Poems About Colors for Preschool
Poems can be a great resource for teaching concepts to children. They are often melodic and are easily memorized. They can describe topics in ways that straightforward sentences cannot. They can make a child feel certain emotions like joy or sorrow. Instead of asking a preschooler to memorize the colors of the rainbow, try using poetry to engage them in the learning process.
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Why We Need Colors
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Let children explore color through the use of crayons. Wouldn't it be terrible? Wouldn't it be sad?
If just one single color was the color that we had?
If everything was purple? Or red? Or blue? Or green?
If yellow, pink or orange was all that could be seen?
Can you just imagine how dull our world would be
If just one single color was all we got to see?
Red
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Ask the children for examples of things that are red. Red is an apple.
Red is a cherry.
Red is a rose
and a ripe strawberry.
Orange
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Orange and black remind us of Halloween. Orange is an orange.
Orange is a carrot.
Orange is the color
of the beak of a parrot.
Yellow
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Yellow tends to have positive associations. Yellow is a star.
Yellow is the sun.
Yellow is the moon
when the day is done.
Green
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Mixing yellow and blue makes green. Green is grass,
String beans and peas.
Green are the branches
on Christmas trees.
Blue
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Blue is "azul" in Spanish and "bleu" in French. Blue is the ocean.
Blue is the sky.
Blue are the blueberries
I baked into the pie.
Purple
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The shade of purple in a rainbow is known as violet. Purple is a grape.
Purple is a plum.
Purple is my favorite juice.
Shall I get you some?
Rainbow
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Have children make a rainbow craft. Red and orange,
green and blue,
shiny yellow,
purple too.
These are the colors that we know.
They live up in the rainbow!
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