Stroop effect
Say the colour, not the word!
Paper
Felt pens
Prep time: 0 minutes
Activity time: 10 minutes
Activity
Divide your makers into small groups.
Get each group to write a list of colour words using pen colours that don’t match the words (for example, write ‘green’ with a pink pen).
Get the makers to take turns looking at their group’s list and saying the colours they see (not reading the words!) as fast as they can.
Build on this
Who can get the longest streak of correct answers?
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