DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAIN CONCEPT MAP
(option 2)
PHYSICAL: Fine Motor
My Kinetic Sand Rainbow: Children make two
balls of kinetic sand and use pipe cleaners to
make a rainbow
Rainbow play dough: Children use play dough
to make a template of a rainbow
What is hiding behind the Rainbow? Cutting
activity where students cut the windy lengths
of the rainbow to see what is hiding
underneath.
Rainbow Weaving: children weave on the
outside gate with pipe cleaners to form their
rainbows
Stick Sort: Children distinguish bead colours by
placing them on each stick.
Rainbow Clip: Children have their paper plate
rainbow painting and peg on the correct
colour
Sensory balloon Munchkins: rainbow
munchkins for fine motor development
PERSONAL/ SOCIAL / EMOTIONAL
Rainbow Role Play: discus the
feelings/emotions of the rainbow
Rainbow Fishing: Children hop in
baskets (As boats) with blue tarp
underneath as the sea and collect the
fish with a magnetic fishing line.
Rainbow Emotion Jar: Children put in
their rainbow emotion for the week and
read them out at the end of the week.
Rainbow Sand Pit: Children play
together in the colourful sand pit.
A Friend is: children make a class
rainbow fish and write on each scale a
friend characteristic.
SPIRITUAL / MORAL PHYSICAL: Gross Motor
Stain Glass Window: Using Cellophane, children Parachute Rainbow Wizz: Children run in
create their rainbow and stick on classroom and out of the rainbow parachute
Beanbag throw: Children throw beanbags
window. into the wholes each colour of the rainbow
Rainbow Mural: As a class students use their foot Jungle Climbing Frame: The educator will
prints to create the classrooms “Forgiveness decorate the climbing frame like a Jungle,
Rainbow” – educator reads Genesis 9:14 the children can pretend to be animals
whilst playing in the area.
Rainbow Yoga: Children use a variety of coloured Moving through the Rainbow: Music will be
mats played and children move like a colour of
Rainbow Scarf Dance: Children dance to different the rainbow
tunes with a variety of rainbow coloured scarfs Rainbow ribbon wand: Children play
outside waving their wands
Rainbow Climb: Educator paints climbing
frame with layers of the rainbow and a pot
Concept: Colours of the Rainbow of gold up the top for students
achievement
 Rainbow hopscotch
 Rainbow limbo
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COGNITIVE / LANGUAGE CREATIVE / AESTHETIC
Rainbow Song: Children sing song and make On the Hunt: children make their own
corresponding actions binoculars and go outside and look for
The Rainbow Fish: educator reads the book a rainbow
then children make their rainbow fish hand Skittle rainbow art: Children base the
prints. experiment off Noahs Ark Rainbow
Rainbow Puzzles; Class collaborative Rainbow Rainbow Shaving cream sensory tray
Puzzle. Projector wall art: Children wear white
Rainbow Alphabet Stepping Stones: Children t-shirts and become part of the
sing the alphabet whilst stepping on the rainbow projected on the wall.
rainbow-lettered stepping-stones.
Magic Rainbow Rain Sticks:
Colourful Food Sort: Children sort out
Rainbow reflection art:
different foods in their colour category
Rainbow spectroscope and then discuss the vocab of what they
CD paint art:
taste like
Rainbow Coloured Changing Milk: