Teaching colors to kindergarten is a fun and important skill. This kindergarten coloring activity will make learning fun and hands-on all year. Additionally, students will learn literacy, math, and problem solving skills.
Colors for kindergarten and coloring words
Color words and colors are taught in kindergarten to help students visually recognize colors. They also learn how to work with color in math and literacy.
Teaching color concepts is an important life skill.
#1. I Spy!
Spot It! I Spy! is a popular choice for kindergarten color activities. This game can be used at any time, including morning warm-ups, on carpet games, and as a quick filler activity.
To play, one person acts as the spy. They look around the room for clues and then raise their hand to guess what it's. The "spy" becomes the first one to correctly guess.
Use color games to engage students in learning and practice skills.
#2. Scavenger Hunt
A color scavenger hunt is another way to get students involved in learning. You can play by drawing different colored circles between the notes. You can use any color you want.
Students will make a notecard and identify the color. Then they will search the classroom for something that matches the notecard. They will stop when they find the right color and then raise their hands.
After everyone has found a match for their object, call out students one by one to ask them about their color. Pass their cards to each other and have them return to their respective seats.
You could also work with smaller groups. Have students take 2-4 notecards with them and let them wander the room looking for objects. Next, have students go around the room collecting objects. After they are done, they will return to the table where they will match the object to the correct notecard.
#3. Color Patterns
It's a win-win situation when kindergarten colors can be combined with math. Make patterns and identify colors using colored cubes, color links, or counting bears.
Students can model a pattern by calling out the pattern to you and having them use their manipulatives. Pattern cards can be used to assist students in modeling different patterns, including AB, AABAB, ABC, ABC, AABB and AABB.
#4. Color Sorts
It is simple and effective to teach kindergarten students how to sort by color.
Students can be given a few manipulatives to help them, including pattern blocks, colored cereals, plastic cubes and mini erasers. They can sort the manipulatives into colors and have them say the color aloud.
For students who are interested in practicing math skills, you can ask them to count the number of each category.
You could also use different colored containers or cups to make this activity more interesting. Students would then sort the pile into the appropriate cup or container.
You can also write the word in colorful marker on a sticky notice and stick it on any container or cup you have. This could be used to help students learn their colors words.
#5. Filling an egg carton
This activity combines color knowledge with fine motor skills. Make a circle in each of the spaces on an egg carton. A colored circle sticker can be used instead. Stick it in the bottom spaces.
Let students use jumbo scissors to sort colored pom poms in the correct places in an egg carton. This could be used for fine motor skills or small groups.
#6. Count the colors of the play dough.
Play dough can be used to teach colors. You can have students practice counting and identifying colors simultaneously.
Prepare by marking notecards with different colors and writing the words in marker. To decide which color play dough they will use, students will create a color chart. Then, they will roll out a dotcube and count their dots. Then, they'll make the play dough balls they need in the correct colors, counting as each goes.
This activity can be done in small groups at a table or at a desk with a color matching rug.
#7. Identifying colors vocally
This next kindergarten activity requires no preparation and can be done at any time.
Play with a group of people by standing in a circle. One person calls for a color. Every student begins by calling out a color. After each student has spoken an object, the class spells together the word color.
Students call out the next color by taking turns as the "caller", or students calling it.
#8. Match Colors by Rolling Dice
Color Roll and Cover, a game that students love to play, makes practicing colors fun.
A dry-erase or color cube can be used to draw or write on colored circles. Students will roll the cube to cover a spot on their mat. The student with the greatest number of spaces covered wins.
This is an activity from the Let's Learn Colors Mini Unit.
#9. Engaging Things to Do With a Bingo Dabber
You can use bingo dabbers for many kindergarten-color activities. Students can use a piece of white paper to write their color words with the bingo dabber. This will allow students to practice fine motor skills as they form words.
Another option for students is to use a piece or paper of white paper to swab and have them write the word they are using each time.
For practice spelling color words, they can even use a letter to say each time they stroke the letters. They switch colors once the word has been completed.
#10. Color Boom Cards
Another way to teach colors is to use digital kindergarten coloring activities. You can teach color discrimination and color recognition using Boom Cards.
They'll be able hear the colour words in the audio directions. This will allow them to have a greater exposure and understanding of colors.
These 10 kindergarten coloring activities will give you new ideas to share with your students.
