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32 Color Activities for Preschool That Will Stimulate Their Minds

color activities for preschool

February 24, 2022 //  by Louise Pieterse

Getting to know colors is a fundamental part of early childhood education. Mixing colors, learning their names, and experimenting with color attributes should be part of an everyday routine in the preschool classroom. Even color patterning has a tremendous impact on a child's cognitive development. Have a look at these clever color recognition activities to help kids learn about colors and have fun at the same time.

1. Four Corners with Colors

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This fast-paced classic game will help kids think on their feet while having fun. Let them call out names to help them learn color names along the way.

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2. Fine Motor Rainbow Ball

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This game is perfect to help little hands with fine motor skills as they try and dig for different colored scarves in the ball.

Learn more: Still Playing School

3. Feed the Shark

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Kids get to learn color sorting in this fun ocean-themed game. Paste colorful printable sharks to toilet paper rolls and let kids drop the fish in their mouths.

Learn more: Mommy Made That

4. Mail Game

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Preschoolers can practice color sorting while pretending to deliver mail to their friends. These envelopes and stamps are reusable and help kids learn to recognize color names.

Learn more: Look We're Learning

5. Make a Rainbow Fish

Celery sticks make the perfect stamp for fish scales thanks to their half-moon shape. Use celery to print rainbow-colored scales on a fish outline for a cute color craft.

Learn more: Crafty Morning

6. Color Sorting Train

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This game can help kids with recognizing colors but also with counting. Sing a fun train song while sorting colors into the different carriages.

Learn more: Fun Learning for Kids

7. Rainbow Word Matching

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Mix clothes pegs with color names written on them and let kids rearrange the pegs in the right order. This is a quick color learning activity that can be replayed a few times.

Learn more: Fantastic Fun and Learning

8. Color Mixing Hand Print

Using primary colors, students can paint a rainbow onto their hands and print it onto a piece of paper. This is a fun and messy way to teach them some basic color theory and make some cool crafts in the process.

Learn more: Heather Bellgardt

9. Color Rock Dominoes

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Kids will love this DIY color game. All you need is some acrylic paint and a bunch of rocks and you are ready to go!

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10. Bunny Tails Matching Game

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Add some velcro dots to colorful bunny cutouts and pom-poms. Preschoolers can match the tail and the bunny in this cute pom-pom color sorting game.

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11. Matching Color Shades

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Once kids have nailed basic color recognition, let them explore the different hues of colors by using paint sample cards. They can learn color attributes like light and dark in this color sorting activity.

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12. Pom Pom Color Drop

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Kids love fine motor games like pom drop. They use tongs and scoops to put the colorful pom-poms in different containers like tubes, ice cube trays, and muffin tins.

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13. Rainbow Roll-n-Write

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Use a die to tell kids in which color they should write a word. They can create a beautiful rainbow sentence or poem.

Learn more: Teachers Pay Teachers

14. Make an Ice Cube Pattern

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Use plastic color ice cubes and an empty tray to create a grid pattern. This is great for color recognition skills and concentration.

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15. Color Sticker Matching

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A favorite color activity amongst young learners is matching stickers to color boxes. This can be turned into a fun game or a reward system as kids sort stickers by color.

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16. Magic Rainbow Ring

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To teach kids more advanced color theory concepts, create a magic rainbow ring. These kinds of color science experiments will captivate their young minds.

Learn more: Andrea Knight

17. Color Flip Book

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Give each student their own flipbook showing the colors along with their names. Students can even color the images themselves or add stickers and pictures on the pages.

Learn more: Crystal and Comp

18. Baked Cotton Balls

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Dip cotton balls into a flour and water mixture that has been colored with food dye. Bake the balls to create a hard outer coating. Kids will have so much fun smashing the baked rainbow once it has cooled down.

Learn more: Learn Play Imagine

19. Butterfly Color Match

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This cheery color activity idea sees kids sorting colors onto butterflies they cut out and color themselves. Mix an assortment of items into a bowl and let kids sort the objects by color by placing them on the corresponding colored butterfly.

Learn more: No Time for Flash Cards

20. Color Bingo

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Color bingo is great for color identification skills and helps kids to read the names of colors while playing. Use colored buttons to place on the bingo mats for some added fun.

Learn more: Fun With Mama

21. Dance Party

Nothing beats a good old-fashioned sing and dance party! Put on the best preschool color songs and have kids sing and dance before or after a color lesson.

Learn more: Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel

22. Gold Fish Sorting

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Turn snack time into an opportunity for teaching colors with fun colored Goldfish crackers. Kids can sort them into colors and build shapes or spell out the names of the colors with the crackers.

Learn more: Making Mine

23. Pom Pom Race

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This is one of the best color matching activities for busy preschoolers. Use straws in this pom-pom color sorting game that can be a race against the clock.

Learn more: Kindergarten Connection

24. Ice Cream Patterns

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Use an ice cream scoop and plastic balls to create color patterns on the printable ice cream mat. This is a fun, easy, low-cost color activity perfect for the summer.

Learn more: Planning Playtime

25. Sort Toys by Color

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This hands-on color sorting activity can be fun for the whole class. Let students race in teams to see who can place toys onto the correct color sorting mats the fastest.

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26. Fruit Loops Rainbow

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Combine a color sort activity with some basic math skills. Students roll 2 dice to see how many of each color fruit loop gets added to the rainbow. The best part is eating the cereal after the rainbow is complete!

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27. Rainbow Fishing

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This game is great for quiet time, allowing students to fish for different colors on their own. They should identify the colors as they go, or catch the fish of the color your prompt.

Learn more: Tatertots and Jello

28. Color Mixing Bag

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This is a fun and easy color mixing activity to show kids how primary colors work together to create secondary colors like green, orange, and purple.

Learn more: Learning 4 Kids

29. Color Mixing Bottles

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Experiments with color are tons of fun like this activity using only corn syrup, water, and a water bottle. Add the colored liquids to the bottle and see the magic happen as they combine to make a new color and go back to normal.

Learn more: Preschool Inspirations

30. Mixing Colors With Clay

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This is a simple color learning activity where kids can enjoy dough color sorting and mixing dough to create new colors.

Learn more: Mommy Evolution

31. Mouse Mixing Activity

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Color learning activities can get messy! Use water balloons to mix some colors together and throw them on paper or canvas to make a messy artwork.

Learn more: Pre-K Pages

32. Spinning Tops Color Mixing

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Let students create spinning tops with primary colors painted on them. As they spin them, students can observe how a yellow and blue top makes the color green when spun! Simply magical.

Learn more: Creative Family Fun

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