Color Baskets
$2.50
Development Level: Infant
Learning Areas: Movement, Math
Overview: Children will be given the chance to explore, with the support of a teacher, various baskets of each color (red, orange, yellow, green, etc.) that are filled with objects of varying sizes, textures, weights, and shades of the designated color.
Materials:
- 1 Basket each for the following colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. (6 total)
- 1 object of each of the following textures/sizes/weights/shades for each color: soft, hard, rough, smooth, light, heavy, small, large, bright, and dark. All objects should be age-appropriate and not present a choking hazard for young children.
- White construction paper (teacher use only)
- Colored markers (teacher use only)
- Scissors (teacher use only)
- Tape
- Optional: printed images of each object inside each color basket
