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When it comes to children’s early learning, most people know to teach them colors, numbers, and shapes, but there’s another skill that is just as important: recognizing color words.
Being able to recognize color words is a critical part of a child’s early development because this skill allows them to create the connection between visual clues like objects or pictures, or in this case colors, and words.
Now, one of the easiest ways to introduce these color words is to read books and stories that contain them, but once it’s time to practice, these printable color word clip cards are the perfect activity!
Printable Color Word Clip Cards
Colors and clothespins are the perfect pairing when teaching our little ones to recognize colors.
With the weather getting colder, the color clip cards (or our other clip card activities) are a great way to spend the days when it is too cold to leave the house or the classroom.
I know that my kids are going stir crazy with the colder weather rolling in and anything that keeps their busy brains and keeps the cold days from being miserable for all of us.
Practicing Color Recognition
Learning colors is such a fun time for toddlers, however, matching colors to their words can be a little bit harder concept to learn.
The color word clip cards link color recognition with a fun fine motor activity. Each card has a color name written on it with three options to choose from.
As you know clip cards are one of my favorite types of activities. It’s such an easy way for preschoolers and kindergartens to fine-tune those fine motor skills while practicing a variety of different concepts.
It’s such a simple fun activity for the kids, but it has so many benefits and fits with every subject.
Color Words Clip Cards
With this set, you won’t just be getting the basic primary colors. There are 11 different color cards for the kids to explore. In fact, this set includes:
- red
- orange
- yellow
- green
- blue
- purple
- pink
- brown
- gray
- white
- black
Oh! Did I mention that these color cards are so easy to put together?
Just print them off, cut them out, and run them through your laminator for durability.
Pair them with some clothespins, binder clips, paperclips, or something similar and you’re ready to start working on those color words!
