Color Word Song

Video: Use this simple song to teach letter recognition, color word recognition, and the spelling of color words. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umZckW4bmQU

Printable Lesson Plan:

Print these color words on card stock to make word cards for your students to follow along with the color word song.

Print these color words (in color) for student use at your Working With Words and Writing centers.

Literature Links:

Marlise reading Freight Train by Donald Crews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JVfd0MJvk

Marlise reading Colors by Active Minds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78vZMhrPFVQ

Marlise reading Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1WSa3UcDyg

YouTube Videos:

Colors: ROYGBP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eI3PFU4WKk This short video (1:13) is a great introduction or review for teaching colors.

The Color Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlAZULxRUFc&feature=related Fun, engaging song delights young children.

Teacher Resources:

Dr. Jean Feldman's Website: http://www.drjean.org/html/monthly_act/act_2005/09_Sep/pg03.html Links to printable version of a teacher's book and mini books for her Color Farm song. You can order an audio recording of the Color Word song here.

Websites:
Colors
Crickweb: This game teaches children to match colors and patterns as they paint pictures with Lucky the alien:http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=colour-sequence

Color Train: Match colors on the train http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=train

Color Labeling: Drag and drop the names of the colours on to the picture. The name box will turn green if correctly placed.http://www.crickweb.co.uk/colour-english.html

String of beads: Use the string of beads to copy colour sequence patterns.http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=beads