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Making Color Words FUN for All {FREEBIE}

October 19, 2013 Maria Manore Gavin 9 Comments

I am so excited to begin a two-week color word study in my classroom on Monday. I enjoy every moment of our color word study. We do fun activities, sing songs about the colors, even dress in special colors throughout the study. The kids have a blast and so do I.

Each day over the next two weeks has a designated color. Monday is black day, Tuesday is brown day, Wednesday is purple day, etc. The schedule is announced ahead of time and students are encouraged to dress in the featured color each day. Over the course of the day, we do extensive word work dedicated to the color of the day. My kindergarteners are always buzzing about their favorite colors and they like to have reminders about WHEN we are learning about their favorite color. I created a set of color word reminder cards to help with this task. They have been displayed for several days already and  my students are pumped!
adorable classroom calendar with FREE color word cards
You can download the set of Color Weeks Calendar Reminder Cards for FREE on Teachers Pay Teachers. They are perfectly sized to fit on your classroom calendar. I printed mine on white cardstock and laminated the cards to make them extra durable. (Most of the printable items you see here are also available in my TpT store.)

Of course, I notify my parents about our color word study as well so they can help my students dress in the appropriate color each day. Readers often ask to see my note to parents so here is a snippet from this week’s classroom newsletter:
fun ideas for teaching color words in kindergarten
As you might expect, some students in the class do not own clothing that matches our color of the day.  Sometimes parents forget as well. This is never an issue because the entire class receives a special accessory from me during our color days: a sight word watch. Annie Moffatt from The Moffatt Girls created an Ultimate Color Word Packet which includes her famous sight word watches. The set includes a watch for each color word. I copied mine on the appropriate color of construction paper, laminated, and cut to separate each watch. The watch collection is all lined up and ready for my students to wear during our two week color study.

fun ideas for teaching color words in kindergarten
You can buy Annie’s Ultimate Color Word Packet on TpT.

ultimate sight word package from the Moffatt Girls
We also have a lot of fun with music during our color word study. I play the song “Color Farm” from Dr. Jean’s Sing to Learn CD each day that we learn about color words. Set to the tune of Bingo, the song assigns a color to different animals and spells each word. “There was a farmer had a horse and green was her name-o, G-R-E-E-N, G-R-E-E-N, G-R-E-E-N and green was her name-o.” I can never get the song out of my head but neither can my students (and that’s the whole point of it. )

Sing to Learn CD from Dr. Jean
Inspired by Dr. Jean, I created a farm-theme Interactive book and poster-set to reinforce the spelling of each color word. This packet is an oldie-but-goodie and is the VERY FIRST Interactive Reader that I created.

color word Interactive farm book and poster set

As the title suggests, this printable set includes a 9-page student book (one page for each of the 8 basic colors plus a cover page) and a set of 8 coordinating posters to display in your classroom. I know how ink-conscious teachers are so the posters have blackline graphics for teachers to color themselves before posting in the classroom.

color word Interactive farm book and poster set... great for teaching color words!
color word Interactive farm book and poster set... great for teaching color words!

My own posters have been mounted on construction paper, colored, laminated, and are on display for next week!
cute resources and FUN ideas for teaching color words
You can buy the Color Word Interactive Farm Book and Poster Set from my TpT store.

The above photo also gives you a peek at my Color Word Classroom Signs {Black Series}. These are also available for purchase in my TpT store!

color word classroom signs... love the black background!
I also add a fun interactive center to my classroom for my early-finishers to explore. I used our school die-cut machine to cut laminated construction paper letters for spelling each coordinating color word. Next, I attached magnets to each letter. I place a the letters on small magnetic whiteboards in my classroom. My students love mixing up the letters to spell color words. Typically, the novelty of this activity only lasts about two weeks. At the end of our study, I pack the activity up and save it for next year!
fun ideas for teaching color words in kindergarten
My students have also fallen in love with Color by Number pages. I think they will be especially excited to do these activities once they no longer need to rely on classroom anchor charts to identify each word. I have a number of Color by Number activity sheets available for FREE in my TpT store. These are just a few that you will find!

FREE color by number birthday cake
FREE color by number firefighter
FREE color by number washington

Now that you know how I teach color words, I would love to know what special activities you do in your own classroom!

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Comments

  1. Annie Moffatt says

    October 19, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    WOW! It looks like you have colors down! I LOVE all of the wonderful and beautiful ways you are teach color words! Thank you so much for sharing our Color Word Packet! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Amanda D! says

    October 19, 2013 at 6:00 pm

    I remember having color days in first grade and we had to where whatever color we were learning about for the day. So fun! Thanks for the color by number sheets. My kids will love them!

    -Amanda
    -Amanda
    Teacher At The Wheel

    Reply
  3. Mary says

    October 19, 2013 at 8:30 pm

    We do the color words the first two weeks of school, so I am bookmarking this post for next school year. LOVE IT ALL.
    Mary
    Sharing Kindergarten

    Reply
  4. Tami says

    October 19, 2013 at 11:04 pm

    I had a very talented and artistic teaching assistant that made prop cards to show to the students that went along with Dr. Jean’s color song to aid in remembering the colors.

    Reply
  5. backinthehills says

    October 22, 2013 at 6:32 am

    I love the color watches! Thanks for the wonderful printables!
    Maria

    Reply
  6. Bena Bangs says

    October 28, 2013 at 10:38 am

    What a goldmine of activities!

    Can I just say, your calendar center is stinkin’ adorable. Love it!

    ~B
    The Busy Blonde B

    Reply
  7. Amy Acker says

    November 12, 2013 at 3:33 am

    Agreed, some students even in my class do not own clothing that matches color of the day.

    Amy
    http://www.apparelnbags.com/t-how-to-measure-robe.aspx

    Reply
  8. Debra King says

    July 21, 2019 at 9:47 pm

    I am searching for the animal color words poster only. Can you assist me?

    Reply

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