Colour My World: New Unit!

            Central Idea : Colour is all around us and make a difference in our lives

During Summative Week we will gather the children's prior knowledge of the lines of inquiry:

Change: Colour mixing

Function: Colour is used to a) communicate and b) decorate

Perspective: Colour means different things to different people

 

I led a discussion with the children asking what are the ways people use colour. 

"Rainbows have colours" .....

"To make pictures." .... "We have colours because we like them" were some ideas and then a lengthy conversations on mixing colours took place telling me that the children are coming with some prior knowledge that when colours are mixed they create new colours.

I asked the children to notice the colours they were wearing and noted that Simone was all in pink and when I asked why she said "Because I'm a girl" 

Which posed the question "Is pink a colour that's only for girls?"

"Yes!" - Simone

 

"Boys can alway wear pink!" - Rocco

"Nooooooo" - Simone

 

"Sometimes boys can wear pink" - Julia

"Why?" Simone

 

"Boys can wear pink on Valentine's Day." - Julia

 

"You can always wear pink on Halloween" - Rocco

 

Gender and colour associations is something we'll explore further

 

mixing paint colours

observations

drawing symbols