Games
colour theory
Children colour a map using different colours, ensuring no two adjacent areas have the same colour. The maximum number of colour that can be used is 4 and make sure to give as less colour as the kids can. This fun activity builds logic, planning, and spatial thinking.
Materials
- different coloured crayons
- printed maps
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how to play
Give each child a blank map. Begin with a story, such as helping explorers or wizards color a magical map so that neighboring regions are easily distinguishable, to spark imagination. Start by giving them 6–8 colors to use and gradually reduce the number of colors, eventually challenging them to color the map with 4 or even 3 colors while ensuring that no two adjacent areas share the same color. Encourage careful observation, planning, and testing of different color combinations. Monitor their work to check that adjacent regions are not colored the same, and give hints like: Which areas share borders? Can you reuse a color without breaking the rule? This activity helps children develop logic, planning, and spatial thinking through fun and progressively challenging hands-on play.
Challanges
- The adjacent colour should not be touching each other.
- complete the map in certain time limit
- Can you try to colour the map usinh less than 4 colours?
Questions to be asked
- Are there any same colour touching each other on the map?
- How many colours do you think is the minimum to colour the map without the neighbors sharing same colour