Add A Little – 2 Year Old Curriculum – Unit 4
What Colour?
Developmental Focus: Colour Recognition (Primary Colours)
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Disclaimer: All activities require adult supervision and discretion. Read more…
Muscle Moving
4 Sides
Supplies:
- Four sheets of paper, each a different colour (ideally focus on the primary colors this week, so red, yellow, and blue, plus one more)
- Tape (or some other way to attach the to the wall)
Prep:
- Clear an area for running
- Tape one sheet of paper to each wall, ideally in the center of the wall.
Time to Play:
- Explain to your child’s that you are going to play a game together. When you say a colour, you are going to run to the wall with that colour.
- Call or a color, such as “Yellow!” Then run to the yellow wall inviting your child to run with you.
- Call another colour and run to that wall together. Continue playing in this way.
- Once your child understand the game well, consider making it come challenging by adding specific actions. For example: “Crawl to blue” and “stomp to red”.
- Actions could include:
- Run
- Stomp
- Crawl
- Tiptoe
- Take big steps
- Take little steps
- Fly
- Run fast
- Walk slow
- Walk backwards (careful about this one in group settings)
- Actions could include:
Brain Boosting
Colour a Box
This activity is fantastic for your child’s fine motor muscle development (the muscles needed to write with a pencil). The benefit is increased of the crayons are short and/or broken.
Supplies:
- One Large cardboard box or other 3d object your child can color on
- Crayons (or washable markers, but crayons are better for development)
Time to Play:
- Invite your child to colour on the box with the crayons. If it is a big box, they could sit inside the box while they colour.
- Join in coloring with them.
- Discuss which colours are being used as you colour.
Let’s Sing
I See Colors Everywhere
Let’s Read
Colors
Airlie Anderson
Let’s Sing
Christian Song
A Song About Joseph
Let’s Read
Bible Story
Joseph
Genesis 37,39-46
Beginner’s Bible Chapters:
Joseph’s Colorful Robe
Pharaoh’s Dreams
Joseph Saves His Family
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