Orange is a color that is associated with the fall months of October and November. It can also be used as a training activity for people with developmental disabilities.

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Facts about the color orange:

• Orange is the color between red and yellow
• It is associated with amusement, extroverts, warmth, fire ,energy, danger taste, aroma and autumn
• It is the national color of Netherlands
• It is the symbolic color of Buddhism and Hinduism.

Activity: What’s in the Box

Learning Objective: to identify various items using a multi-sensory approach

Activity Area:

• Visual
• Tactile
• Olfactory
• Kinesthetic

Materials needed:

• shoe box
• candy corn
• carrot
• orange
• circus peanuts
• crayon
• cheeze-it
• balloon
• pumpkin
• leaf

Instructions: Place all items into an empty container such as a shoe box. Once completed, have participants sit in a circle and pass around the box. Give each person an opportunity to touch the object and to guess the name of the object. For people with a severe cognitive level or multi-disabilities, provide hand over hand guidance.

Prompting:

Discuss with the group or class the various sizes, the aroma, etc.

Alternative Activity:

1. You can also do a compare and contrast activity by adding items into the box of different colors and having the group choose the orange items.
2. Have the group create a collage by cutting out items in a magazine that are orange. This will help with improving fine motor skills.