Playworks Playbook

Readiness Game
Colors
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Group Size: 10-30
Age Group: PreK-1 st grades
Length of Activity: 5 minutes
Developmental Goal: To develop color identification and listening skills
Skills Practiced: Spatial awareness, running, walking, skipping and following directions
Equipment Needed: Several items of various colors
Set-Up: Place colored items throughout playing area
Before You Start:
Identify visual boundaries (coned or chalked)
Review colors
Give students a movement to use- walking, skipping, chicken walk, running
Address moving while being aware of others
How to Play:
Call out a color. Every student must move to a dot of that color and place one foot on the dot
Be sure that every student found a dot, and there aren’t too many students on any dot
Give students the chance to name other objects with that color. “The sun is yellow! So are our
pencils!”
Start all over with a new color
Variations:
Instead of calling out a color, call out an object such as the grass. Students must run to a dot of
that object’s color (i.e. green)
Indoor Modifications:
Modify movements so that they are safe for the area that you are using
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