Free Educational Ideas

I saw something in the Lakeshores catalog with a bunch of small items of the same color in a colored container as a manipulative for children to learn their colors. But the cost was crazy! So, I decided to make one!

Pringles can, found objects around the library and voila!

You can do it, too! It's simple and easy and cheap! Plus, BONUS, you clean out your junk drawer.

Now learning colors is obvious, but you can do so much more! Counting, language and descriptions, I Spy, size, etc...
Also, make it a treasure hunt! Have your little one help you find the objects! Fun, fun , fun!