Color box IIII

Age
3 -4 1/2 yrs

Materials

 * A box with eight sections, each section containing four matching pairs. The colors are red, rose, yellow, blue, green, purple, brown, and grey.

Preparation
This is an individual exercise, which may be done on a neutral colored mat or rug. (Note: Work cycle to be observed).

Presentation

 * 1) Invite the child to work with the 'tint box'.
 * 2) Show the child where the color tint box is located on the shelf. When the child has made the selection of the material, begin with the third step after naming the material for the child.
 * 3) Indicate the proceedure of carrying the material: one hand on each side of the box, with thumbs on top and fingers on the bottom.
 * 4) Place the box on a rug in the upper left corner.
 * 5) Remove the lid and place it under the box (or next to the box if the lid is to be replaced after the materials are removed).
 * Say, "I will match and then grade the color tablets."
 * 1) Remove one section of the tablets holding the wooden or plastic edges, and place them in mixed order in a horizontal line toward the top of the table or rug.
 * 2) Select the darkest tint and place it below the box.
 * 3) Select the matching color tablet and place it to the right of the darkest tablet.
 * 4) Continue in the same manner with the remaining tablets, choosing the darkest and then finding the match.
 * 5) When the eight tablets have been matched and graded, select another section of tablets and continue in the same manner.
 * 6) Return the material to the box, one tablet at a time, holding the tablets as described in step #6. Begin at the top, and move from left to right.
 * 7) Return the material to the shelf in the manner indicated in step #3.

Control Of Error

 * Visual disharmony

Points Of Interest

 * Tints are found in the environment.

Purpose

 * Development of concentration, order, coordination, and independence.
 * Development of chromatic sense.
 * Development of an awareness of an appreciation for beauty of color in the environment.
 * Later work in art with color.

Variation

 * 1) Proceed through step #6. Place two rugs a distance apart. Place one tablet of each pair on each rug. Proceed as in presentation 1, making a match of the tabet from rug to rug.
 * 2) Taking the color tablet, go through the classroom to match by color the tablet to an object. Bring the object back to the rug, and place it to thr right of the matching color tablet.
 * 3) Remembering the color of a tablet, go through the classroom to match the tablet on the rug to an object of the same color.
 * 4) Cover the tablets. Name the color to be found in the classroom, and by memory go through the environment to locate an object with the color.
 * 5) Cover one of the colors, and name the missing color by viewing the remaining tablets.