Teaching Kids about Colors
Recognizing colors and identifying color names is an important part of a child’s development. This connection of colors, color names, and color words create the cognitive link between visual clues and the spoken and written word. The process of learning to identify a color by name is actually more complex than it seems. A child needs to realize that colors are not shapes, sizes, objects, textures, but rather the shade, hue, and vibrance of something you see. Learning colors lays the foundation to complex cognitive thinking and neural pathways that will allow for complex thinking.
Colors are usually taught during the preschool years and will hopefully be mastered during this time. I always like to add into the kindergarten year a color unit. I have found that beginning a more complex study of colors with something student’s already know, quickly puts a young 5 year old at ease and lays a great foundation for new learning.
This is a great time to show students they can always learn more about something they think they already know about. What? Colors have a word that represents it? What? Colors can be mixed to make new colors? What? Colors come in different shades, hues, and vibrance? Kindergartners love learning!
Expanding learning of known concepts builds background knowledge, deepens understanding, and lays foundation that will cross over into all areas of their academic future.
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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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Do you love Brown Bear and his color friends? If so you will love these Brown Bear Themed Worksheets.
Give students practice recognizing colors and writing color words by completing these individual workpages. Or staple together to make a color word workbook using the blackline cover provided.
Continue the color word practice by using the color word wall, which is also included.
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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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Product Description
Cute color themed readers, perfect for your color week or for teaching color words. Students love to have their own paper guided reader!
13 Titles of Color Fun: Early Emergent Readers.
Contents Include:
Blue (Color)
Blue (Black &; White)
Green (Color)
Green (Black &; White)
Orange (Color)
Orange (Black &; White)
Purple (Color)
Purple (Black &; White)
Red (Color)
Red (Black &; White)
Yellow (Color)
Yellow (Black &; White)
Bonus: The Mouse Dance: Black and White
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