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Rocket number colors

Draw a rocket and use a number key to color its parts.

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What you need

Paper and large child-appropriate crayons in two colors.

Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.

Let's make it happen

  1. Draw a large rocket with a body, a pointed nose, and two fins. Write 1 on the body and 2 on the nose and fins.
  2. Make a key by writing 1 beside one color and 2 beside another.
  3. Color each part using the key. Draw stars around the rocket.

Adult stays beside the child and helps with the numbers as needed.

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