LKG Lesson Plan: Colors
To teach colors, start by finding one prevalent on the
clothing or classroom material. State the word simply, pointing to each
example. Also ask each kid to repeat the word to ensure they are enunciating it
correctly.
After one month of teaching colors, the kids can now
successfully answer, “what color is your shirt/pants/this sign/door?” (note:
when asking, point to shirts, pants and objects in question).
I also use two videos with catchy songs and cartoons:
Marker exercise: Another
color lesson entails packs of markers. I bought a pack of 40, and I now brand
them as “color sticks.” I may give one kid 5 markers, and then ask, “give me
the green marker. Green.” I also make
a give motion. I also hold up 5 different
colors and ask the kids to take the
correct color. For advanced kids, I may ask them to take “red, green, and blue.” I also introduce the word or by stating, “please take yellow or blue.”
Positive
reinforcement: If a child is touching the wrong color, I state, “that’s
yellow…. That color is blue…. This
one is green! Good! Give me the green marker.”
