What Colour? – 2.4 – Add A Little

Muscle Moving

4 Sides

Supplies:

• Four sheets of paper, each a different colour (ideally focus on the primary colours this unit, so use red, yellow, and blue, plus one more)
• Tape (or some other way to attach the papers 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 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 a colour, 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 understands the game well, consider making it more 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)

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 if the crayons are short, though beware of choking hazards.

Supplies:

• One large cardboard box or some other 3D object your child can colour 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 colouring with them.
  
• Discuss which colours are being used as you colour.