Colours and Objects- Dice Games

Colours and objects dice games

Instructions for teachers

Start with the just colours version. Students roll the dice once and do one or more of:

• Run and touch a flashcard which is that that colour
• Touch something that colour in the classroom (e.g. the whiteboard or the curtains)
• Touch something that colour in their textbook, in a magazine or on a worksheet

Then do the same with the other worksheets with two rolls of the dice, this time:

• Touching that thing if it matches the two rolls of the dice, i.e. if that thing is that colour
• Taking a back to front colouring pencil or felt-tip pen with the cap still on and pretending to colour that thing that colour
• Racing to draw that thing in that colour

Students can then make their own tables to play the same game(s) with.

If you are doing this to practice number word recognition/ reading and it gets too easy, you can:

• Fold the card or cut off the figures so that only the number words can be seen
• Use the versions with mixed up numbers
• Cut up the cards into rows and mix them up between each throw of the dice (so students can’t just memorise where each number is without reading it each time)
• Cut off the number words and match them to different rows between each roll of the dice
• Play the game with a dice that has number words written on each side instead of figures

If the activity is too difficult for your class, you can let students refer to the colour words guide and/ or number words guide on the last page below. You can also make similar word guides with pictures for the classroom vocabulary, clothes vocabulary, etc. It might also help them to have an alphabet chart/ phonics chart on the table or wall to refer to.

 

Colour words dice games

Using one of the tables below, roll the dice and race to touch something that colour.

1	one	orange
2	two	pink
3	three	yellow
4	four	red
5	five	green
6	six	blue

 

1	one	white
2	two	purple
3	three	brown
4	four	black
5	five	grey
6	six	light green

 

4	four	white
5	five	purple
1	one	dark blue
6	six	green
2	two	red
3	three	yellow

 

Classroom vocabulary dice games

Roll the dice twice and race to shout yes or no depending on if that thing is that colour or not, touch that thing if it is that colour, and/ or pretend to colour it that colour if it isn’t already that colour.

1	one	orange	table
2	two	pink	poster
3	three	yellow	eraser
4	four	red	book
5	five	green	CD player
6	six	blue	clock

 

1	one	white	bag
2	two	purple	carpet
3	three	brown	wall
4	four	black	door
5	five	grey	pen
6	six	light green	clock

 

4	four	white	map
5	five	purple	chair
1	one	dark blue	box
6	six	green	calendar
2	two	red	pencil
3	three	yellow	board pen

 

Clothes vocabulary dice games

Roll the dice twice and race to shout yes or no depending on if that thing is that colour or not, touch that thing if it is that colour, and/ or pretend to colour it that colour if it isn’t already that colour.

1	one	orange	dress
2	two	pink	T shirt
3	three	yellow	button(s)
4	four	red	coat
5	five	green	hat
6	six	blue	socks

 

1	one	white	shirt
2	two	purple	skirt
3	three	brown	shorts
4	four	black	jacket
5	five	grey	sweater
6	six	pink	shoes

 

6	six	pink	sandals
4	four	purple	trousers
1	one	black	watch
3	three	blue	necklace
2	two	grey	ring
5	five	green	cardigan

 

Animal vocabulary dice games

Roll the dice twice and race to shout yes or no depending on if that thing is that colour or not, touch that thing if it is that colour and/ or pretend to colour it that colour if it isn’t already that colour.

1	one	orange	dog
2	two	white	cat
3	three	yellow	bird
4	four	red	rabbit
5	five	green	monkey
6	six	blue	frog

 

1	one	white	pig
2	two	purple	snake
3	three	brown	spider
4	four	black	elephant
5	five	grey	zebra
6	six	pink	octopus

 

4	four	yellow	cockroach
6	six	brown	bee
1	one	green	ladybird
2	two	black	grasshopper
3	three	red	mosquito
5	five	pink	dragonfly

 

Food and kitchen vocabulary dice games

Roll the dice twice and race to shout yes or no depending on if that thing is that colour or not, touch that thing if it is that colour, and/ or pretend to colour it that colour if it isn’t already that colour.  

1	one	orange	apple
2	two	white	orange
3	three	yellow	banana
4	four	red	tomato
5	five	green	cake
6	six	brown	potato

 

1	one	white	strawberry
2	two	purple	egg
3	three	brown	ice cream
4	four	black	orange
5	five	orange	peach
6	six	pink	juice

 

 

2	two	orange	plate
3	three	white	fork
6	six	yellow	spoon
5	five	red	cup
1	one	green	jug
4	four	blue	lid

 

Blank dice game tables 

1	one
2	two
3	three
4	four
5	five
6	six

 

1	one
3	three
5	five
2	two
4	four
6	six

 

 

5	five
3	three
6	six
5	five
4	four
1	one

 

Colour words guide

PLEASE SEE THE PDF FOR THE COLOUR VERSION

In alphabetical order

black

blue

brown

green

grey

orange

pink

purple

red

white

yellow

 

dark blue

dark green

light blue

light green

 

 

Number words guide

In alphabetical order

five                                                      5

four                                                     4

one                                                      1

six                                                       6

three                                                    3

two                                                      2

 

In number word order

one                                                      1

two                                                      2

three                                                    3

four                                                     4

five                                                      5

six                                                       6