At first I set out too many colors. John took one look and said, "I just can't do it!" I quickly took away the basket and set out only six colors. John proceeded without hesitation. Mama's lesson learned.
"I did it!"
Traditional Catholic living in the modern world
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Montessori Color Matching
Montessori manipulatives are expensive. Some of them are worth purchasing (like the sandpaper letters I just bought) for those of us who aren't highly skilled at crafts and woodworking, but others are so easy to make. Today I introduced the color matching activity, having collected free paint chip samples while at Wal-Mart this morning instead of buying Montessori color tablets.
At first I set out too many colors. John took one look and said, "I just can't do it!" I quickly took away the basket and set out only six colors. John proceeded without hesitation. Mama's lesson learned.
"I did it!"
At first I set out too many colors. John took one look and said, "I just can't do it!" I quickly took away the basket and set out only six colors. John proceeded without hesitation. Mama's lesson learned."I did it!"
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I did the same thing, but mounted my chips to small pieces of plywood. The paint chips are also great when you move on to Color Box #3 and do the shades. Great job, John! My littlest guy was working on color matching today too but he preferred buttons over paint chips, lol.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a good idea. I'm always at a loss for "school" activities. I'm not creative at all!! I might be making a trip to the paint aisle soon. :)
ReplyDeleteIs it matching like color to like color? Using the paint cards from walmart is an awesome idea!
ReplyDeleteJulie: The first activity is matching like color to like color, using primary colors. Then there are several variations of color matching activities, with an advanced one being to order colors by shade (e.g., cut a paint chip strip of five colors into individual colors, then order them dark to light).
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