Try the celery experiment with every color of the rainbow. (P is for Preschooler)
Set up an invitation to create and play with colorful parts, play dough, pieces, and manipulatives. The learning is non-stop! (Laughing Kids Learn)
Prepare a St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Sink with rainbows galore. (Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails)
Match colors in a color matching water bin. (Sugar Aunts)
Dye pasta in a rainbow of colors for sensory play, crafts, activities, counting, and exploring. (The Connection We Share)
Encourage fine motor skills with rainbow fine motor play. (Sugar Aunts)
Create colorful magnetic art with a bunch of different colored pipe cleaners. (Munchkins and Moms)
Build sculptures with colored ice sculptures outside in the snow, or bring the fun inside for colorful art. (Happy Hooligans)
Build a pom pom catapult and toss all colors across the room. (3 Dinosaurs)
More colorful play ideas:
Make your own colored sand. It’s simple, I promise!
Paint a rainbow with a recycled egg carton.
Create a few rainbow sensory bins for hours of colorful play.
Use lots of different colored tissue paper to play with tissue paper and work on fine motor skills.
Paint snow. Indoors or outside!
Colorful ways to learn and play
Colleen Beck OTR/L
Colleen Beck, OTR/L is a pediatric occupational therapist and the owner and author of The OT Toolbox website. She manages all of The OT Toolbox social media accounts and runs the popular newsletter.
Colleen created The OT Toolbox in 2011 and since then has written thousands of blog posts designed to support therapy providers, educators, parents, counselors, admin, and caregivers in promoting the healthy development of kids.
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Thanks for hosting!
have great weekend!
Thanks so much for featuring our celery experiment in those colorful round-up! 🙂
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