Discovery Play Activities with Your Young Child: Color Scavenger Hunt

Discovery Play Activities with Your Young Child: Color Scavenger Hunt

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Suggested AdaptationS

Check out our guide to adaptations. Adapt for environment, materials, instruction.

General Guide to Adaptations

Description

Scavenger color hunt is a fun activity for children to do at home. Encourage your child to find household objects that match various color cards.

Environment

  • If possible, limit background noise & distractions
  • Wear sunglasses/hat if sensitive to bright light and going outside for the scavenger hunt
  • Place objects within reach

Materials

  • Have child’s assistive technology ready and available, including augmentative & alternative communication (AAC) device and/or power wheelchair
  • Add additional material(s), such as magnets or Velcro, to objects to make it easier to grasp, lift, or turn
  • Ensure the color cards and their background have a strong contrast
  • Use color cards of various sizes
  • Labeling colors to help children with colorblind find objects

Instruction

  • Simplify the activity, beginning with only two color cards or only have household items of two colors with reach
    Use a variety of methods of communication (e.g., sign language, gestures) to meaningfully engage children
  • Provide visual prompts to help the child communicate
  • Provide hand-under-hand support to help the child find objects
  • Model matching objects by color

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