8 Color Recognition Card Games -

Students will love learning their colors with these 8 Color Recognition Card Games. These learning colors games offer fast-paced, energetic matching of colors and color words with friendly competition. Since we know preschool color activities should be super engaging for kids, I included sorting, matching, making sets and more opportunities for your students to practice their color recognition knowledge. The card games are simple to prep and will give your students hours of color card game fun!

These color recognition card games will help your kids learn their colors AND they're just plain fun!

Recommended Grade Level:

preschool

kindergarten

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Printer/Ink
Laminating Supplies
Paper Cutter
Paper Plate
Black Marker
Ruler

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Learning Colors for Toddlers and Preschoolers

COLOR LEARNING ACTIVITIES

LEARNING THE NAMES OF COLORS IS OFTEN ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS FOR MANY YOUNG LEARNERS. KIDS COLOR ACTIVITIES FOR PRESCHOOL ARE BEST WHEN THEY ARE HANDS-ON AND LOTS OF FUN.

I love these printable educational games because they allow kids to explore the same concept in multiple ways. The card games for kids, with fast-paced action cards, get kids using their eyes to match objects with the same colors.

Grasping the cards also helps kids develop fine motor skills.

Games for individual, partner, small group and whole class are included with almost endless opportunities for differentiation.

The preschool color matching games are hands-on learning to teach colors at its finest! Your child will be more engaged with these matching cards than any preschool color recognition worksheet for preschool.

There are ten formats of color cards included:

Two sets of word cards: one written in black for word recognition and one written in coordinating colors to provide immediate word/color recognition.
Eight sets of pictures for students to match to the color words.

What Can Toddlers and Preschoolers Learn While Playing with the Color Card Games?

LEARNING COLORS ACTIVITIES

LEARNING TO NAME AND IDENTIFY COLORS AROUND YOU IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS LEARNING OTHER IMPORTANT CONCEPTS, LIKE SHAPES, LETTERS, PASTEL COLORS AND NUMBERS. KIDS LEARN BEST WITH COLOR LEARNING TOYS AND GAMES.

The pack includes eight different color recognition card games:

Slap-It!
Memory Match It! (with included sorting page)
Go Fish
Snap
P-I-G
Line Up!
Swat Relay

Why Is It Important For Kids To Learn Colors?

Children are naturally curious about everything around them. Learning colors with worksheets, games, color mixing activities, and toys helps kids understand the world a little bit better.

Background Knowledge

Color vocabulary is important! Most toddlers start by learning one color and then refer to everything as that color! It takes time and experience to learn that each color has its own name.

Connect with Nature

Identifying colors in pictures and then transferring the knowledge to things that are in the real world helps kids make important connections with the world, nature, and their lives.

Describe

Think of how many times we use color to describe something. When there are two of the same object, but different colors, it makes a world of difference!

Compare/Contrast

Learning color characteristics helps kids sort, compare and contrast with ease. Those are important skills for both reading and math instruction moving forward.

Tools you’ll need

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How to Make the Color Card Games Printables

To Prep and Play:

Use a ruler and a black marker to divide a paper plate into four equal parts. You might want to do this part in advance.

Instruction pages to display at the center are included and most games can be easily played by young children without adult assistance.

You can print all of the games to use individually or print one set of cards to use one game at a time. Because it requires lots of colored ink to print, I highly recommend using HP Instant Ink if possible. I have used it for over a year and it has saved me so much money on ink and I never run out.

Sensory Bin

Fill the sensory bin with black and white pom poms, then hide one set of color cards inside. Kids will have fun pulling them out and sorting by color.

Have a Snack

Pick a color of the day and make a themed snack. Red could include strawberries, red O cereal, red gelatin, or red apples and fruit snacks.

Oral Language

Picture cards are a great place to begin working on oral language. Instead of playing memory match until there are no cards left, put them in a pile and talk about them!