7 Colour recognition & differentiation activities for kids -

Children love exploring colours all around them. Here are some fun ideas that you can do to introduce your kids to the world of colours. Gradually you can progress to colour recognition, identification of different colours, sorting different colours and finally mixing them to create new colours!

#1 Flashcards

Start by introducing your child to one colour per week through flashcards.

#2 Which colour do you like Zooboo book

You can introduce them to Zooboo’s customized book What colour do you like?

https://zooboostory.com/book/which-colour-do-you-like

Encourage them to spot different colours around them in their daily surroundings.

#3 Rainbow popsicle making fun

For a fun activity with colours, make frozen popsicles out of different fruits and let your child name the colours as you make them!

#4 Colour sensory bin

Sensory bins are a great way for kids to unwind and relax. Create some colourful sensory bins out of coloured crackers, coloured cereal or your kids toys. Let them explore this daily or weekly till they can identify the basic colours.

#5 Colour sorting activity ideas

You can now move on to some fun DIY colour sorting games like these!!

#6 Colours on the light table

Let your kids enjoy in wonder as they mix different colours and watch new colours form!

Set up this easy squishy bag colour mixing activity. They can learn more about colour mixing, primary & secondary colours from this Zooboo book I spy!

#7 Colour mixing (primary & secondary)

Set up a small light table and some translucent chips for kids to enjoy watching different colours emerge.