Tribute to Color
Kaleidoscopically good times!
ADDED September 01, 2009
Length: All day long!
Parental Involvement: Explain the concept and participate where you want. Also, planning some color-coordinated meals and outfits in advance would help.
Kids Should Be Able to: Use their creativity while appreciating our colorful world.
Today we continue with our "wrapping up Summer break" series. For a more detailed explanation of what this week's posts are all about, click here.
I think we've all seen Sesame Street, where they cleverly dedicate each day to a letter. "Today's letter is Double-U," they say, and it's simple, fun, and -- frankly -- brilliant.
Well, we're not here to try and compete with Sesame Street. Isn't there enough room in everybody's hearts for both Today Is Fun and Sesame Street?
But if that show wants to celebrate letters of the alphabet, well, we'd like you and your kids to celebrate colors. For the next week or so, celebrate a color each day.
For example, tell your kids that Monday is "International Purple is Pretty Day." (Or possibly, "Green is Great" day.")
Try to work the color into your day as much as possible, for instance (if you were doing "Orange You Glad It's Orange Day?"):
• Everyone should make some orange artwork. Use crayons and color a subject that is mostly orange, such as the sun or an orangatun or an orange monster or . . . whatever!
• Eat foods of the chosen color: oranges, cheddar cheese, carrots, carrot muffins, and of course, carrot cake!
• Wear clothes of the special color. Everybody in orange!
• Use Google to search for any of your kid's favorite things. Then click "images." Just under the Google logo on the left, click "show options." On the bottom of the option columns, you'll see small squares with each color of the rainbow. Click on the day's color, and you guys will see only favorite images in the special color. (We searched pirate and clicked the purple square to great effect.)
• Work the color into your conversation whenever possible: It's almost time for dinner, I pink. I reddy love you. Good night, my purple kid! Silly, yes, but colorful.
Add a little color to your end of summer days, and have fun!
(Many big thanks to the very generous and talented Pink Sherbet Photography for the outstanding colorful photo above!)
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