Kindergarten Creations

10 Color Word Books

Color words are included in almost every kindergarten curriculum! Kindergarten students read them, spell them, and write them! When teaching color words, I try to expose the kiddos to them as much as possible. One way I do this is by incorporating color words into small group reading sessions. We use these color word books during small group, and then we place them in our book boxes to use as a familiar read later. These books are perfect for teaching color words, sight words, tracking print, text features, context clues and more. When creating these books, I tried to keep them very predictable for new readers at the beginning of the school year. They all follow a predictable pattern, and incorporate the given color word on each page.

If you would like to use these in your classroom, they are available in my Teacher Pay Teachers store. They are incredibly easy to print and staple. No sorting needed! I created them so that they print 3 books with each set to save paper.

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You may also like more of my color words activities!

Color Words Printables (Trace it, Draw it, Write it, Read it, & Cut & Paste)

DOLLAR DEAL! Color Words Build It Pocket Chart Center

Color Word Poems

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Songs for Teaching Kids How to Take Care of School Supplies

By Crystal McGinnis 5:19 AM

Do your kids love to sing as much as mine do? Songs are a perfect way to teach skills in your classroom. Your kids will pick them up quickly, and they can learn so much from them! I wrote these "school supply" songs to teach kinders the proper way to care for their school supplies. I wrote songs for glue, crayons, pencils, and scissors. I tried to incorporate as many "rules" into the songs as I could. Hopefully these songs will help the kids throughout the year. All of the songs are sung to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot." You can grab these songs for FREE in my tpt store by clicking the link below. I hope your kids love them!

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Alphabet Poems for Shared Reading

By Crystal McGinnis 2:02 PM

I am always looking for new ways to introduce the letters of the alphabet! I use anchor charts, centers, songs, digital games, books, play-doh, and almost every other kind of manipulative that I can to make those alphabet letters and sounds stick. A couple of years ago, I observed an amazing teacher modeling shared reading during a professional development day. It was at that moment that I decided, shared reading would be the perfect way to not only introduce the letters of the alphabet, but also help those new readers develop phonemic awareness, understand concepts of print, be exposed to rhyming, and so much more! I sat down one quiet Sunday afternoon, and started writing these alphabet poems for shared reading. It was my goal to write one for each letter of the alphabet, and then let my kinders create a poetry notebook with all of the poems included. I am happy to say that I was able to get this accomplished. (Some of those letters were tough!) Now that they are complete, we will add a poem to our poetry notebook each week as we focus on a new letter. I will also keep these displayed in the classroom so that they can be used as a reference by the kiddos. If you would like to use these poems in your classroom, follow this link to get the printable version.

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10 Pattern Centers for Kindergarten

By Crystal McGinnis 5:47 PM

Morning Math Tubs are a great way to keep your kiddos busy while you are taking care of attendance, lunch count, and those other morning tasks that need your attention. I created this set of morning math tubs, or math centers, to use at the beginning of the school year when patterns are introduced. This set includes 10 math tubs, with 10 separate patterning activities. I tried to include math manipulatives that most kindergarten classes have such as teddy bear counters, pattern blocks, linking chains, and more. I also created them in BLACK OR WHITE to save ink. Check them out below. If you want to use them in your classroom, click this link to get them.

Teddy Bear Patterns

The kiddos create patterns, and extend patterns using teddy bear counters.

Number Patterns

Students extend patterns using numbered clothespins.

Pattern Block Patterns

The kids create and extend patterns using pattern blocks.

Linking Chain Patterns

Students create linking chain patterns, and extend them using colored linking chains.

Pattern Clip-It

Students complete each pattern by clipping the missing picture.

People Patterns

Students complete each pattern card by placing the correct missing person in each box.

Unifix Cube Patterns

The kiddos create and extend colored patterns using unifix cubes. They create ab, abb, aab, and abc patterns.

Pattern Mats

Students use these pattern mats to create patterns using manipulatives of their choice, such as pom poms! These could be used with target erasers or any other counters. Whatever small counters you have on hand would work!

Play-doh Patterns

The kiddos create and mimic patterns using play-doh.

Popsicle Stick Patterns

Students match pattern cards, and then create the pattern with popsicle sticks. I colored the popsicle sticks with marker, but crayons would work. It was simple!

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Color Word Poems for Shared Reading

By Crystal McGinnis 6:29 AM

Do you teach color words in kindergarten? If you do, poetry is a perfect way to make those color words stick! Each year, I create a color words poetry journal with 11 color word poems. As we learn how to spell and write each color word, we also learn a new poem from the journal. In each poem, we highlight the color words and color the pictures of each "colored object."

After reading them several times, we use these poems during our guided reading sessions as a familiar read. We also use them as a resource for writing because they are filled with words we know.

Sometimes I write the color word poems on chart paper, and we display the poem for the kiddos to use as a resource. You are welcome to use these poems in your classroom! If you want a copy of the poems in the poetry notebook, click here to get them in my tpt store.

I also created this set with the color words missing, so that the students can practice their color words by writing them! Grab this set here!

I also created a pocket chart for each of my color word poems. After the kiddos learn the poems using their poetry notebook, we put the poem together in the pocket chart. This makes the perfect addition to the pocket chart center. Simply change the poem each week!

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