Can You Touch a Rainbow? Lesson Plan

What We Are Learning

rainbows

rainbow, moonbow, droplet, sunray, indigo, violet

group discussion, critical thinking, vocabulary, number recognition

In A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman, a boy plays with a rainbow after a rainy day. As you read, ask children what they would do if they had a rainbow of their very own. What games would they play? Where would they keep it at night?

Rainbow Scavenger Hunt

Materials: classroom materials, construction paper in each color of the rainbow

This cooperative activity guides children in using everyday items to make a rainbow.
To prepare, put paper on the floor of the meeting area and organize in the color order of a rainbow. Divide children into seven teams, assigning each a color.
Have students look for items that are their team’s assigned color. Have them put the items next to their color construction paper.
Once each team has filled in its band of the rainbow, ask children to describe how it felt to create the rainbow. Were some colors more difficult to find than others? If so, why? Was it challenging to work as a team?
When you’re done, have children help clean up by putting each item back in its rightful place. color exploration/cooperation

Materials: chart paper, a set of seven crayons in the colors of the rainbow for each child, paper

Use all the colors of the rainbow to create a playfully unique creature!
Have children sit in a circle in the meeting area. Place chart paper and a set of crayons with all seven colors of the rainbow in the middle.
Let children know that you want to use the colors of the rainbow to create a “rainbow monster”—but you need their help! Start by drawing a red circle for the head. Ask children to tell you what color comes next in the rainbow. Choose a student to add one body part in orange. Continue to ask children the next color in the rainbow’s sequence, and have them take turns adding body parts to the rainbow monster’s body, one color at a time, until the body is complete.
Send children back to their tables to create their own rainbow monsters. Remind them to use a different color for each body part.
After they’ve created their rainbow monsters, invite children to bring their drawings back to the meeting area so everyone can see how unique each rainbow monster is! color recognition/fine-motor skills