Description

What our Colors: Yellow lesson plan includes

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

BANANA TORN PAPER ART ACTIVITY

For the activity, students will rip up pieces of yellow construction paper and glue it onto the outline of a banana. Before the lesson, drip a few drops of banana extract onto a napkin and rub it on the yellow paper. Let dry. Demonstrate how to tear the construction paper into small pieces and glue on the banana. Younger students may need help tearing the paper into small pieces.

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. Switch out the banana extract and template for the starfish template from the Additional Resources. Display the starfish with the blue ocean mural.

Options and Extensions

There are a number of options to include in this lesson if you want to. Have students wear yellow to school. Another idea is to bring in yellow food to try. Bananas, cheese, pineapple, or a yellow pepper are all great options. Dye rice yellow with yellow 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 yellow rice. Gather items of different colors in a basket and provide a magnifying glass. Ask students to find and sort the yellow items.

Give students a large piece of butcher paper or poster board and have them work together to create a yellow image collage. They can draw pictures of yellow 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 yellow 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 Yellow Time by Lauren Stringer, Yellow is My Color Star by Judy Horacek, and Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni.

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.