Task #1

Task #1

Everyday objects:
**Flour
****Water
*****Food coloring
********Snack bags
*********Fly swatter

Taget language:

Colors

Instructions:

***Let the kids put some flour, food coloring and water in a snack bag.

**Take an advantage of it and teach the colors, give them clear instructions by modeling.

**Create many snack bags with different colors of magic dough.

*** Bring a fly swatter and do an identification game by asking.
where is the blue color? Where is the Red?

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My very first idea was with the fly swatter, I do many activities with it, competitions, identifications and more.
But, I found this everyday objects and made up something more interesting.


Comments

  1. Juan UribeApril 17, 2016 at 11:08 AM

    Hi Raquel, 
    You have an interesting activity here. The manipulation and preparation of colours personalizes the material. The fly swatters bring movement. 

    What type of conversation do you have with the students once the colors are ready?

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  2. Raquel CastroApril 17, 2016 at 6:00 PM

    Hi Juan! I enjoyed today's session! 

    They don't speak fluent yet, so after the magic is done, I tell them to find ¨things¨ that have the same colors as their magic dough, I practice numbers by counting the objects we found, and memory game by hiding the colors in containers and find the pair.

    Any suggestions, I would love to hear.

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