First lesson for my new preschoolers!

Wednesday we learned about colors with the new preschoolers. Most of them (if not all) have never learned Spanish before, of course they've watched a few shows were they hear a little bit of Spanish but that's it.

I introduced only 4 colors: rojo, azul, verde & amarillo. I showed them the flashcard, then said the color and then have them repeat it. After, I asked them to close their eyes and think about grass for green, then I asked: "What color is grass?" "Green" they said, "That's right grass is verde!" Then I asked each one of them if they were wearing that color, they got very excited when they were wearing it! We did the same for all 4 colors.

After I presented all 4 colors the same way I put them in the center of the circle (actually is an oval :)) and reviewed each color with the children.

We played "What color is missing game" in which I have them close their eyes and then I hide one flashcard behind my back and then ask them to open their eyes and tell me what color is missing.

Remember, at the beginning they will call out the missing color in English, but eventually it will be in Spanish, just keep trying!

After doing this with all the colors then I got out my colors cut-outs which I cut from magazines and newspaper ads and we sorted them by color and then, I would call out a name and a color ant the child would pick a cut-out and I would put sticky tape (masking tape) on the back so they can tape it under the matching color poster on the wall.

I had enough for each child to practice each color.

Below are some pictures of the activity.