Perkins School for the Blind
I See Something Red
For learners with low vision, the ability to identify colors is an important skill that will help them identify people and places. Groups of brightly colored objects are placed around the room. The child is then given a colored paper and...
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Quilting
Students use a monochromatic palate, select shades and tints for a selected hue, or select complimentary or analogous colors for a quilt design. They design quilt squares using basic geometric shapes, repetition, balance, and proportion.
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Red is the Word!
Through the use of stories, artwork, and the KidPix program, youngsters explore the color word red, and engage in activities around the word. Teaching kindergartners about the color words can be so much fun. This could be adapted for any...
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Inhale the Colour of Life
Here is a four-activity series which elicits understanding of the power of color when viewing and creating pieces of visual art. Learners view the works of Robert Harris and engage in discussions which lead to an understanding of what...
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Red Circle, Red Circle, What Do You See?
Young learners explore shapes and colors. They listen to Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and use the same language pattern to create a color and shape book of their own. After that, with the leftover magazine...
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Putting It All Together
Students examine a painting. For this shapes and puzzle lesson, students view Guston's painting Blue Water and identify the colors, shapes and recognizable forms. Students work in groups to put together puzzle pieces of the painting. ...
Little Bit Studio
Bugs and Buttons 2
Playing with bugs and buttons has never been so much fun! Offering a variety of different activities, this is a great resource for developing basic skills in preschool and kindergarten-aged children.
Positively Autism
Primary and Secondary Colors
Red, yellow, blue. Orange, purple, green. Introduce kids to primary and secondary colors with a series of videos and a 19-slide presentation that shows how mixing primary colors produces secondary colors.
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Tissue Paper Flowers
Here is a sweet and simple lesson that introduces young learners to the three primary colors; red, yellow, and blue. Through a discovery process, youngsters learn how to successfully identify these colors, and the many shades of these...
Kids Can Have Fun
Cut and Paste Sea Creatures
Beautiful sea creatures help teach young children about colors in a simple cut-and-paste activity. After looking at fun illustrations of fish, dolphins, crabs, and octopi, youngsters must cut out and match a series of colored circles to...
Royal Society of Chemistry
Vanadium
Introduce your chemistry scholars to the periodic table's Goddess of Beauty! Through an interactive that highlights the transition metal vanadium, learners discover the colors produced in solution as vanadium changes oxidation state....
Perkins School for the Blind
Learning Names of Articles of Clothing
What to wear today; such a vexing question. Spend some time introducing the names, fabrics, types, colors, and functions of various articles of clothing to your class. Each child will take turns asking each other what they are wearing....
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Learning the Color Yellow
In this color yellow worksheet, students learn to recognize and print the word "yellow". Students draw a picture of something yellow. Students trace the word and then practice printing "yellow" on the line.
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Learning Black and White
In this color words worksheet, students learn to recognize the colors black and white and print the words. Students draw something black and white in the box. Students then trace a dotted example of the words "black" and "white" before...
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Learning the Color Purple
In this color word worksheet, students learn to recognize the color purple and print the word. Students draw something purple in the box. Students then trace a dotted example of the word "purple" before practicing on their own.
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Learning the Color Orange
In this color word worksheet, students learn to recognize the color orange and print the word. Students draw something orange in the box. Students then trace a dotted example of the word "orange" before practicing on their own.
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Learning the Color Pink
In this color word worksheet, students learn to recognize the color pink and print the word. Kids draw something pink in the box. Students then trace a dotted example of the word "pink" before practicing on their own.
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Learning the Color Brown
In this color word worksheet, students learn to recognize the color brown and print the word. Students draw something brown in the box. Students then trace a dotted example of the word "brown" before practicing on their own.
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All the Colors We Are
Young scholars make a hand print mural. In this painting lesson, students read the book All the Colors We Are and describe the color of their skin. Young scholars learn how to mix paints to create various skin tones, create their...
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The Colors of Seasons
Students observe each season and and mark the colors they see. In this colors of the seasons lessons, students read The Mystery of the Missing Hummingbirds and compare their results and note variations of colors in the different...
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Colors of the Universe Scavenger Hunt
In this colors of the universe worksheet, students explore the Internet to access one specific website to answer five short answer questions about the colors of the universe.
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Teaching Colors and Shapes Worksheet
In this early childhood recognizing colors and shapes worksheet, students recognize the different type of shapes in a variety of sizes and orientations and then color them a specific color.
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Warm/cool Colors - Page 4
Students draw pictures that make them feel either warm or cool using only the warm and cool colors.
Learing A-Z
Color Your World
Do your pupils know all the colors of autumn leaves? This packet of autumn-themed materials will help your kids fall right into knowledge of colors. Pupils practice making patterns, identifying and writing color words, coloring and...