Gumbo Island

Activity 3:

Color It! The Way You Feel

Objective:

Students will explore how they can convey feelings through color.

Materials:

Motivational Link:

Read the book Colors by Philip Yenawine. (Delacorte Press: New York, 1991)

Activity:

  1. After you read the book, tell students that artists use color to convey a feeling or emotion. Ask the children to describe what they think of when you read a particular color. Start by saying "Red." Answers they may give could include Anger, Fire, Stop and so on.

  2. Continue listing colors: Blue, Green, Yellow, Black, Brown, Purple. There will be no right or wrong answers. Allow children time to discuss why they feel the way they do when they think of a particular color.

  3. Have the students pick a color and draw or write about the feelings that the color makes them feel. Put the work in their Adventure Journals.

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