How can we help children learn colors? There are many books that combine a colored object with a caption indicating the corresponding color, but these books are only suitable for children who already know how to read and therefore, presumably, have already started going to school.
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How can we help children ad learn colors? There are many books that combine a colored object with a caption indicating the corresponding color, but these books are only suitable for children who already know how to read and therefore, presumably, have already started going to school.
Yet children are able to learn to recognize colors even before they go to school. We can help them learn colors thanks to a special educational tool inspired by Montessori method.
It is the rotate to learn to recognize colors, which abroad is called Color Wheel. This wheel is very simple to make at almost zero cost and in a short time starting from materials that we already have at our disposal at home.
Like other tools of the Montessori method, the realization of the wheel for learning colors starts from objects that are part of daily life with which children should also have the opportunity to come into contact.
It is about clothespins to hang out the laundry. If we already have wooden clothespins at home, because we have replaced them with plastic clothespins, here is an excellent opportunity to think about creative recycling and to reuse them in a really fun way for children, both at home and at school. .
As for the Montessori method, we had already explained how to make some useful and instructive objects for children, such as the jar of calm, the box for posting objects and the mystery box to guess them.
What are the delivery times? benefits of proposing to the child to play with the color wheel?
1) Learn to recognize colors.
2) Learn to match an object to the corresponding color.
3) Refine hand-eye coordination.
Now let's see very simply how to make the wheel to learn colors. Children should use the color wheel under the supervision of their parents or teachers.
You will need:
- 1 base of cardboard or plywood
- 10 wooden clothespins
- Tempera or acrylic colors
- Markers
Start with a round base of plywood or cardboard that you will have to divide into 10 wedges of the same size. Paint each wedge with a different color and each of the clothespins with a corresponding color. When the gouache is dry, you can also write the name of the colors on the clothespins, with a felt-tip pen.
Writing the name of the color is optional, but it may be useful for helping children learn to read. The game it takes place correctly when the child matches the clip to the segment of the corresponding color and when, after a few attempts, he is able to associate the name of the color to the clip and the segment.
This game it is suitable for all children who have not yet learned or who are learning to recognize colors.
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A faster method to make the wheel to learn colors consists in printing the disc already divided into wedges to be applied on the wheel and colored discs to be glued on the clips. This system can be especially useful if you have to make many wheels, for example for the pupils of one or more classes. Otherwise, if you want to create only one color wheel, we suggest you have fun with tempera and markers with the little ones of the house.
One more idea: write i color names in English it can help children learn a new language.
THU il PDF to download with the templates to cut out.
Marta Albè
Photo source: Craftionary
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MONTESSORI METHOD: HOW TO BUILD THE CALMING JAR
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MONTESSORI METHOD: THE DO-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY BOX TO LEARN TO RECOGNIZE OBJECTS
