With St. Patrick’s Day coming up soon, I thought it would be fun to do a St. Patrick’s activity involving rainbows. Plus, rainbows are a great way to work in some practice with colors. Knowing how much my kids enjoy do-a-dot worksheets, I created a printable Rainbow Do-a-Dot Worksheet for my kids to use.
Note: For more do-a-dot printables, see my do-a-dot printables page. Plus, see my post sharing 15+ ideas for using do-a-dot printables for learning.
The kids were quite excited when I pulled out our do-a-dot paints
I explained that they were to match the do-a-dot paint
With XGirl, I also used this as an opportunity to reinforce color learning. And for both kids, it was an exercise in one-to-one correspondence. Both kids really enjoy counting objects right now, so after completing several rows I invited the kids to count the number of dots they filled in, and they happily obliged.
At the end, they created a beautiful rainbow as part of our learning about St. Patrick’s Day!
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More resources for teaching colors
More posts about colors from Gift of Curiosity:
- Teaching colors through play
- Color matching with household objects
- Color theory activity
- No mess color mixing fun
- Ideas for teaching colors
- Color mixing rainbow challenge
- Color mixing science
For more activities that teach colors, see my Teaching Colors to Kids page and my Learning Colors Pinterest board.
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Nicole says
February 22, 2013 at 5:28 pmWhat a great activity for little ones! Thanks for sharing! I have recently put up a St. Patrick’s Day linky Party I would love if you get a chance if you would link any St. Patrick’s Day activities.
Katie says
February 22, 2013 at 7:40 pmThanks for sharing the info about your linky. I’m going to head on over and share my post!
chelle says
February 28, 2013 at 2:08 pmMy son loves dot markers!
Thanks for sharing at Sharing Saturday!
Allison says
February 28, 2013 at 10:42 pmLove it! I’m featuring this on The Sunday Showcase this week!
CJ says
March 1, 2013 at 5:25 pmI am so glad I came across your site on the linky. I am all about unique crafts and learning activities for kiddos, so thanks for this wonderful idea! I may just have to go out and FINALLY buy a set of do-a-dot markers now. 😉
Katie says
March 2, 2013 at 6:58 amWe find all kinds of ways to use our Do-A-Dot markers. If you buy them I am sure you could get lots of use out of them!
Kirstylee says
March 4, 2013 at 9:26 amThis is so cute! I’m printing it off right now to do with my kids this afternoon. Thanks for offering the printable.
Genny @ In Lieu of Preschool says
March 4, 2013 at 9:27 pmI see my pingback beat me here! LOL
Thanks for sharing on Tuesday Tots last week. I am featuring your post this week on In Lieu of Preschool.Please feel free to stop by and grab a featured button. Off to pin! Thanks again for sharing!
Heather {Upside Down Homeschooling} says
March 5, 2013 at 4:44 pmThis is such a fun idea for little ones!
Thanks for linking up to the Hearts for Home Blog Hop! Blessings!!
Bonnie says
March 6, 2013 at 10:06 amThis looks like an awesome activity I can do with my young kids!
Tatiana says
March 1, 2014 at 1:35 pmKatie, thanks for this great activity. My son will have a lot of fun doing it!
Shecki @ Greatly Blessed says
July 22, 2014 at 8:18 amThis was perfect for something I wanted to do with my preschooler, Katie, today. Thank you! 🙂
Katie SG says
July 22, 2014 at 2:02 pmGlad to be of service. 🙂