The girls and I love exploring outdoors to see what we can find. I have thought about giving her a list of things to find but at the moment she is still a little too young, instead we play the rainbow game. My daughter knows the colours of the rainbow, she can both sing and sign the song, and loves the fun of exploring whilst out.
The game is simple whilst out try and find something in nature to match each of the colours of the rainbow. It is great because it gets children looking and exploring nature and even young children can play, as there is no need to read or match pictures.
Red
We found some red berries high up in the tree which my eldest pointed out and some bright red leaves on our Acer tree
Yellow
We also found a bee and some buttercups. We managed to find quite a lot of yellow today.
Pink
We searched high and low for something pink but could not find anything. We even dug holes to find worms but to no luck. We will look this weekend for something pink.
My eldest found a green fly. She loves picking up bugs and creepy crawlies at the moment. Taking a photo of a green fly with your phone whilst your eldest wants to play with the green fly is rather tricky.
Purple
My eldest pointed this out, she was fascinated by the shape. I had to explain not to touch.
Orange and Blue
The orange sand and the blue of the lake was just to beautiful an opportunity to pass up. Our dog loved swimming in the lake whilst my eldest played in the sand.
The rainbow game is a great way to introduce colours and to get children looking and exploring whilst out and about. When she is older I could be very specific like find plants and flowers or animals but at the moment its things whilst we are out. We also don't do the colours in order at the moment as this would make the game harder too. It is a lot of fun and my eldest enjoys the search and fun of finding the colours.
This day I love finding the rainbow
This day I love finding the rainbow
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