Colours
Kindergarten Year 1 (Lesson 8)
Lesson Plan and teacher’s notes
The aim of the 40-minute lesson is to practise colours. You are teaching the littlest of kids here, so keep your expectations pretty minor. Sometimes dealing with a group of three-year-olds is like trying to communicate with a bunch of (hopefully happy) drunks — don’t expect too much, stop any fights from brewing and have fun. Also don’t worry if things go a bit crazy or some kids can’t focus. They are only three! Keep changing the activities every five minutes and throw in more songs or running tasks as necessary.
Song: Hello Song
Song: I see something blue.
Use flashcards to model colours or objects of different colours
Do a relay with the flash cards or objects (pass them one by one to the kids, get the kids to run around the table with one, before handing it back to the teacher or the next student and saying the colour aloud)
Do worksheet - get kids to colour in the objects. Don’t stress if they scribble! They are still getting used to holding a crayon or felt tip.
Song: Walking, Walking or other songs with movement
Dialogue/role play with cards
A: Blue please!
B: Here you are.
A: Thank you.
B: Red please.
A: Here you are.etc…
Game (hide and seek with the flash cards or other colourful objects in the classroom)
Story book: Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Song: Bye Bye
Worksheet
This lesson is adapted from the Tower Talk Kinder 1 textbook, available here.