RED HUNT:

Materials: red squares of paper in a paper bag (optional) or a red crayon or marker, glue stick, damp facecloth for sticky fingers, print out the List of Red Things worksheet

Step 1: Explain to your child that you are on a hunt for the colour red.

Step 2: walk around the house and/ or outside to look for red things.

Step 3: When your child finds something red you will write the name of the object etc. on a slip of red paper (or directly on the chart) and your child will glue the red square on the sheet (or colour the square with a red crayon).

Step 4: at the end of the hunt sit down and count out loud together how many red things were found. Review what you found by reading the chart out loud.

Christmas time!

travelling!

GAMES:

Play “I Spy With My Little Eye” looking for only red things.

There is Red all around the world...like in London!

WHAT time of the year or holiday do you see the most red?

TOYS:

Coloured Blocks: with your child, sort through toy blocks to find only the red ones. Together, make towers with the red blocks.

Search through your child’s toys to find any that are red to play with.

Play with red play dough or modelling clay.

SCIENCE:

Food Colouring:

Put a few drops of red food coloring (liquid) in jar of water – let your child stir and watch as the water turns red. If you have a white carnation put it in the red water and leave it for a few days the red will seep into the flower and make the edges red.

What Red THings did you find outside and inside your house?

The Colour Red

new Year's Eve!

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

EXTENDED ACTIVITIES:

AUDIO VISUAL:

Search through your child’s DVD/ video collection (or visit your local library before hand) to find shows with red characters like Elmo or the Wiggles or with the theme of teaching colours.

Try this title for a perfect toddler show that highlights many colours:

· Baby Einstein: Baby Van Gogh – World of Colour

Toddler and Pre-School Theme Days