Rojo, Azul, Amarillo, Verde
Red, Blue, Yellow, Green
📐 Standards alignment
ACTFL World-Readiness: Communication (interpersonal, interpretive, presentational) · Cultures (color in Mexican papel picado) · Comparisons (Spanish vs. English)
Can-Do targets (NCSSFL-ACTFL, Novice Low):
- I can name the colors red, blue, yellow, and green in Spanish.
- I can point to something when I hear its color named.
- I can answer what color something is.
Learning objectives
- Recognize and repeat four color words
- Point to objects of a named color
- Answer ¿De qué color es? for red, blue, yellow, and green
Materials
A handful of colored objects (blocks, crayons, toys) in red, blue, yellow, and green. Optional: crayons for homework.
Prior knowledge
Greetings from Unit 1 — start class with a big ¡Hola!
Key vocabulary
rojo · azul · amarillo · verde
Colors we love
Ask your child: what is your favorite color? Point at their shirt, a toy, the sky. Today those colors get Spanish names.
Meet four new words
Tap each card to flip it and hear how it sounds. Look at the picture, say the Spanish word out loud, then check the back for the English meaning.
Say it three times
Go back through the cards above. For each word: the grown-up (or the 🔊 listen button) says it once, then your child repeats it three times, nice and loud. Silly voices are encouraged!
Point and say
Hold up one colored object at a time. Say the color in Spanish; your child repeats and touches something else that color. Then flip roles — your child becomes the teacher and quizzes you. Getting to correct a grown-up is the best part of their day.
Memory game: ¡Encuentra el par!
Find the matching pairs — each Spanish word has its picture hiding somewhere in the grid.
Find the matching pairs!
Escucha y elige — Listen and choose
Press each play button and choose what you heard.
1. Press play. What did you hear?
2. Press play. What did you hear?
3. Press play. What did you hear?
The color hunt
Call out a color in Spanish — ¡Rojo! — and everyone races to touch something that color before you count to cinco. With a class, play in teams. With one child at home, race them yourself: losing to a five-year-old is excellent pedagogy.
One more flip-through
Scroll back up to the flashcards and let your child flip through them on their own, saying each word before checking the back. No help this time — just see what they remember!
Show what you know
1. What color is “verde” in English?
2. How do you say “blue” in Spanish?
¡Muy bien!
Today your child learned four color words: rojo, azul, amarillo, and verde — and answered their first Spanish question, ¿De qué color es? Colors come back in nearly every unit from here on.
Take it home
The rainbow plate
At dinner or snack time, find food in each of today’s four colors and say the Spanish word for each. Then draw your rainbow plate below and label what you can (a grown-up can help with spelling).
Name: Date:
Color spy
Play one round of veo veo (I spy) in Spanish: “Veo algo rojo…” Draw the thing you spied.
Note for teachers & parents
Pacing: if attention flags, do the flashcards and color hunt on day one, the memory game and quizzes on day two.
Watch for: amarillo is the hardest word this week — four syllables. Clap the syllables together: ah-mah-REE-yoh. Perfection is not the goal; brave attempts are.