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Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities

April 26, 2012 By Deb Chitwood 22 Comments

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Rainbow activities are great a number of times during the year … for St. Patrick’s Day, a study of colors, a weather unit, April showers unit, any rainy season, or just a rainy day.

Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities

Today, I’m going to bring together a number of wonderful Montessori-inspired rainbow activities I found online.

Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities from Around the Blogosphere

Dyeing Wool Yarn (Photo from Olives and Pickles)

Dyeing Wool Yarn (Photo from Olives and Pickles)

March Activities (with a rainbow theme), Rainbow Art Activities, Dyeing Wool Yarn Tutorial (photo) from Olives and Pickles

 

 

Beaded Rainbow (Photo from To the Lesson!)

Beaded Rainbow (Photo from To the Lesson!)

Beaded Rainbow, Rainbow Art, and Color Mixing Extravaganza from To the Lesson!

Rainbow Bead Stringing (Photo from The Education of Ours)

Rainbow Bead Stringing (Photo from The Education of Ours)

Rainbow Scooping and Rainbow Bead Stringing and Color Mixing from The Education of Ours

DIY Color Tablets (Photo from Pink and Green Mama)

DIY Color Tablets (Photo from Pink and Green Mama)

DIY Color Tablets (my roundup post, including Homemade Montessori Color Tablet Game from Pink and Green Mama)

Rainbow Posts from Pink and Green Mama

Water Transfer and Color Mixing (Photo from Chasing Cheerios)

Water Transfer and Color Mixing (Photo from Chasing Cheerios)

Water Transfer and Color Mixing, Rainbow Rice for Our Rice Pit, Catching a Rainbow Science Experiment, Raining Rainbows, and Collecting a Rainbow of Nature’s Colors from Chasing Cheerios

Desk Set Up for Rainbow Week (Photo from 1+1+1=1)

Desk Set Up for Rainbow Week (Photo from 1+1+1=1)

Rainbow Posts from 1+1+1=1 (Photo from Tot School – Rainbows)

Rainbow Sensory Tub (Photo from Homeschool Mo)

Rainbow Sensory Tub (Photo from Homeschool Mo)

Rainbow Sensory Tub and Rainbow Fish Activities from Homeschool Mo

Rainbow Sensory Bin from Trial & Error Mama

Vegetable Rainbow (Photo by Julie from The Adventures of Bear)

Vegetable Rainbow (Photo by Julie from The Adventures of Bear)

Gluing a Vegetable Rainbow from The Adventures of Bear (no longer available)

Rainbow Trays from 1 Mommy’s Journey

Rainbow with Colored Chips, Rainbow Mural, Collaborative Rainbow Project, and Rainbow-Making Work from My Montessori Journey

Rainbow Numbers and Counters

Rainbow Numbers and Counters

Rainbow Numbers and Counters in my Montessori-Inspired St. Patrick’s Day Math Activities at PreK + K Sharing.

Rainbow Addition and Subtraction Game (Photo from Counting Coconuts)

Rainbow Addition and Subtraction Game (Photo from Counting Coconuts)

April Sensory Tub and Playdough – Rainbows, Rainbow Activities – Part I, Rainbow Activities – Part II, Rainbow Rainstick, and Rainbow Addition and Subtraction Game from Counting Coconuts

Noah’s Ark and Rainbow Godly Play in my Old Testament Godly Play post

Montessori Color Mixing Activities - Rainbows of Color

Montessori Color Mixing Activities – Rainbows of Color (new in 2014)

Water-Bead Sensory Bottles for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Rainbow of Water-Bead Sensory Bottles for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers (new in 2015)

Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}

Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables} (new in 2015)

Free Rainbow Printables and Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities

Free Rainbow Printables and Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities (new in 2015)

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Filed Under: Holidays and Celebrations, Unit Studies Tagged With: April Showers, Montessori, Montessori unit study, Montessori-inspired rainbow activities, rainbow, rainbow blog hop, St. Patrick's Day, weather

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Comments

  1. Maureen Sklaroff says

    April 26, 2012 at 10:09 am

    Wow! What a great selection of activities! Thanks for the mention! I don’t even know how you manage to find everything that you do Deb. I swear you know everyone’s blogs better than they know it themselves. You must have some super organizational or search system!

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    • Deb says

      April 28, 2012 at 11:37 pm

      Thanks so much for your sweet comment, Maureen! I love doing online research, and I really enjoy sharing my findings. There’s so much online now, though, that it’s literally impossible to find and share everything that’s relevant. I often find activities later on that don’t come up in my searches, so Internet searches definitely aren’t fail-proof! 😉

      Reply
  2. Sara R. says

    April 26, 2012 at 10:26 am

    What a coincidence! We just started a Rainbow Mini Unit today. Planning to post tomorrow. 🙂

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    • Deb says

      April 28, 2012 at 11:38 pm

      Thanks for your comment, Sara! That is a coincidence … I’ll look forward to seeing your post! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Olives and Pickles says

    April 26, 2012 at 10:28 am

    Thanks Debbi for taking the time to do this post! Rainbow is always a favorite theme 🙂
    Also thank you for linking back to my blog. You are very kind.
    Patty

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    • Deb says

      April 28, 2012 at 11:39 pm

      Thanks for your kind comment, Patty! It was my pleasure … I love your rainbow activities! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Melanie says

    April 26, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    Wonderful and inclusive post! I love the pasta idea at the beginning. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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    • Deb says

      April 28, 2012 at 11:41 pm

      Thanks, Melanie! Do you mean the dyeing yarn activity that looks like pasta? It’s definitely cool, isn’t it?! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Jessica says

    April 26, 2012 at 11:18 pm

    Excellent post, as usual 🙂 Love the blog hop ideas. Thanks!

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    • Deb says

      April 28, 2012 at 11:42 pm

      Thanks so much, Jessica! Great to see you! I love the blog hop ideas, too … so many creative parents in the blogosphere! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Julie says

    April 27, 2012 at 6:53 am

    Pinning this! So many great ideas. Thank you!

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    • Deb says

      April 28, 2012 at 11:43 pm

      Thanks, Julie! I really appreciate your pinning my post! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Chrissy says

    April 29, 2012 at 10:02 am

    Oh my goodness, there are so many incredible ideas featured in your post! I can’t wait to try them. The yarn dyeing looks incredible. I would love to do that alongside the kids. Thanks for participating in the Rainbow Blog Hop!

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    • Deb says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:28 pm

      Thanks so much for your kind comment, Chrissy! And thanks for organizing the blog hop. I had so much fun searching for rainbow activities and love the great ideas that are linked up! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Tara says

    May 11, 2012 at 7:27 pm

    Looks like lots of fun ideas! I just made rainbow cupcakes the other day and the kids loved them!

    http://practicallyhomemade.blogspot.com/

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    • Deb says

      August 19, 2012 at 9:51 pm

      I just found this in the wrong folder. Thanks so much for your comment, Tara! I LOVE the idea of making rainbow cupcakes! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Cherine says

    March 23, 2013 at 8:43 am

    What a great collection of activities!! I love this theme!! I really want to try the yarn dyeing, and maybe some tie dyeing too 🙂

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  10. Aubrey says

    March 23, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    These activities are so pretty! We have a prism in our kitchen window that dances all over our breakfast in the mornings. This makes me think I should use it as a springboard for some of these activities! Thanks for the inspiration!

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