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Color Circles. A good activity for young kids.  Get some pieces of A3 paper and draw a large circle on each one.  Pin the circle sheets on different walls in the classroom.  Model the activity: Say “Blue”, take a blue crayon, walk over to one circle and color a small part of the circle.  Do this for each color you plan to teach.  Then, say a color (“Blue”) to a student and s/he should pick up the blue crayon and go over to the circle you colored in blue.  Let him/her color it a little and then call him/her back.  Continue with the other students.

Color Game. This is a good one for teaching the names of colors to young children. Arrange various colors of construction paper in a circle. Play some music and have the children march around the circle. Stop the music and all the children must sit down next to a color. Pick a color and sing (to the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”): “Who’s beside the color (insert name of color)? Please stand up, if it’s you.” At that point, the child next to the color mentioned stands up. Continue until all of the children get a turn. (submitted by Josie Weisner).