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Flash Cards | Rainbow Colors Game | Online Story Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities
Color
the Rainbow with Freda Frog is a short and fun story that will
help children learn to recognize the colors of the rainbow, in this case primary and secondary colors. [requires Adobe Flash Player] After reading the online
story you can play this game.
Materials:
- printer
- paper or card stock
- coloring tools
- scissors

Rainbow Flash Cards Coloring Game (3 pages)
Cards Page 1
Cards Page 2
Cards Page 3
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Companion
Color Word Worksheets
Rainbow Cards Coloring Game:
The cards have the same images as is in the online story: red cap, orange pumpkin, green beans, yellow duck, blue ball and purple lollipop.Each image is in color and black & white - keep these images together when cutting the cards.
Print the cards preferably in card stock or white construction paper.
Game procedure:
- Show the color image side first, ask what color and what is the name of the object.
- Turn the cards so only black & white image shows. Ask child what color should the image be - example: what color was the duck?
Part 2 of activity:
Coloring: Encourage child to color the images to match the one next to it
Ideas for using cards:
Match game:
Cut the matching images and play a game of match. Turn all of the cards face down. Turn over 2 cards. If you turn over a picture card and it is the correct color card, you have a match. Take these cards away. Turn 2 of the remaining cards over. If they are not a match turn back facedown, and try again until all matches have been made.Mini-book:
Staple on the upper left corner placing the primary color first, follwed by secondary colors.
Older preschoolers (Ages 4+ and older), and kindergarten level can be introduced to the companion color word worksheets. There is a color version and coloring version.