Tag: Toddler Colors

Preschool Mixing Colors

This month my 4 year was learning how to mix colors. We used books and Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities from Teachers Pay Teachers. First I taught her the primary colors; red, yellow, and blue. Then we read the books over and over and she learned how to mix red and yellow to make orange, yellow and blue to make green, and blue and red to make purple.

Monsters Love Colors

We read Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin and decided to make some marble painting monsters.

First we drew a monster outline on a large piece of paper and placed the paper inside a cookie tray. Then we dropped some red and blue paint on the paper and added a few marbles to the cookie tray. She moved the tray back and forth to have the marbles move through the paint and mix the colors. We did another monster with red and yellow paint drops and a third one with blue and yellow paint.

Finally she wanted to do one with all three primary colors of paint.

After the paint dried we cut out black paper to look like mouths and eye brows. We also added googly eyes to the monster.

She loved this book and asked to read it every night for a while.

The Dot

We read The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds and she make several paintings with all sizes and colors of dots on her easel. She even experimented with mixing paint colors to make new colors of dots.

Painting on her easel is one of her favorite activities.

Mix It Up! and Press Here

For today we read Mix It Up! and Press Here by Herve Tullet. She really enjoyed the actions in these books. We used our Primary Science Lab to mix colored water. I placed a few drops of red, yellow, and blue food coloring in the beakers.

She used an eye dropper to mix the primary colors to make the secondary colors.

Red and yellow to make orange, blue and yellow to make green, and last red and blue to make purple.

Once she had all the colors, she experimented with the colored water to make new colors. Most of them ended up as a brown color.

She really enjoys playing with this Primary Science Lab. Just be sure to place it on a cookie tray on top of a towel if you have very young children.

Mouse Paint & White Rabbit’s Color Book

We read Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh and White Rabbit’s Color Book by Alan Baker.

I printed the color mixing page from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities from Teachers Pay Teachers onto cardstock. She only had the primary colors of paint and she had to mix those to make the primary colors.

Color Dance

Today we read Color Dance by Ann Jonas and then tried to mix white with each color and black with each color.

We made 3 circles of each color and then added white paint to each color on the column on the left and added black paint to each color on the column on the right.

Mixing Colored Ice Cubes

I froze red, blue, and yellow water. Then she placed the ice cubes in the jars to mix the colors.

  • red ice cubes in the first jar
  • red and yellow in the second jar
  • yellow in the third jar
  • yellow and blue in the fourth jar
  • blue in the fith
  • and blue with red in the last jar.

Painting with Primary Colored Ice Cubes

I also let her paint with the ice tubes. She could make a rainbow by mixing the primary colors.

You might find some more good ideas for learning toddler colors here:

Or some more of our preschool units here:

Preschool Spelling Colors

This month my 4 year was learning how to spell colors while the 2 year old also learned to identify the colors. We used books, songs, worksheets, and hands on activities to learn, red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, black, brown, white, gray, and pink. We used two packets from Teachers Pay Teachers; Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities and Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK.

Red

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the red strawberries and the write the word “RED” at the bottom.
  • Color the red fire truck and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the red dot dauber to make dots around the word “RED”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and crayons and she painted a page too.

Yellow

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the yellow sun and the write the word “YELLOW” at the bottom.
  • Color the yellow school bus and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the yellow dot dauber to make dots around the word “YELLOW”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Blue

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the blue bird and the write the word “BLUE” at the bottom.
  • Color the blue butterfly and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the blue dot dauber to make dots around the word “BLUE”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Green

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the green caterpillar and the write the word “GREEN” at the bottom.
  • Color the green dino and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the green dot dauber to make dots around the word “GREEN”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Purple

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the purple violet and the write the word “PURPLE” at the bottom.
  • Color the purple grapes and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the purple dot dauber to make dots around the word “PURPLE”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Orange

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the orange carrots and the write the word “ORANGE” at the bottom.
  • Color the orange tiger and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the orange dot dauber to make dots around the word “ORANGE”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Black

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the black spider and the write the word “BLACK” at the bottom.
  • Color the black bat and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the black dot dauber to make dots around the word “BLACK”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Brown

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the brown football and the write the word “BROWN” at the bottom.
  • Color the brown guitar and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the brown dot dauber to make dots around the word “BROWN”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

White

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the white dice and the write the word “WHITE” at the bottom.
  • Color the white snow flakes and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the white dot dauber to make dots around the word “WHITE”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Gray

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the gray hammer and the write the word “GRAY” at the bottom.
  • Color the gray shark and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the gray dot dauber to make dots around the word “GRAY”.

Activities:

  • “I Can Spell Gray” YouTube Song
  • Spell “GRAY” with gray play dough and letter cutters. We mixed some black and some white to make the gray play dough.
  • Spread sand on a cookie sheet and use your finger to spell “GRAY”.

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Pink

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the pink pig and the write the word “PINK” at the bottom.
  • Color the pink flower and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the pink dot dauber to make dots around the word “PINK”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Review

We also played some games from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color BINGO
  • High Five Colors
  • I Spy Colors
  • Color Parking Lot

She also did some coloring sheets that had all of the colors to read and trace.

She also did some coloring sheets with Bible verses She wanted to use sliver and gold so we added Esther 8:15.

We also worked on her favorite color.

I printed the cut and glue Spider Colors and Flower Garden from this FALL FUN pack and VALENTINE pack on Teacher Pay Teachers.

You might find some more good ideas for learning toddler colors here:

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Or some more of our preschool units here:

Tot-School Colors Day -Review

Today we reviewed all of the colors that we have learned so far.

Read:  

YouTube Songs: 

Song: 

If You Are Wearing Red

If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red,
Then please shake your head.
If you are wearing red, shake your head.

Blue, touch your shoe
Black, pat your back
Green, bow like a queen
Yellow, Shake like Jell-O
Brown, Turn around
Pink, give us a wink

Activities:  

  • Sort colored pom-pom balls into the corresponding colored bowls or in this case I used paint lids.
  • High-Five Colors:  Make hand prints out of felt and have the child give a high five to the color you call out.
  • Bear Puzzle- I had this wooden bear puzzle that I found at a famer’s market years ago.  It has all the colors that we have learned and T is starting to get better at puzzles.
  • Sort Colored scoops of ice cream onto the correct cones.
  • Color Crayon File Folder Game- I printed out and put together this Color Crayon File Folder Game.
  • Mouse in the Color House- Hide the mouse behind the house and let the child find it.
  • Sign Language for Colors

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School Pink Day

Read:  

Song: 

I’M A LITTLE PIGGY
Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”

I’m a little piggy
With a round pig nose.
I’m all pink
From my head to my toes.

Here’s my piggy tail,
As you can see,
It’s pink and curly
As it can be.
–Elizabeth Scofield

Color Recognition:  Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is pink).  Have the child point to the pink car. (We used Cocomelon flashcards today)

Word Recognition:  Print the Pink paper to use with do-a-dot markers. 

Discuss: 

  • What is something pink? Pig, heart, flamingo, etc…
  • “I spy something pink…”

Snack:  hot dogs, strawberry smoothie, raspberries covered with sugar, salami, ham, pink unicorn pudding, pink pop tart

Pink Playdough

Get out any pink play dough and pink play dough toys and tools. Show the child how to use the tools.

Pink Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are PINK (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and pink paper, scissors, glue

Description: Child used drawing materials on the white paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the pink paper.

Play with Pink Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a pink one for her to play with today.

PINK word and pictures

I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago.  She put the pink pictures onto the PINK word.

Pink Hearts

Materials:

  • Pink Paint
  • White Paper
  • Paper Plate
  • Marker

Directions:

  1. Draw a hart around it.ot to follow directions
  2. Pour some paint on the plate.
  3. Dip the child’s foot in the paint.
  4. Place the foot print on the paper.
  5. Dip the other foot in the paint and put it on the paper with the heels in the same spot but the toes off to the side a bit.

Pink Princess Dress Up

She got to play in her Princess Dress Up dress today.

PINK Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with pink toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School Gray Day

Read:  

Song: 

THREE GRAY MICE
Tune: “Three Blind Mice”

Three gray mice,
Three gray mice,
Oh, how nice,
Oh, how nice.
They ran around the house at night.
They found some cheese and had a bite.
The farmer’s wife turned on the light.
As three gray mice,
Ran from sight!
–Jean Warren

Color Recognition:  Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is gray).  Have the child point to the gray car.

Word Recognition:  Print the Gray paper to use with do-a-dot markers. 

Discuss: 

  • What is something gray? Mouse, shark, clouds, etc…
  • “I spy something gray…”

Snack:  Oatmeal, Hershey’s Kiss

Gray Playdough

Get out any gray play dough and gray play dough toys and tools. Show the child how to use the tools.

Gray Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are GRAY (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and gray paper, scissors, glue

Description: Child used drawing materials on the white paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the gray paper.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot to follow directions, be creative, and fine motor skills.

Play with Gray Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a gray one for her to play with today.

GRAY word and pictures

I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago.  She put the gray pictures onto the GRAY word.

Coin Sorting

Materials:

Directions:

  1. Child can sort the coins by size.

GRAY Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with gray toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School White Day

Read:  

Song: 

SING FOR WHITE
Tune: “Jingle Bells”

Sing for white, sing for white,
Let’s all sing for white.
Sing for eggs and sing for clouds,
Sing for snow so bright.

Sing for milk, sing for chalk,
Sing for cotton, too.
And sing for little polar bears,
That live down at the zoo.
–Elizabeth Scofield

Color Recognition:  Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is white).  Have the child point to the white car.

Word Recognition:  Print the white paper to use with do-a-dot markers. 

Discuss: 

  • What is something white? Baseball, daisy, sheep, etc…
  • “I spy something white…”

Snack:  Milk, Yogurt, Powdered Donuts, White Chocolate Pudding, Popcorn, Coconut, Cottage Cheese, cheese sticks, Quesadilla, Marshmallows, Hard Boiled Egg, Cauliflower

White Playdough

Get out any white play dough and white play dough toys and tools. Show the child how to use the tools.

White Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are WHITE (crayons, markers, colored pencil), black and white paper, scissors, glue

Description: Child used drawing materials on the black paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the white paper.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot to follow directions, be creative, and fine motor skills.

Play with White Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a white one for her to play with today.

WHITE word and pictures

I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago.  She put the white pictures onto the WHITE word.

Egg Shapes

Materials:

Directions:

  1. Ask child what color the eggs are.
  2. Open all of the eggs and show the child how to match up the shapes.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot color recognition, teach your tot to follow directions, practice fine motor skills

Snow Play

Luckily we had snow recently, so she got to go sledding.

WHITE & BLACK Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with white and black toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School Brown Day

Read:  

Song: 

THREE BROWN BEARS
Tune: “Three Blind Mice”

Three brown bears, three brown bears.
See all their beds, see all their chairs.
The mommy cooked in a big brown pot.
The daddy’s porridge was much too hot.
The baby bear always cried a lot.
Three brown bears.
–Judith E. McNitt

Color Recognition:  Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is brown).  Have the child point to the brown car.

Word Recognition:  Print the Brown paper to use with do-a-dot markers. 

Discuss: 

  • What is something brown? Acorn, chocolate, bear, etc…
  • “I spy something brown…”

Snack:  Waffles with Maple Syrup, Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Chocolate Milk, peanuts, chocolate, Banana bread, Pretzels, Almonds

Brown Playdough

Get out any brown play dough and brown play dough toys and tools. Show the child how to use the tools.

Brown Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are BROWN (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and brown paper, scissors, glue

Description: Child used drawing materials on the white paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the brown paper.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot to follow directions, be creative, and fine motor skills.

Play with Brown Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a brown one for her to play with today.

BROWN word and pictures

I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago.  She put the yellow pictures onto the BROWN word.

Football Lacing

Materials:

  • Brown Construction Paper
  • Scissors
  • Hole Punch
  • White Crayon
  • Brown Shoe Lace

Directions:

  1. Cut a football from brown construction paper, draw the laces on the middle of it with the white crayon, and laminate it.
  2. Punch holes around it.
  3. Let the child lace the around the football with the shoe lace.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot color recognition, teach your tot to follow directions, teach fine motor skills

BROWN Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with brown toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School Black Day

Read:  

Song: 

TWO LITTLE BLACK BIRDS

Two little black birds,

Sitting on a hill. (Hold up two hands, fingers spread)

One named Jack, (Flap fingers on one hand)

One named Jill. (Flap fingers on other hand)

Fly away Jack. (Flap fingers on first hand and bring behind back)

Fly away Jill. (Flap fingers on other hand and bring behind back.)

Come back Jack. (Jack flies back out,)

Come back Jill. (Jill flies out)

Two little black birds, (Hold hands out fingers spread)

Back on the hill. Happy together. Together still.

Color Recognition:  Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is black).  Have the child point to the black car.

Word Recognition:  Print the Black paper to use with do-a-dot markers. 

Discuss: 

  • What is something black?  Spider, bat, car, etc…
  • “I spy something black…”

Snack:  Raisins, Black Licorice, Olives, Oreos, Blackberries, Black Beans

BLACK Playdough

Get out any black play dough and black play dough toys and tools. Show the child how to use the tools.

Black Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are BLACK (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and black paper, scissors, glue

Description: Child used drawing materials on the white paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the black paper.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot to follow directions, be creative, and fine motor skills.

Play with Black Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a black one for her to play with today.

BLACK word and pictures

I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago.  She put the yellow pictures onto the BLACK word.

Black Spider Prints

Materials:

Directions:

  1. Set out the black ink pad and let the child make finger prints on the white paper.
  2. Use the black pen to draw 8 legs and 2 eyes on each print to make the spiders.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot color recognition, teach your tot to follow directions

BLACK & WHITE Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with black and white toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School Colors Day -Rainbow

Today we reviewed all of the rainbow colors before moving on to the browns and grays!

Read:  

Song: 

If You Are Wearing Red

If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red,
Then please shake your head.
If you are wearing red, shake your head.

Blue, touch your shoe
Green, bow like a queen
Yellow, Shake like Jell-O

Discuss:  What are the colors of the rainbow? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple 

We used our Dot Magnets and our Dot Daubers on the Rainbow Do-A-Dot  page.

Rainbow Color Activities:

  • Hop on Colors
  • Sort colored alphabet cards by color

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School Orange Day

Read:  

Song: 

ORANGE TREATS

Orange treats, orange treats, yum, yum, yum.
Which will I choose, oh what fun.
Will it be a carrot, crunchy and sweet?
Will it be orange sections, juicy and sweet?
Will it be orange sherbet, icy and sweet?
What will I choose for my afternoon treat?
–Jean Warren

Color Recognition:  Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is orange).  Have the child point to the orange car.

Word Recognition:  Print the Orange paper to use with do-a-dot markers. 

Discuss: 

  • What is something orange? Oranges, goldfish, tigers, etc…
  • “I spy something orange…”

Snack:  Oranges, Carrots, Orange Juice, Macaroni and Cheese, Orange Sherbet, Cheese, Cantaloupe, Peach, Spaghetti, Cheetos

Orange Playdough

Get out any orange play dough and orange play dough toys and tools. Show the child how to use the tools.

Orange Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are ORANGE (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and orange paper, scissors, glue

Description: Child used drawing materials on the white paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the orange paper.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot to follow directions, be creative, and fine motor skills.

Play with Orange Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a orange one for her to play with today.

ORANGE word and pictures

I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago.  She put the yellow pictures onto the ORANGE word.

Paper Plate Pumpkin


Materials:

  • Paper Plate
  • Orange Paint
  • Paintbrush
  • Black and Green Construction Paper
  • Glue
  • Scissors


Description:

  1. Paint the paper plate orange.
  2. Cut out eyes and mouth shapes from the black paper.
  3. Glue the face on the pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern.
  4. Cut out a stem and leaf from the green paper.
  5. Glue the stem on the pumpkin.

ORANGE Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with orange toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

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