Let's color

Activity type:  Coloring activity
Age group: 2-6
Time: 15 mins
Language: All

Activity description:  

• Give each child one paper cup or toilet paper role and tell them which color to color it. Parents can help with younger children.  
• Give each child a coloring sheet to continue coloring with once they have colored their cup/toilet paper roll.  
• Place colors red, blue, green, yellow and orange in the middle 
• Instruct children to color the pictures in the colors they want, however that they must always ask for the color they want.  
• Do a practice round: 

​ASK - What color do you want? Can I have yellow?

MODEL THIS BEHAVIOUR A FEW TIMES and then let children color in their own time, parents should encourage children to change color and ASK the other children for the color they want.  
Put some music on in the background while children color. 
FOR YOUNGER KIDS:  Encourage parents to actively repeat the colors to their child. You may want to break the group up into a few smaller groups for this activity.  

• When everyone is done coloring, ask children to bring the cup/toilet paper roll to the front and hang up their coloring work together. 
• ​Tidy the space together.