Perfectly Preschool



Coffee Filter Butterflies

Materials:

  • Coffee Filters
  • Markers
  • Clothes Pins
  • Spray Bottle

Directions:

  • Give each child a coffee filter to color. Spray the coffee filter with water to spread the colors. Once the coffee filter is dry, twist it in half and clip it with a clothes pin. Draw two eyes on the clothes pin to make a butterfly.


Cups Of Color

Directions:

  • Give a white ice cube tray to the child and fill the first three holes with red, yellow and blue water. Give the child an eye dropper (or medicine dropper) and let them mix the colors in the empty spaces. This will create many shades of colors.


Find the Color
(to the tune of: The muffin man)

Sing this song during group time and have your children point to the color you sing

Oh, can you find the color______,
The color _____, the color _____?
Oh, can you find the color _____,
Somewhere in this room?



Rainbow Snack

Directions:

  • Make all six colors of Jell-O: cherry, orange, lemon, lime, berry blue, and grape. After the Jell-O has set spoon one spoonful of each flavor into clear cup. Top with a cloud of whip cream you have an eadible rainbow.



Little Blue and Little Yellow

Leo Lionni