you craft supplies (and much more) at
Discount School Supply.
A. Color Hand Game
Use two pieces 8 1/2 x11 inch white computer paper or 9x12
inch construction paper and trace your left hand (or right hand if
your left handed) to the wrist. Cut it out. Turn it so
the thumb faces the left. Color each finger a little above
the cut part of the hand a different color (for example; blue,
red, pink, black, yellow, white, purple, gray, green, brown,
orange, etc.). Label each color above the cut part of the
finger. Laminate or place clear contact paper on it.
Cut it out (no need to cut each finger out except the
thumbs). With a straight pen or needle, make a small hole
about the middle about where the thumb is on the hand
patterns. Use a brad to reinforce it (make sure it not that
tight so it will spin) and place a small paper clip under the
brad. Staple the hands together by the brad and on the
upside down hand. Use masking tape or heavier tape and tape
it on a small piece of poster board. Have the children play
the game to help reinforce color skills. Have the children
say the color each time a different color is spinned. Repeat
the game.
Options:
For older children, you can leave off the name of the colors and
have the child spell the word outloud and/or on paper.
Make another set in Spanish (you can use these colors; azul, rojo,
rosado, negro, amarillo, blanco, morado, gris, verde,
marrón, anaranjado, etc.).
Rainbow Games
B. Draw a picture of the following on a 3x5 inch index
card. Write the color below each item in English, a line,
and the Spanish (if desired) word.
Make two sets.
How to play the game:
Have 2 children turn all the cards picture facing down. Have
each child try to find the matching picture. If they found
it, have them place them in a pile near them. If they don't
find it, have the next child turn it over and try to find a
match. Keep playing until one child has more cards. If
you only have one child, have that child keep playing until they
find all the matches. You can have the child/children say
the words in English and/or Spanish.
For younger children, just have them match the pictures and say the colors in English (by looking at each picture).
Go to Pratt's Spanish Speaking Tips to learn to pronounce the words. The color "orange" is hard to pronounce so you might have to practice the word or skip it (especially for younger children). You can to to StoryPlace La Biblioteca Pre-escolar: Colores to learn to pronounce the colors. Remember the masculine and feminine in the words. If you use a different object, the ending of the word might change.
Option #1:
Draw an apple with a brown stem and a green leaf.
red
----
roja
Draw an orange with a brown stem.
orange
----------
anaranjada
Draw a sun.
yellow
--------
amarillo
Draw a frog.
green
-----
verde
Draw a morpho
butterfly.
blue
----
azul
Draw some purple grapes or flowers (a pansy
or violet-these flowers can be other colors besides purple).
purple
-------
morada
Option #2:
This is for older children (or you need to be with the younger
child to help them). It can be a review game.
Draw the above pictures in Option #1 game on both sides of the
card. On one side, write the English sentence underneath the
picture. On the other side of the card, write the Spanish
sentence. Have the child (or yourself for younger children)
say either the English or the Spanish sentence and have the child
say it out loud to themself (or tell you) in a complete
sentence. If the child is younger, have them say only the
color.
What color is the apple?
The apple is red.
¿Qué color es la manzana?
La manzana es roja.
What color is the orange?
The orange is orange.
¿Qué color es la naranja?
La naranja es anaranjada.
What color is the sun.
The sun is yellow.
¿Qué color es el sol?
El sol es amarillo.
What color is the frog.
The frog is green.
¿Qué color es la rana?
La rana es verde.
What color is the butterfly?
The butterfly is blue.
¿Qué color es la mariposa?
La mariposa es azul.
What color is the flower?
The flower is purple.
¿Qué color es la flor?
La flor es morada.
Game Links
Bry-Back
Manor: A Rainbow Game
Rainbow
Songs
Flowers Make
a Rainbow: Mrs. Jones Sing Along
I
Can Sing A Rainbow Lyrics & Music @ NIEHS
I
Can Sing A Rainbow (sheet music) @ Music & Song in EFL
teaching
Rainbow Colors:
A Rebus Song adapted by Mrs. Jones
A site that non-readers can sing the song while looking at the
animated pictures.
Scripture Connection
Genesis 9
| Online
Rainbow Activities / Games
BrainPOP:
Rainbow |
Online Story
Missing
Color This story needs to be read to non-readers.
Samuil
Marshak - The Rainbow Book
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