Color red activities for 2 year olds

How to start teaching the color red to toddlers {Lesson Plan 2 year olds}

If you want to start teaching the color red to toddlers with activities for a whole week, here is a list of activities you can do at home.

All this month, we are learning about colors. We have used printables, color pages, sensory and art activities.

One of the best ways to start teaching the color red to toddlers is to immerse ourselves for a full week or even a month with activities of the color red.

I will share with you my exact color red lesson plan and activities with the goal to inspire you to do the same.

products & Materials used:

• (Play & Sing – Rainbow Song we also used the Spanish Dedos de Colores pack)
• Ocean Coloring Pages
• Learn Colors Activity Pack
• Rainbow Scarfs (Amazon)
• Rainbow Rice (tutorial)
• Sensory tools (set shown is from Etsy)
• Shaving cream (Dollar store)
• Glue (dollar store)
• Red washable paint (Amazon)
• Red cellophane paper (Amazon)
• 2 Toilet paper tubes
• Red glitter (Dollar store)
• Unflavored Gelatine (Amazon or local supermarket)

teaching the color red to toddlers

My lesson plan for the week consists on using everyday objects to learn colors, create daily activities to reinforce the learning and identification of the color and to use the color section from our learning printable binder. The activities are taken from our curriculum, and inspiration to use our sensory recipes for teaching preschool readiness concepts.

Rainbow activities

Each week as we learn our colors I also like to have a few activities that involve all of the colors of the rainbow. This helps tie tie concept that the color we are learning this week is part of the rainbow.

Color Song

I love to choose a color song to sing throughout the month or week. For the month, we are using the Sing & Play pack “Rainbow Song” and every morning during our at-home circle time we use our play scarfs to get familiar with our colors.

I love this pack because it’s the perfect way to get inspired about colors, I love the chosen song and it gives extra activities to practice colors. They are simple and easy and I we use them together in the mornings.

Rainbow sensory bin

Because this was our first lesson about colors along with the rainbow song I also wanted to give a general exposure to all the colors of the rainbow. Let him associate that there are colors all around.

This whole week, I set up a rainbow ride sensory bin. I kept it simple to let him explore the colors. I colors some rice ( learn how to make colors that pop with this colored rice recipe )

I added cups, bowls and spoons to practice some pouring skills as well. Each day I changed the elements of play for the bin to provide a new activity with minimum set up.

• Monday – cups and bowls
• Tuesday – Hide red toys
• Wednesday – Hide puzzle shapes and complete color puzzle
• Thursday – Cups and funnels
• Friday – Repeat favorite from the week

Wearing our Color of the week

One of the techniques to learn the color red is to use our outfits and wear the color. This week we all tried to wear red in the house, not just our toddler.

I like to give choices to my toddler. This creates habits of independence which also translates later to play independently. Each day, u show him two color red options. It could be from two different color shirts to choosing to wear between the red shirt or the red shorts to wear for the day.

Coffee Break Activities

Sometimes we need a break, sometimes we don’t want to set up a fancy activity that requires materials. For this reason, I created the activity binders. Just open and play. This week I used the following activities as an invitation to play after breakfast each morning. Although they were not always about the color red it gave him a great exposure to colors. Which will our monthly theme.

Dinosaur Color Printable

One of my favorite easy activities to do is using printable worksheets to learn when you need 5 minute breaks. This week we chose the dinosaur printable from the Printables Colors Package and glued the color bows to wood pieces. By changing the way you present the pieces it makes a whole new activity! These little wooden pieces are Delma traveling mini Jenga game found at the dollar store.

We also used the following printables to play each morning:

• Monday – Dinosaur bow ties
• Tuesday – 3 tigers (free printable)
• Wednesday – 2 birds
• Thursday – Cars
• Friday – Matching Mittens

Red Stickers on Apple

Using the red coloring page from the coloring pages package, I took out the red garage sale sticker dots (available at dollar store or Amazon) and presented it in a tray.

To make the stickers come out easier take out the backing, this way the red dots edges are easily exposed.

Seeing red | Red binoculars

I had no idea he was going to love this activity so much! Create color binoculars using red cellophane paper and two toilet paper tubes.

Head out for a nature walk and use them to see everything red! It really helps with the color association and repeating the word red.

Playing with apple scented Red playdough

Painting with Red Puffy Paint

Red puffy paint is one of my favorite ways to use paint. Add a little bit of shaving cream and a little bit of school glue and you create puffy paint! It paints just like regular paint, smells like shaving cream and dries raised above the paper (liked one of those raised puffy stickers)

Sprinkle red glitter

You can do so much with coloring pages besides using color pencils or markers. Especially when they are so little and their attention span is so short, coloring pages offer a great opportunity to do quick activities.

For this activity although we are working on the color red using red glitter, I wanted to spend a lot of time playing with the glue. It is so important to expose our little ones to different textures and glue is going to be such a vital material in the years to come I want him to get a lot of exposure to it. Glue is sticky, glitter gets everywhere, is quite the experience!

A variation to this activity for those toddlers (or moms) that don’t feel comfortable handling glitter is to add the glitter to a spice container and just shake shake shake!

Painting with Apples

It’s apple season so we have a ton of apples at home! Apples are the perfect activity to work on the color red. We made stamps using apples, we painted with apple cookie cutters and even our fingers.

Get all the tips on setting up an apple stamping activity here

Don’t have washable paint? Make your own edible paint with yogurt. (Recipe here)

Scissor Skills With Red Paper

For this activity chose the lobster page from the ocean coloring booklet. The idea is that you select one color and cut long stripes and present glue and scissors (scissor skills for toddlers 2 years and up) along with a red coloring page to your toddler.

Start by cutting the stripes of paper and then using either a paintbrush, fingertips or squeezing the glue straight into the paper to paste the color stripes and squares over the coloring page.

For toddlers that do not feel comfortable yet with scissors you can cut squares for them and just work on the ponder grasp (grabbing objects with thumb and index finger) and work on placing the squares over the glue.

Rainbow gelatine Cubes

Kids learn bu playing, exploring and engaging all the senses. Create a Gelatine cube activity by either doing only red cubes or involving other colors. This unflavored Gelatine can be found at the grocery store. I like Unflavored Gelatine better for this activity as unflavored Gelatine has less sugar than regular Jell-O and it is less sticky.

Learn how to make these Gelatine cubes here

Our color red book

All the activities we did that were based on paper I collected them and created a color red booklet. I used red construction paper and stapled all the papers from our activities. I used stamps to write the word red in the cover. You can get very creative with the cover or leave it blank, it’s up to you!

The idea is that as you create activities for each color you create a book for each. Keep them close to your child to review and explore together to reinforce the colors.

I hope this gives you inspiration to do your own red activities. Being exposed to the word red on the color pages as you do the activities helps reinforce pre-reading skills and doing red color activities that are hands-on helps with those pre-writing skills. Get all the coloring pages and printables we used in one place!

Red Color Activities & Fun Ideas for Kids

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Contents

• Red Color Arts and Crafts
• Red Color Games and Activities
• Red Color Recipes and Snacks
• Red Color Songs, Poems and Finger Plays

Cherry Red
Make cherry trees, draw a tree outline and let the children either use their fingertip to add red cherries or use small circles made from a hole punch.

Strawberry Puzzle
Cut out and laminate 5 or 6 strawberry shapes from red paper. Cut each into 2 piece puzzles using different curves and angles. Invite the children to put together the red strawberry halves.

Red Paint
Place various shade of red paint at the easels.

Red Collage
Glue a red thing collage on red paper, of course. Invite children to bring red things from home to glue on to a red collage. You’ll need to have some things available too like, red fabric scraps, red yarn, red buttons, red paper, red tissue paper, red cotton balls, red milk jug caps, red confetti.

Wear Red Day
Wear as much red as possible, and get some theatrical makeup and paint everyone’s face red after rest time.

99 Red Luff Balloons Dance
Everyone takes home a red balloon and dance to “99 Red Luff Balloons” a song from the 80’s for all you young kids!

Take a red walk around the school and look for red things.
Do you have the story about the Star in the Apple ? It is good to use and later you can make apple star prints.

Clifford
Read about Clifford The Big Red Dog. Have a large poster-sized Clifford that the children color red by tearing red pieces of construction paper and gluing onto him.

Apple Order
Bring in red apples and let the children place them in order from smallest to largest.

Red Things
Have the children assist you in making a RED thing list (words and/or drawings) on easel sized paper, such as ladybugs, apples, cherries, shirts, socks, etc. Hang it on the wall and add to it as they come up with other ideas. You may end up needing LOTS of pieces of paper as their imaginations go wild with RED!!

Apple Smiles
Take 2 slices from a red apple & spread peanut butter on each slice. Put miniature marshmallows on top of the peanut butter in a row near the skin side of the slice. Place the other slice on top with skin side showing, & you have an apple smile snack.

Here’s My Heart
Heart shaped PB& red jelly sandwiches for lunch.

Red Taste Test
Buy some strawberries, raspberries, cherries, several types of red apples, and any other red fruit readily available. Then have a “taste test” and make a large graph of the children’s favorite red fruits.

I’m A Big Red Tomato
I’m a big red tomato
Growing on a vine,
A big red tomato
Looking oh, so fine.
Now you can make good things with me-
Soup, juice, pizza, to name just three.
I’m a big red tomato
Growing on a vine.
Grow, grow, grow.

Lady Bug
Lady bug, Ladybug, Fly away home!
You house is on fire, your children are gone.
All but one, and her name is Ann,
And she crept under the frying fan.

Little Gray Mousie
(Tune: Short’nin Bread”)
Little gray mousie loves strawberry, strawberry.
Little gray mousie sees one that’s ripe.
Little gray mousie loves strawberry, strawberry.
Little gray mousie has quite a fright.

Little gray mousie loves strawberry, strawberry.
Little gray mousie gives half to me.
Little gray mousie loves strawberry, strawberry.
Little gray mousie rests dreamily.

Red
(Tune: Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah)
Red is the color of Apples.
Red is the color of Cherries, too.
Red is the color of a fire truck.
I like red don’t you?

Red
(Tune: Are You Sleeping?)
R-E-D
R-E-D
That spells red
That spells red
Apples are that color
Strawberries are that color
R-E-D
R-E-D
(have the children substitute other things for apples and strawberries and sing again and again and again!)

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Summary of a lesson on the topic of color for children from 2 to 3 years old (1st junior group) "Visiting Katya's doll"

Purpose: Consolidation of children's knowledge of primary colors using game techniques and exercises.

1. Continue to develop children's knowledge of primary colors (red, blue, yellow, green).
2. Exercise the ability to correlate objects by color.
3. Continue to develop the ability to answer questions.
4. Activate and enrich children's vocabulary. nine0008
5. To nurture in children a friendly attitude towards peers and adults.

Equipment: dummies of apples, saucers, napkins, chairs - according to the number of children, tablecloth, steering wheel, flowers (blue, yellow, red, green), doll in a green dress, didactic turtle, audio recording of the song E. Zheleznova "Bus".

Direct educational activities.

Children with a teacher are included in the group.

Educator: Guys, look how many guests have come to us, let's say hello. Let's show our guests how we still know how to say hello.

The teacher together with the children perform a game exercise:

“Good morning little eyes, are you awake?”

(Teacher: Good morning eyes, are you awake? - the children point to their eyes and answer:

“Yes, they woke up. ”

Good morning ears, are you awake? - children point to their ears and answer : “Wake up.”

Good morning mouth, are you awake? - the children point to the mouth, smile and answer:

“Yes, I woke up.” Good morning everyone!)

— Guys, we haven't visited Katya for a long time. Would you like to visit her? (children's answers) How do you think you can get to Katya's doll? (bus, train, etc.) A bus is waiting for us today. I will be the driver and you will be my passengers.

Children take seats on the bus. The song of E. Zheleznova "Bus" sounds.

- So we came to visit the doll Katya. Something doll Katya does not meet us? Let's say together: "One, two, three, we came to visit."

The teacher takes Katya's doll and greets the children on her behalf.

— Look, Katya is a very elegant doll today. What color is her dress? (green) And she laid a beautiful table for us. What color is the tablecloth on the table? nine0020 (blue)

— What kind of treat did the Katya doll prepare? (apples) What color is this fruit? (red)

Doll Katya invites children to treat themselves to apples: "Guys, don't be shy and treat yourself to apples." Children go to the tables and eat apples.

— Guys, what color are the saucers on which the apples lay? (green). Doll Katya prepared napkins for us. What color are they? (yellow). What are napkins for? nine0020 (wipe mouth after eating)

Let's say thank you to Katya for the treat.

Doll Katya invites children to play: “Guys, do you like to play? I have a funny turtle. Would you like to see?". Children go to the carpet, on which lies a didactic turtle.

- What does a turtle have on its shell? (sun) What color is the center of the sun? (red) And the rays? (yellow)

Doll Katya: “I had a problem, I played too much and mixed up all the flowers. Help me sort the flowers by color. nine0021 Children take flowers of different colors.