Preschool Colours Activities Schedule

Here's some ideas for putting together a schedule for learning colours. Focus on one colour each week: Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Brown, Black, Pink, Gray, and White. If the colour is not learned by the end of the week, repeat the schedule again, only doing the starred activities.

Daily Activities

• Read Alouds (see PreSchool Colours Books or Preschool Colours Books by Individual Colours)

Day 1:

• *Colours Song- point to each colour as you name it  (I use Sing, Spell, Read & Write Pre-Kindergarten Colors Song) 
• Activity Page- one page for the colour of the week (I use Sing, Spell, Read & Write Pre-Kindergarten Activity Pages) 

Day 2:

• Paintbrush Painting- Paint the picture for that week with paintbrushes.
• Red Tomatoes
• Yellow Bananas
• Blue Blueberries
• Green Crocodile
• Orange Crab
• Purple Grapes
• Brown Acorn
• Black Spider
• Pink Cotton Candy
• Gray Rain Cloud
• White Ice Cream
• *Mystery Colour Bag - Pull items of the colour for that week out of a bag.

Day 3:

• Food Flyers Train - Find pictures in flyers/magazines of that colour. Cut them out and paste them on a train car cut out of coloured construction paper.
• *Play Dough - Play with coloured playdough.

Day 4:

• Construction Paper Paste - With paintbrushes and glue, glue pieces of coloured construction paper onto the picture.
• Red Apple
• Yellow Lemon
• Blue Dolphin
• Green Turtle
• Orange Pumpkin
• Purple Eggplant
• Brown Bear
• Black Bowling Ball
• Pink Pig
• Gray Hippopotamus
• White Polar Bear
• *Colour Matching Cards - Sort the cards onto circles cut out of coloured construction paper.

Day 5:

• Finger Painting 
• Red Handprint Strawberries
• Yellow Handprint Sun
• Blue Handprint Octopus
• Green Handprint Tree
• Orange Fist Print Carrot
• Purple Thumbprint Hyacinth
• Brown Handprint Hedgehog
• Black Tire Tracks Painting
• Pink Handprint Flamingo
• Gray Handprint Elephant
• White Owl Handprints on a branch
• *Colour-O (click link for printable colour bingo cards)