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Color Matching Worksheets
Combine a little bit of cartoon fun, some artwork and color matching all in the same lesson. Start with some color matching worksheets. One type of worksheet lets the child match a color with the name for that color. On the left side, draw a column of bunny rabbits, each one holding a different-colored Easter egg. On the right side, draw another column of bunny rabbits holding an egg, but rather than coloring the eggs, write the name of a color in the egg. Have the children draw a line from each colored egg to the egg in the right column that contains the color name. After that, let them color the eggs in to match. If they want to color the bunny rabbits, that is fine too. For variety you can use butterflies, frogs, bugs and holiday themes.
Color Matching Bingo
Create bingo cards with colored squares, rather than using letters and numbers. Use rows with three, four or five squares, depending on how old the players are and how well they know their colors. Make enough bingo cards for each child, or enough for the class to work in teams. Each bingo card must have different rows of colors. On the rows with a larger number of squares, you will have colors repeating. Make different-colored squares that you can put in a bowl or hat. These will be the colors called into play. Cut out a bunch of small black squares to use as markers. If you have older children who have gotten past the "put everything in your mouth" stage, use dried beans or even dried macaroni pieces as markers. Pull the colored squares out of the hat or bag and then call the color. The child who matches all the colors in one row is the winner. Let the winning player come up and call out the colors for the next game. If you are playing team to team, alternate the color caller on the winning team.
Color Matching Dinosaur Eggs
Mention the word dinosaur and chances are you will be the center of attention. This color matching came lets players match the color of the dinosaur eggs with the color of the mama dinosaur. This game works well on a flannel board. Flannel boards are large story boards that have movable pieces and are usually made of felt. Cut six dinosaurs out of felt, each one a different color. For each dinosaur, cut out three eggs from felt that is the same color as the dinosaur. Cut out six dinosaur nests. Cut out several palm trees, rocks and bushes to make a hiding places for the eggs. Put a different-color mama dinosaur on each nest. Scatter the different colored dinosaur eggs over the flannel board, some in plain sight, some half-hidden behind the plants and rocks. The object is to find and place the eggs in the nest with the mama dinosaur of the same color. One way to do this is to ask one child to go up and find an egg, say the red one, and put it in the red mama dinosaur's nest. Have everyone go up and find an egg until they are all in the correct nests. If you have a large class, you can divide up into teams and assign each team a color or colors. Have each team pick a leader who will go up and move the eggs on the board. If you do this as a race, with two team leaders finding eggs at the same time and the different teams telling them where to look, this game can get quite exciting.