Yellow

Today we discussed yellow. We started by discussing yellow in books, poems and on TV and films. The children thoughts of The Simpsons, the Yellow Brick Road in the Wizard of Oz, Wobble Bear Says Yellow, Spongebob Squarepants, Winnie the Pooh, the Lion King, the Yellow Power Ranger, and Colonel Mustard from Cluedo.

Freya had brought in the book Saffron the Yellow Fairy, Lois had brought in a toy of Mr Happy and she and her mum had counted the yellow Mr Men and noted that yellow was the third most common colour for Mr Men.

It was noted that Alice in Wonderland had blonde hair and so did quite a few of the adults and children at the group. Emmie-Mae was wearing a top with Belle from the Disney Princesses on which was yellow and showed Belle's blonde hair.

We also had three poems written by children:

Yellow by Max

Yellow is for daffodils,
Yellow is for sun,
Yellow is for bee,
Yellow peppers,
Let's say hello to yellow!
Yellow labrador Zippy,
Yellow honey.
Yellow is a pretty colour,
Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow!

Yellow by Amy

The awakening sun in a bed of clouds,
The whole world bathed in moonlight,
Oh, what a sight,
The moon at night,
My homemade kite.
The midday sun beaming contentedly.
So many things are yellow,
The moon, the sun, the happy fellow.
Yellow sunflower,
In the golden hour of the day,
When children dare to come out and play.

Yellow by Rosie

Yellow, yellow, sunny yellow daffodils, so bright, so warm that brings us light. Lemon with sour juice or primroses in splendour. Buttercup with waxy petals or sweet banana and juicy melon. Poison laburnum with deadly juice and milky cheese. Oh, yellow you bring me joy, you stand above all, bright and shining, never shy. Petted chicks and water-borne ducks swimming contentedly. I think yellow doesn't want to be missed. It wants to share its joy with everyone. Yellow, yellow, sunny yellow.

Then we thought about food and drink which was yellow and thought of: cheese, lemonade, pineapple, yellow pepper, biscuits, sweetcorn, bananas, lemons, babyfood, Golden Delicious apples, sponge cake, juice, custard, salad cream, egg yolks, butter, honey and melon.

Animals which are yellow include: lions, ducklings, giraffes, phoenixes, cheetahs, wasps, bees, snakes, leopards and butterflies. Plants are daffodils, dandelions, sunflowers, primroses, roses, snapdragons and tulips.

Yellow jewellery includes gold, topazes, yellow sapphire, gold coins, yellow diamonds and amber.

There are also lots of yellow cars, including yellow American taxis and school buses, lorries and Lamborghinis (Yahya informed us that yellow is the default colour for Lamborghinis). Belisha beacons are also yellow.

Other things which are yellow are: fire, poison signs and other warning signs, and Brazil football shirts as modelled by Yahya and Tabitha. Yahya also told a joke based on birds, which can be yellow.

Sophia and Tabitha had made some yellow collage pictures, Freya had drawn some yellow things she found around the house and what yellow made her think of. Harrison showed us his bright yellow top, and many of the other children (and mums) were also wearing yellow items of clothing.

The children were asked what yellow made them think of or feel and these were the results:

Milly - "a bit not sure"
Thomas - "sad"
Charlie - "nice"
Luca - "acid"
Amy - " bouncy"
Yahya - "sunny, bright"
Hassan - "beach"
Isaac - "sunny beach"
Lois - " happy"
Nathan - "chips"
Harrison - "watch out for a step"
Sophia - " sunshine"
Freya - "heat"
Heath - "sunshine"
Emmie-Mae - "rainbows"
Eleanor - "going to a swimming pool outside"
Laura - "sandcastles"

As activities today we made rocking Easter yellow chicks and wrote in invisible lemon juice writing. The song-writing group has also started meeting up outside of the main group session to really focus on the task at hand.