Color Hunt with Khan Academy Kids
You will need:
- 1. Smartphone or tablet
- 2. Khan Academy Kids app
- 3. Logic Primary Colors game
Process:
- Khan Academy Kids has a ton of FREE language, literacy and brain bulilding activities for children 2-5.
- Try the Primary Colors game to go on a color hunt together.
- Looking for colors helps hone observation skills!
- The game uses a song to teach color names! You can use this song in your daily routine to help teach different color words.
- Go on a REAL color hunt in your home, or on the way to school!
- Talk about colors during your everyday experiences, like getting dressed, on the way to school, and in the supermarket.
Tech Tips for Young Children:
- Co-view media together: talk with your child, watch, listen and play along.
- Choose media that matches your child’s interests, and is age appropriate.
- Create a screen free zone in the bedroom to ensure healthy sleep habits.
- Be a role model by limiting your own media usage, your child will follow your lead!
- Set rules for screen time together as a family. Use our Family Media Plan!
For more tips on managing screen/tech time with your little ones, check out our post: Balancing Your Family's Screen Time in Difficult Times
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