Holi- A Unit On Colors

Finally, this mama and teacher bear has come out of her hibernation and of course the reason is the beautiful spring time! 

With spring, comes the festival of colors for north Indians though now the festival has gained popularity across the globe. Read THIS POST to know more about the festival.

Colors are symbolic to this festival, so I thought of creating a unit to teach little children about different colors using the theme of Holi.

It has a range of hands on activities that children will enjoy doing.

Sorting activity with balloons.

Roll the dice and graph different colors.

Clip Cards to practice those fine motor skills.

I Spy different colors.

Color word maze.

If you would like to get these, click HERE.

They are sure to add fun to the other holi based activities that you would be doing in your class.

Also don't forget to check out this cute craft HERE

Ramayana Puppets.

I wanted children to understand why we celebrate Diwali and so the story of Ramayana had to shared with them. The book by Bhakti Mathur was useful in explaining the story to the little ones as it has bright illustrations and rhyming text.

We made some cute puppets to retell the story. I gave them cutouts and paper bags and all they had to do was assemble them together and add features.

Puppets of Lord Rama!

Puppets of Goddess Sita!

The Brave Hanumanji!

Ravana!

It was great fun to see children enacting each character from the story. They thoroughly enjoyed the process and so did I!

Diwali Gift Idea!

If you are looking for a simple and cute Diwali gift idea, look no further. All you need is a diya or a tea light and some transparent coloured paper. Involve your children by letting them colour the elephant.
I would suggest printing the elephant template on card stock as the diya has to be placed on the elephant.
 Stick the diya with double sided tape after the elephant has been colored and you are ready to wish your loved ones Happy Diwali!

Holi- An Indian Festival Of Colors!

Holi is a spring festival celebrated in India by Hindus. It is also called the festival of colors.  During the celebrations, people gather with their friends and family and play with water and color. They visit each other's houses and dance, sing and  enjoy eating sweets. It is a fun filled festival that marks the arrival of spring and end of winter. All kids enjoy this festival because it gives them a chance to get wet and throw water balloons at their friends or passerby's.

I always introduce the festival to little children by reading this informative book.

After reading, we do this fun water gun craft! 

Grab the template and a fact sheet about the festival from my TPT STORE.

How do you celebrate Holi with little children? Let me know by leaving a comment.