LLFE-YL03 · Red, Blue, Green! — Colours and Shapes

A1 · YOUNG LEARNERS · VOCABULARY

🎨 Red, Blue, Green!

⏱ 5 minutes · 📚 CELTA-informed · 🎯 Cambridge A1

📖 From the teacher’s desk: La Réunion is an explosion of colour — turquoise ocean, red volcanic rock, green sugar cane fields. When I point out colours to my son on our walks, I say them in English, French, and Bengali! Colours are one of the most joyful vocabulary sets to teach young learners.

🎯 By the end of this lesson, you can: name 8 colours and 4 shapes in English.

🔥 Warm Up (1 min)

Look at your clothes right now! 👗👕 What colours can you see? Tell a friend or write it down!

📖 Learn It (2 min)

🌈 Colours:

red 🔴
blue 🔵
green 🟢
orange 🟠
purple 🟣
yellow 🟡
pink 🩷
black ⚫

🔷 Shapes:

⭕
circle
🔲
square
🔺
triangle
▬
rectangle

✏️ Try It (2 min)

Match the colour to the object:

  1. The sun is _______ (red / yellow / blue)
  2. The sky is _______ (green / pink / blue)
  3. Grass is _______ (green / orange / black)
  4. A stop sign is _______ (red / purple / yellow)

🎨 Draw & Colour: Draw a house. Give it: a red door, a blue roof, and yellow windows!

🗝️ Answer Key
  1. yellow
  2. blue
  3. green
  4. red

Cambridge CELTA course completed — 120 supervised teaching hours, 4 written assignments passed at the required standard.

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