
Colors
Beanbags
Colors Beanbags are a fun, active way to encourage young learners’ color
identification skills. Here are several game ideas to get you started.
Toss and Say
Divide children into pairs or small groups. Give each team a pile of beanbags.
Depending on the age and ability of your students, have children stand from
three to six (or more) feet from one another. Have the children take turns tossing
the beanbags to one another, identifying the color on each toss.
Color Circles
Draw and label a “color circle” on the ground for each of the beanbags. Have
children take turns tossing beanbags into the appropriate circles and identifying
something in that color; for example, “Red, apple. Yellow, sun. Gray, elephant.”
Beanbags in Action
Use the beanbags to practice both color identification and position words. Place
the beanbags in a container. Invite children to find a beanbag of a specified
color and place it in a specified position. For example, have a child, “Find the red
beanbag and place it behind your back.” Continue with dierent color beanbags
and dierent position words: on, under, over, near, far, right, left, and so on.
“I Spy” Colors
Place the beanbags in a bag or other container. Have a child reach inside the
container without looking and choose a beanbag, for example, green. Then,
have him or her locate something in the room that is the same color. When the
child finds something, have him or her say, “I spy something green,” place the
beanbag on the head, shoulder, arm, or any other chosen body part and, while
balancing the beanbag, walk over to the object and identify it: “I spy something
green. It’s a plant.”
EI-3046
Grades Pre-K+
Ages 3+
Teacher’s Guide
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