No.30
Nature Color Match
Japanese name: 自然の色合わせ
Materials
- Several color cards
- Recording paper (optional)
How to play
- An adult sets a safe activity area and gives one color card to each group of 2–4.
- Find a similar color in nature. Fallen leaves may be picked up, but do not pick growing plants.
- Hold the card near the object and compare matching and slightly different shades. Stay together as you walk.
- Regroup after 3–5 minutes and share the places or objects found. Do not rank groups by who found a match first.
- Exchange cards and search again. Discuss the range of colors, then return collected objects.
Ways to adapt
Preschool children: use one color. Older primary school children: look for different shades of the same color.