Little J, our 18 month old son, is really starting to notice colors everywhere we go. I make a point of it to ask him if he sees “the green tree?” or “what color is Grandpa’s car?”
So, far pretty much everything is “neen”, which I find pretty adorable. However, I wanted to collect a bunch of the best activities for teaching colors to kids, so that we can practice!
I hope you enjoy my Ultimate Activity Guide to Teaching Colors to Kids. It is broken down by type of activity to help you more easily locate ideas:
Color Sorting:
Pom Pom Sorting – The Eyes of a Boy
Sorting it All Out in Preschool – Teach Preschool
Homemade Color Sorting Toy – Playtivities
Olympic Color Sorting Sensory Activity – Playtivities
Color Mixing Lab – Creative Family Fun
Ice Color Mixing – Meaningful Mama
Painting with Walnuts: Exploring Color Blending – The Eyes of a Boy
Color Mixing Activity – Homegrown Friends
Simple Bathtub Paint (Mixing) – Racing on the Road Called Life
Color Mixing Activities – The Chaos and the Clutter
Color Experiment – Powerful Mothering
Colorful Scavenger Hunt – Creative Family Fun
Color Search – Meaningful Mama
Color of the Week Series – Play Create Explore
Learning Color with Brown Bear (Series) – Craftulate
Color Books:
Our Color Books in Preschool – Teach Preschool
DIY Color Book – The Eyes of a Boy
Color Matching Book – Racing on the Road Called Life
Fun Color Ideas:
Craft Stick Color Drop – Mama Doo
Exploring Colors Through Play Dough – Homegrown Friends
Rainbow Activities for Kids – The Good Long Road
DIY Montessori Color Tablets – Living Montessori Now
Tot School Letter C (including colors) – The Good Long Road
One Year Old Preschool: Colors – Rainbow Review – Simple Home Blessing
3 Ways to Practice Colors (Sorting, Hunt, Matching) – The Chirping Moms
Learning His Colors – Boy Mama Teacher Mama
6 Ways to Learn and Play with Colors – Toddler Approved
Teaching Colors: Week 1 Learning Themes – ALLterNATIVElearning
By Individual Color:
Holy cow! That's a LOAD of great ideas. What a wonderful resource you've complied. Thanks for including a couple of our ideas!
PlayDrMom yes, it's huge! LOL! I couldn't leave out so many of the great ideas that everyone had! Thank you for including yours 🙂
You really did a good job with making different categories. Thanks for including 2 of mine too 😉