Patricia Bentham, author, kindergarten-lessons.com
Light and color theme outline
1. Light and color theme 2. Light science
Have fun with light and colors...
Light and color activities:
- Make color patterns - yellow, yellow, orange, yellow, repeat
- Classify items - things that are transparent, things that are not
- Make a real graph - things that reflect light, things that don't, count how many in each row
- Make red, orange & yellow stars - sequence from largest to smallest, lightest to darkest
Light and color science activities:
- Discover light sources
- Experiment with opaque, translucent, and transparent papers
- Experiment with reflective and non reflective materials
- List of light concepts & activities for teaching concepts
- Light vocabulary
- Candle experiments
Light and color literacy ideas:
- Read "Good Night Moon" a few times to the children.
- Emphasize the rhyming words in the story.
- Bring the children's attention to the letter "G" on the book cover.
- Teach how to print the capital and lower case "g".
- Brainstorm and list (with pictures) other things that could be in the room and rhyme e.g. 'Goodnight rat and goodnight cat..."
- Create a group "Goodnight Moon" book, model on large paper.
- Have the kids create their own "Goodnight Moon" books using frame sentences "Goodnight _________ and goodnight __________ "
- Download file for "Goodnight Moon" rhyming activity.
Light and color social studies:
- Show and talk about everyday light tools (telescope, magnifying glass, eye glasses, binoculars, cameras)
- Show fire safety DVD
- Bring in visiting fireman or have a trip to the fire hall
Light and color art:
- Learn primary colors - red, yellow and blue
- Mix primary colors with white
- Make a color spinner
- Make Christmas cards with lots of glitter
- Make a light picture with a variety of yellows and oranges.
- Teach about light and dark yellow and orange.
- Make a reflection collage
- Make see through glasses
- Make Christmas decorations - Stars and moon covered in glitter
- Make sun print paper papers
Other winter holiday activities :
- Donations to the food bank
- Make holiday cards for the nursing home residents
- Bring in visiting fireman or have a trip to the fire hall
- Focus on giving to others
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