Friday is here and so is your fifth installment for preschool activity bags.
This activity introduces simple graphing skills as well as visual discrimination skills. It also helps your little student understand that one color comes in a variety of shades. An older student could even put the chips in order based on gradation (from the lightest shade to the darkest shade).
Supplies Needed:
- paint chip cards- the ladder kind are the best size for this (you will need cards for pink, orange, green, blue, and yellow; you will need FIVE different shades for each). If you choose the ladder kind of cards, you will only need 5-10 cards.
- magnet strips (optional)
- color graph printed on cardstock (laminate for durability, if desired)
- gallon sized Ziploc bag
Shades of Color Preschool Busy Bag Assembly:
1. Print the graph.
2. Cut it out so it will easily slide into your Ziploc bag.
3. Cut paint chips down to size so they will fit on the graph.
4. Laminate the chips, if desired.
5. Add small magnet pieces to the backs of the chips, if you like. I do this so that my son can place the graph on a cookie sheet and then add the chips. They "stick" which makes it a little bit more fun (and less frustrating) for my son.
6. Put everything (25 paint chips and graph) in your Ziploc bag and attach label with packing tape.
Shades of Color Busy Bag Option:
If you would like to choose your own five colors for this activity, you can download this free customizable template and type in the color names you would prefer. You will need to save it to your computer before you can customize it.
Shades of Color Custom Graph Template
Looking for more ideas? You can find all of my Preschool Activity Bag ideas here on the blog, and you can also check out my Pinterest Board.
Sorry Ami, that was meant to be “a m i”, not “a m y”!
Hey Aimee,
No problem about the spelling. š
I did make these ideas up on my own. I am in preschool activity bag land. I have been taking my notebook with me in the car (while Jason is driving, of course) and writing down all my ideas.
Don’t be amazed at what I accomplish, though. You should see my dining room table…wait a minute…I can’t even see it. š
I hope to start posting the Read to Me ABC thing next week! I have four weeks done with pictures– just need to get the blog posts written up!
And, as always, you are so welcome!
š Ami
I am enjoying your new blog and LOVING the activities in a bag posts! Thank you for sharing.
I LOVE this idea Ami!! Thank you SO much for sharing. This will be a great activity for all my kids to do… once I get around to putting it together š LOL!
Oh, this is my favorite idea so far, but not for a preschool bag. I am thinking it would be a great resource to mix and match colors when designing things.
Fun, fun.
BTW, I like all the other ideas too. I am going to start making up bags so I will have some ready to go when I have little company.
And I like your new website. How are you liking it compared to HSB?