One of the earliest skills our children learn is their colors. As they get older, we move from basic color identification to identifying color words. Color words are often added to sight word lists or high frequency word lists as we frequently encounter them and want them to learn them quickly. This turkey feather color words activity is a fun, engaging way to learn color words.

*Pair this with our Thanksgiving Centers and Activities for Pre-K and Kindergarten.

Thanksgiving Color Words Activity

Using the Thanksgiving Color Words Activity

This activity is a fun, engaging way to practice identifying color words and is perfect for preschool and kindergarten students. This activity makes the perfect Thanksgiving literacy center. It is also great for morning work or fast finisher work.

Simply print and laminate the turkey and feathers and cut them out.

RELATED RESOURCE: Color Centers and Activities

How to Play

Place the colored turkey feathers around the turkey body.

Pick up a turkey feather and identify the color of the feather.

Find the matching color word on the turkey body and place the turkey feather on top of the color word.

Find the color word on the recording sheet and color the turkey in the correct color.

Continue until all feathers are matched.

Helpful Tips

To help with pieces moving around and to add an additional fine motor aspect to this center, add Velcro dots to the turkey body and feathers.

Extension Activities

1. Write the color words on each of the turkey feathers to practice spelling and writing the color words.
2. Add colored balls of play dough on top of each color word on the turkey body and then match the turkey feathers (the paper ones or real craft feathers) to the play dough balls.
3. Hang the feathers around the room. Walk around with the recording sheet, find a feather, and color in the correct turkey on the recording sheet.

Get Your Copy

Ready to practice identifying color words? Grab this fun turkey color words center by clicking the large, yellow button below.

Then hop on over to see our FREE Printable Thanksgiving Placemats to complete your Thanksgiving dinner table tablescape!

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Heidi is a former teacher turned SAHM to two little ones who is the author of Mac-n-Taters:Play.Learn.Grow. She loves learning through play and letting her children be little. They certainly don't stay little for long, so it is super important to her to let them be little and to find fun, hands-on ways to play and learn. Heidi loves teaching with themes and shares fun, play-based learning activities and ideas on her blog, Instagram, and Pinterest to go along with the themes she is doing with her littles.

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