🏠 Everyday Routines
Name the Colors
Find and name five colors around you.
4 min🟢 Early Communicator
Goal
Build color words and short describing phrases.
🌿 Kai is here today
Kai is listening closely with you, stop and name three sounds before you start.
💡 Why this matters
Routines repeat, so the same words come around again and again. That repetition is what makes new language stick.
How to play
- 1Pick a color to hunt.
- 2Find five things in that color.
- 3Say each as a phrase: red cup.
Example conversation
Child: Red cup! Red sock!
You: Two red things — what else?
Extra questions
- What's your favorite color?
- What's the rarest color here?
- Can you find a rainbow?
Skills practiced
- ✔ Vocabulary
- ✔ Following directions
- ✔ Sequencing
Materials needed
None — just you and your child.
❤️ Parent tip
Fold this into a moment you already have. Do not add a new one.
Try it during
- 🍳 Making breakfast
- 🧺 Folding laundry
- 🛒 Grocery shopping
- 🧼 Washing up
- 👕 Getting dressed
- 🌱 Watering plants
Same activity, many moments — pick whichever fits your day.