When my children were toddlers and preschoolers, I grabbed an egg carton and painted each hole a different color. After it was dry, we went on a nature hunt for colors, and my children tried to find something in nature that matched the color of each hole. A small pine cone was brown, moss was light green, grass was dark green, and a small rock was gray. Pink flower petals were lying on the ground, and we picked them up. My children had a great time, and it helped them to pay closer attention to nature.
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what a great, and yet very simple, idea! Thank you and I’ll try this someday soon when our world is more than just gray.
The best time to do this is in the spring, so that the children are hunting for all the new colors around them after the gray winter. I can’t wait for spring!