Colors and Early Learning
Whether you’re experimenting with color-mixing in science, completing patterns in math, or enjoying stories in reading, colors are an essential part of the school curriculum. Color recognition and color word recognition are skills that students will need to be successful in pre-school, kindergarten, and first grade.
Because colors play a pivotal role in the curriculum, it is important that some school activities center around colors. For students who do not know all of the colors, this is their opportunity to learn them. Students who recognize some or all of the colors can experience early success in school, which will help shape their attitudes towards school and learning.
It’s easy to incorporate a color review in your classroom. Talk about colors as your students paint or color a picture. Sort buttons or beads by color. Play a name game based on the song
Mary Wore Her Red Dress by substituting a student’s name, the corresponding color, and something that student is wearing. Put up the words to Mary Had a Little Lamb, then substitute a color word card for the word white.
The ways to review and/or learn colors and color words are endless. For more ideas, check out our unit.
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Product Description
This thematic unit, Color My World, is strategically linked to academic Core Standards is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, worksheets, science, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation.
Literacy Lessons
Rainbow Road: Matching Alphabet Letters
Tossing Colors:Reading Color Words
Color Walk: Clapping Syllables
Color Bear: Naming Colors
Shared Reading: Whole Group Activity
Brown Bear: Substituting Words In a Sentence
Independent Activities:
Color Words: Naming Colors
Crayons: Matching Colors
Math Lessons:
Crayon Patterns: Creating & Extending Patterns
Crayon Counting: Counting Objects
Dress A Bear: Building a Working Memory
Independent Activities:
Crayon Boxes: Writing Numbers
Crayon Sort: Sorting Objects
Rainbow Roll: Probability
Art Projects
Color Mobile
Abstract Plates: Using Color to Create an Abstract
Stain Glass Window: Tearing Paper
Color Mini Book: Illustrating a Book
Songs/Fingerplays
The Color Song
Stand up For Colors
Colors
Writing
Color Word Wall Cards
My Favorite Color
Colors
Class Made Book: Color My World
Science Projects
Color Chase: Mixing Colors
Guided Reading Books
The Color Zoo
Classroom Displays
Color Word Full Sheet Posters
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Included are:
4 choices of color cards (enlarge or reduce to meet your needs).
An original color song.
Two color worksheet choices
One black and white color reader.
One colored color reader.
Two choices of a color word flip book.
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