Colour Days

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Age
3-5 years
Child Development
This activity introduces children to a wide variety of vegetables or fruits.
Equipment
Vegetables and fruit from each colour group (red, yellow/orange, blue/purple, green, white/brown)
How to Play
  1. Organize snack menu so that each day of the week offers a different colour vegetable or fruit (i.e. Monday - red; Tuesday - yellow/orange; Wednesday - blue/purple; Thursday - green; Friday - white/brown). 
  2. When serving the snack each day, talk to children about the colour you are eating.

Modification for children who come with their own snack:

  1. Children identify the colour of their fruit or vegetables in their lunch bag.
  2. When preparing for snack time, children talk about the colours they are eating.
Change it up / Alternatives / Additional Options

Craft:

  • Print a colouring sheet that features various fruits and vegetables.
  • Supply children, markers and other various art supplies.
  • Children will colour the vegetable or fruit that is the same colour as their snack.
  • Use the colouring page for the week until it is complete with all five colours.

Below is a list of ideas for vegetables and fruit. Fresh, frozen and canned produce is encouraged. Use vegetables and fruits that are available to you in your community.

Red

  • Red apples 
  • Beets

  • Blood oranges
  • Red cabbage
  • Cherries 
  • Cranberries 
  • Loganberries
  • Pink/red grapefruit 
  • Pomegranates 
  • Radishes
  • Raspberries
  • Red currants
  • Red grapes
  • Red potatoes 
  • Rhubarb
  • Salmonberries
  • Strawberries
  • Tayberries
  • Thimbleberries
  • Tomatoes
  • Watermelon

Yellow/orange

  • Apricots
  • Yellow apples 
  • Butternut squash
  • Cantaloupe 
  • Carrots
  • Corn

  • Grapefruit 
  • Guava 
  • Golden kiwi
  • Kumquats
  • Lemons 
  • Mangoes 
  • Nectarines 
  • Oranges 
  • Papayas 
  • Peaches 
  • Yellow Pears
  • Yellow and orange peppers 
  • Pineapples 
  • Yellow potatoes
  • Pumpkin
  • Rutabaga 
  • Yellow squash
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Tangerines 
  • Yams 
  • Yellow tomatoes
  • Yellow watermelon

Blue/purple

  • Purple asparagus
  • Blackberries
  • Blueberries
  • Boysenberries
  • Purple cabbage
  • Black currants
  • Eggplant
  • Elderberries
  • Endive
  • Purple figs 
  • Purple grapes
  • Huckleberries
  • Juniper berries
  • Purple peppers
  • Plums

  • Purple potatoes
  • Raisins

  • Salal berries 
  • Saskatoon berries

Green

  • Green apples
  • Artichokes 
  • Asparagus 
  • Avocados 
  • Beans 
  • Broccoli 
  • Broccoli rabe
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Green cabbage 
  • Celery 
  • Chayote squash
  • Chinese cabbage
  • Cucumbers 
  • Endive 
  • Green grapes
  • Honeydew melon
  • Kiwi fruit 
  • Leafy greens 
  • Leeks 
  • Lettuce 
  • Limes

  • Okra 
  • Green onion 
  • Peas 
  • Green pears 
  • Green pepper
  • Sea vegetables 
  • Spinach
  • Sprouts 
  • Zucchini

White/brown

  • Bananas 
  • Bean sprouts
  • Cauliflower
  • Dates 
  • Garlic 
  • Ginger 
  • White grapefruit
  • Jicama 
  • Lychees 
  • Mushrooms 
  • White nectarines Onions 
  • Parsnips 
  • White peaches 
  • Brown pears 
  • White potatoes 
  • Shallots 
  • Turnips

Adapted from Healthy After Schools