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Colour Hunt
Teacher calls a colour, kids race to touch something that colour in the classroom.
⏱ 5-10 min⚡ High energy👥 Whole class
📚 Vocabulary
• red
• blue
• green
• yellow
• orange
• purple
• pink
• white
• black
🛠 Materials
• No materials needed
• Colourful classroom objects
📋 How to Play
- Children stand up and spread out around the classroom.
- Teacher calls out a colour — "BLUE!"
- Children race to touch something that colour in the classroom.
- The last child to touch something sits down for one round.
- Continue until one child remains — they win!
- For a gentler version, all children touch together with no elimination.
💡 Teacher Tips
✓Make sure there are plenty of items in each colour around the room before playing.
✓Hold up a colour flashcard as you call it to support visual learners.
✓Play before a colour vocabulary lesson as a warm-up.
✓Let children take turns being the caller.
🔄 Variations
→Call two colours — "Touch RED then BLUE!"
→Use shapes instead of colours.
→Make it a team game — teams earn points.
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