Description

What our Colors: Blue lesson plan includes

Lesson Objectives and Overview: Colors: Blue teaches young learners about this color. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to identify the color blue when shown three different crayon colors. This lesson is for students in preschool.

BUBBLE WRAP OCEAN PAINTING ACTIVITY

For this activity, students will create bubble wrap art. They will paint the bubble wrap with blue paint and then press it onto white paper, creating a water-like effect.

This lesson is meant to be used in conjunction with the other color lessons so that the artworks from the activity combine to create a large ocean mural. The activity for this lesson will create the mural background.

Options and Extensions

There are a number of options to include in this lesson if you want to. Dye rice blue with blue food coloring and a few drops of vinegar. Place in a large sensory bin with measuring spoons, cups, and bowls. Let students scoop, measure, and explore the blue rice. Another idea is to bring in blue food to try, like blueberries or blue corn tortillas. Gather items of different colors in a basket and provide a magnifying glass. Ask students to find and sort the blue items.

Take a large piece of blue tissue paper and fold it in fourths. Cover a large flashlight or lamp with the blue tissue paper and secure with a rubber band to make a blue “stage” light. (Make sure the tissue paper is not directly touching the light bulb if using a lamp.) Dim the lights and let students dance or create shadow puppets in the light. Create a color mixing station. Give students cups of water in a large tub. Drop in different colored tablets (found with children’s bathing products) and let students mix different colors to create new colors.

Give students a large piece of butcher paper or poster board and have them work together to create a blue image collage. They can draw pictures of blue items or glue items they bring from home (e.g., wrappers, crayons, yarn, fabric, magazine clippings, buttons, or tissue paper). One more idea is to color the blue crayon (see Additional Resources). Keep each crayon until the students have learned all the colors, then give students a small envelope with the flap cut off to color as a crayon box. Arrange crayons standing up in the envelope to resemble a box full of crayons!

As an extension to the lesson, read Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle, and Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Our preschool lessons include additional resources that you can use throughout the lesson. They are provided to give you as much content as possible to complete the lesson without their having to find sources on their own. For instance, if the lesson requires you to show students pictures, you can use the ones in the additional resources.

Preschool Philosophy

Our preschool curriculum is thoughtfully designed by professional teachers to nurture curiosity, build foundational skills, and prepare young learners for kindergarten and beyond. Each preschool lesson plan offers age-appropriate activities to promote early literacy, math readiness, creativity, and social-emotional growth.

At the preschool level, children are developing rapidly—socially, emotionally, physically, and academically. The goal of our lesson plans for preschool is to provide structured yet engaging learning experiences that spark imagination, encourage problem-solving, and foster a lifelong love of learning.

CURRICULUM FOCUS

Our curriculum focuses on key objectives such as:

• Building early literacy and language skills through stories, songs, and interactive activities.
• Developing number sense, shapes, colors, and patterns with hands-on lessons.
• Encouraging creativity and self-expression through art, play, and music.
• Supporting social-emotional development, cooperation, and confidence.
• Strengthening fine and gross motor skills through active learning.