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When you first walk into an elementary school classroom room, what is the first thing you notice? Is it the smell of apple juice and PBJ sandwiches, traditional boy girl seating arrangements, or the use of color everywhere? I personally notice the vivid colors. According to Rachel Grumman Bender, in How Color Affects Our Mood, there are colors that have positive and negative connotations to them. Lets take the color yellow for example. Sunshine is associated with the color yellow and "conveys joy," in other words, a happy mood. But yellow could also be associated with Jaundice, an illness related to yellow pigmented skin.
A classroom adorned with the proper use of color is exciting for elementary school students because no matter where they look, there's something pleasant to look at. There are a numerous amount of ways to arrange and decorate a classroom, but the best way to relate to the students is by adding outside elements to the classroom, especially with color association. For example, every weekend my family and I host a movie night. We rent movies from Redbox, invite friends over, and together enjoy the time we spend together. Redbox can be used to transform classroom libraries (and doors) into "Readbox" by using the movie rental companies colors and font. The students, using their color association skills, is able to recognize the reference and is a fun way for teachers to relate and excite students about reading.
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