| GREEN COLLAGE
PAINTINGS
Invite your children to help tear or cut green pictures out
of magazines. Give them large pieces of white paper, and set
out green tempera paint. Let the children brush the paint
on their papers. While they are working, have them choose
the pictures they want and stick them onto the wet paint to
create collages.
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SHADES
OF GREEN
Pour white tempera paint into muffin tins or small cups. Show
your children how to mix the white paint with green tempera
to create various shades of green. Then give them small brushes
or cotton swabs and let them use their new shades of green to
paint designs on paper. |
GREEN BEAN MATH GAMES
Use green jellybeans for playing these games with your group.
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Place jellybeans in a zipper-top plastic bag. After
estimating the number inside, count, then eat. |
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Number five paper bowls from 1 to 5 and set out 15
jellybeans. Take turns putting matching numbers of jellybeans
into the bowls. |
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Figure out how many jellybeans are needed to give one
to each person in the group. Count out that number, hand
out the jellybeans, and enjoy.
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GREEN
SEARCH & FIND GAMES
Create one of these games for each of your children. Use a rubber
stamp to make several green prints at random on a piece of white
paper. Fill the rest of the paper with identical stamped-on
prints in other colors. To play, have the child search for the
green prints and circle them with a green crayon or marker. |
GREEN IS FOR “GO”
From construction paper, cut out a large red circle and a large
green circle. Turn the circles into signs by attaching a craft
stick handle to each one. In an open area, invite your children
to drive pretend cars in a large circle. As they do so, hold
up the red sign to bring the drivers to a stop and the green
sign to signal that they can go. Then let the children take
turns holding up the signs.
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MAKING
GREEN
With your children, try these experiments to discover what happens
when blue and yellow are mixed together.
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Pour light corn syrup into a zipper-top plastic bag.
Add drops of blue and yellow food coloring, seal the bag,
and tip it back and forth to see the colors blend and
turn to green. |
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Squeeze drops of blue and yellow food coloring onto
white paper towels or coffee filters. Watch green appear
as the colors blend. |
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THERE’S A COLOR WE ALL KNOW
Tune: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
There’s a color we all know,
G-R-E-E-N.
It’s the color that means “Go!”
G-R-E-E-N.
Oh, grass is green and lettuce is green,
Leaves and spinach and peas are green.
There’s a color we all know,
G-R-E-E-N.
Continue singing about other things that are green.
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GREEN
SNACKS
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Add chopped spinach to scrambled eggs. Serve after
reading Dr. Seuss’s book “Green Eggs and Ham.” |
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Make pistachio pudding with your group. |
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Cut up green veggies, such as celery, bell peppers,
cucumbers, and zucchini. Serve with a green dip. |
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