Peg Board Exhibit
Language Extension: COLOR
Welcome to the Peg Board! You’ve seen how colorful pegs can light up the board and provide a fun way to practice COLOR. Here are additional ways to encourage color words, choice-making, and following directions.
Color Matching: Use the color strip to match pegs to the correct colors. Encourage your child to say the color as they place each peg: “Red goes here!”
Favorite Colors: Ask your child to find their favorite color and place it on the board. Model phrases like: “Let’s put the green peg here!”
Sort & Group: Encourage sorting by color — “Can we make a group of all the blue pegs?” or “Put all the red pegs together.”
Color Hunt Game: Ask your child to find a peg of a certain color: “Can you find a yellow peg?” Pause for them to respond before helping.
At the Museum: More Ways to Play
Art Projects: Name colors while painting, drawing, or coloring. “I see a blue crayon. Can you use the blue?”
Toys & Blocks: Sort toys, blocks, or Lego by color. Encourage your child to request “more red” or “more yellow” while playing.
Snack Time: Identify colors of fruits or snack items: “Which color apple do you want? Red or green?”
At Home: More Ways to Play with Color
Offer two or three color options and pause for your child to respond:
“Do you want the red or the blue peg?”
When your child responds, expand on it: “You chose red! Let’s put it here with the other red pegs!”
Extra Tip: Turn color naming into a game! Ask your child to find colors around the room, in books, or on clothes, and describe them using short phrases to build vocabulary and expressive language.