So lets say I am teaching first graders the color wheel and how primary colors are used to make secondary colors. First, I would show a picture of the color wheel with the names of each color on it. This would be visually learning since they are connecting the color to its name. Next I would teach a song about how which colors make other colors, this would allow for persistance since they could easily sing it over and over again. Lastly I will create a game that allows for interaction. The class would be split into 3 different teams. Each person from a team will have to make a secondary color using primary color transparent sheets. The first person to sucessfully make that color, will earn a point for their team.
This seems like a really fun idea! I remember learning the color wheel in my art classes. We had an interactive color wheel where you would like spin this wheel on the chart and choose two colors and it would be able to show you what color those two combined would create. That's a horrible description of the color wheel we used but I hope you get the idea. (here's a link to a picture http://interiordec.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=interiordec&cdn=homegarden&tm=13&f=00&su=p1005.2.149.ip_&tt=14&bt=1&bts=1&st=9&zu=http%3A//www.colorwheelco.com/) Would you ever let them try to make the colors from paint? (as another interactive activity)Do you think you would even go as far as teaching the tertiary colors?
ReplyDeleteYeah having them making the colors would be the next step, I was sort of having this as an introduction to the color wheel. I probably would not teach tertiary colors to first graders. I remember the first time I learned about tertiary colors and that was in high school.
ReplyDeleteYour teaching idea of having students make a color wheel is great! I like how you introduced the color wheel in "steps" to the student. Building different learning techniques on top of one another is a great way to help master the material, while touching on different learning styles. I am a hands-on, visual learner. You showing the picture of the color wheel and how to make colors would have been very effective for me. Whereas, many students learn better by sound or hearing the information. I liked how you mentioned that you would make a song about the colors. This way there is a catchy tune that can help reinforce the material that the students can easily reflect upon to remember. When I was in elementary school, we learned a song about the 50 states. To this day, I remember the song and often refer to it. Songs are a great teaching method and can be used for many years to come.
ReplyDeleteI really like the three examples you have choosen to teach your students. Especially the last idea. Most of your ideas at inquiry based which involves the students to take part and become involved with the learning. I know that when I participate in inquiry based projects I always remeber the information so much better. Therefore, if students havea fun time doin these projects then they will remeber colors and want to do more with them. I never thought of this but I think that students probably pick their favorite color from experiences where their color was present and it reminds them of a happy time, therefore it is their favorite color.
ReplyDeleteYour examples for three different ways of learning the colors are great. Another great idea would be to let them use actual paint and practice mixing the colors. This would provide hands on interaction with an item (paint) that they have more than likely already played with. This would mean they had already created neural connections pertaining to mixing paints, and your instruction could allow them to strengthen those connections and build new ones.
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