30 Songs and Poems to Teach Colors to Preschoolers
Learning colors is imperative to cognitive development in a child. It helps them make a connection between visual clues and words for the beginning of language development. Recognizing colors and identifying names are milestones and an important part of the growth process. It assists them in discovering and understanding the world around them.
Books and games are a fantastic way for children to learn about colors, but using songs about colors will also help them develop hand-eye coordination and develop social-emotional, language, motor and literacy skills.
Videos for Teaching Colors
Videos are a great tool for teaching colors because it enables the child to see the color and compare it to various objects. Using a variety of videos will help in understanding the different hues of each color. We have selected some fun videos for you that teach primary and secondary colors, encourages a celebration of diversity and gets them up and moving to the beat as well!
1. Rainbow Colors by The Singing Walrus: An animal band sings about the colors you find in the beautiful rainbow and identify them in animals, plants, and food.
An animal band sings about the colors you find in the beautiful rainbow and identify them in animals, plants, and food.
2. The Colors Song by ABCMouse.com
A fun song that teaches your toddler about primary and secondary colors.
3. So Many Colors, So Many Shapes by The Singing Walrus
This cute and bouncy video uses the opportunity to teach the beauty of diversity through teaching the many colors of people.
4. Colors Everywhere by The Bounce Patrol
This energetic band gets kids movin and groovin while teaching the basic colors and where we find them.
5. Colors of the Rainbow by Bounce Patrol
With their signature style of bright smiley faces, catchy tunes and lively dance moves, Bounce Patrol gives us another fun video for teaching colors.
6. Let's Learn the Colors by Chu Chu TV
Using a funky Latin beat and simple lines "Let's learn the colors, let's learn the colors, let's learn the colors together," repeated with different colorful graphics make this video fun and easy to learn the colors.
7. Learn the Colors by Gracie's Corner
Gracie and her family teach the colors to baby Cee-Cee with a vibrant Jamaican beat so you can dance along while learning the colors of the world.
8. Primary Colors Song by Sesame Studios
This video shows what happens when you combine colors. It uses bouncy animated characters to keep kids engaged.
9. Colors Song (Hip Hop Remix) by The Jools
Learning the colors with a hip hop beat.
10. Color Song by The Learning Station
Sung to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It," this video teaches the colors using the clothes the person is wearing. It includes movement for each color as well, so it helps kids remember and gets them moving.
11. Blippi Color Song with Blippi
Combining live action and animation, this lively video explores a world full of colors.
12. The Color Song: A Funny Song for Kids
The animated pencils sing faster and faster with each refrain, purposefully leaving out the color, it invites the preschooler to yell it out loud with the song.
Individual Colors
This list of color songs has separate video for each color listed below. Each one uses familiar nursery rhyme tunes to make it easy for children to pick it up and sing along. They spell out the word, for early spelling lessons and then identify items of that color. Click on the links to view the individual videos.
13. Kindergarten Color Songs by Kristen Berge
This list of color songs has separate video for each color listed below. Each one uses familiar nursery rhyme tunes to make it easy for children to pick it up and sing along. They spell out the word, for early spelling lessons and then identify items of that color. Click on the links to view the individual videos.
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Poems Set to Familiar Tunes
Use the quick poems below with each one sung to the tune of a familiar nursery rhyme. The repetition aids the child in understanding and repeating the color names. To add an extra challenge, see if your preschoolers can make up their own poems for other colors or ask them to generate dance moves for these. The creativity might surprise you!
14. RED (To the tune Frere Jacque)
R – E – D red
R – E – D red
I can spell red.
I can spell red.
Fire trucks are red.
Stop signs are red, too.
R – E – D
R – E - D
15. BLUE (To the tune Farmer in the Dell)
B – L – U – E spells blue.
B – L – U – E spells blue.
Hi – Ho, did you know,
B – L – U – E spells blue?
The big sky is blue.
The ocean is, too.
Hi – Ho, did you know,
B – L – U – E spells blue?
16. YELLOW (To the tune If You're Happy and You Know It)
Y – E – L – L – O – W spells yellow.
Y – E – L – L – O – W spells yellow.
Like the early morning sun,
When the day has just begun.
Y – E – L – L – O – W spells yellow.
17. GREEN (To the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
G – R – E – E – N, G – R – E – E - N
I know how to spell green,
G – R – E – E -N
Caterpillars are green,
And grasshoppers, too.
I know how to spell green,
G – R - E – E - N
18. ORANGE (To the Tune of Ten Little Indians)
O – R – A – N – G – E, O – R – A – N – G - E
O – R – A – N – G – E,
Orange is what that spells.
Jack-o-lanterns are always orange.
Carrots are always orange.
Oranges are always orange.
O – R – A – N – G - E
19. PURPLE (To the tune of Camptown Ladies)
P – U – R – P – L – E, purple, purple,
P – U – R – P – L – E,
Purple is what that spells.
Purple grapes on the vine.
Purple Kool-Aid’s fine.
P – U – R – P – L - E
Purple is what that spells.
20. BROWN (To the tune of BINGO)
There is a color we all know,
Can you guess what it is?
B – R – O – W – N, B – R – O – W - N
B – R – O – W - N
That’s how you spell brown.
21. BLACK (To the tune of She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain)
B – L – A – C – K spells black.
B – L – A – C – K spells black.
Flying bats are black.
Scary cats are black.
Jelly beans are black.
I like black.
22. WHITE (To the tune of Little Brown Jug)
W – H – I – T – E,
That spells white.
Sing with me.
Milk is white and so is glue.
Ghosts are white and they say BOO!
The clouds above, the snow below.
Santa’s beard, Ho, ho, ho!
23. PINK (To the tune of Jingle Bells)
Cotton candy, fat pink pigs.
Girls with socks and bows.
P – I – N – K, P – I – N - K
That is how it goes!
Bubble gum, Valentines,
These are all pink, too.
Pink icing and pink balloons?
We can spell, can you? Yes!
24. GRAY (To the tune of Farmer in the Dell)
G-r-a-y spells gray.
G-r-a-y spells gray.
Hi ho did you know?
G-r-a-y spells gray.
Elephants are gray.
Dolphins are gray too.
Hi ho did you know?
G-r-a-y spells gray.
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