Do you want your toddler or preschooler to identify basic colors before he/she starts going to school? Songs about colors for toddlers is an excellent way to make them learn colors quickly & in a fun way.
To save you from the hassle of finding the best songs for toddlers, here’s a fun collection of several colors songs, poems, and rhymes. These color recognition songs have well-known nursery rhymes.
For most of my color songs, I either use puppets from our learning colors or learning binders (as shown on the videos below) and the play scarves that help me create fun dances as we work on color recognition.
Songs About Colors For Toddlers
Use the YouTube Videos or the lyrics below and add them to your circle time or music time at home to reinforce learning the colors. Use Props such as scarfs and other color items to show each color as you sing.
Color Finger Family
Sing to the tune of finger family
Red finger, Blue finger, Green finger, Yellow finger, Orange finger,, Orange finger,
Red finger,
Where are you?
Here I am,
Here I am,
How do you do?
Blue finger,
Where are you?
Here I am,
Here I am,
How do you do?
Green finger,
Where are you?
Here I am,
Here I am,
How do you do?
Yellow finger,,
Where are you?
Here I am,
Here I am,
How do you do?
Where are you?
Here I am,
Here I am,
How do you do?
Twinkle, twinkle rainbow star
It’s sung to the tune of twinkle, twinkle little stars. It’s a fun activity, and the lyrics go like:
Twinkle, twinkle yellow star,
How I wonder where you are?
Let’s go looking here and there,
Let’s go looking everywhere.
Twinkle, twinkle, yellow star,
How I wonder where you are?
Moms will sing the song and call one child at a time to find the star with the color she’s singing about. You can change the name of the color each time you sing the song. You can include a fun activity for the song. Use a set of colored flannel stars and ask your child to find the color you’re singing about.
Color Cars
This song is one of my favorite songs because you can sing it in the car as well as with these fun color puppets.
I see a red car,
I see a red car,
How about you?
Yes, I do
Do you see a red car,
Yes I do, yes I do
I see a blue car,
I see a blue car,
How about you?
Yes, I do
Do you see a blue car,
Yes I do, yes I do
I see a yellow car,
I see a yellow car,
How about you?
Yes, I do
Do you see a yellow car,
Yes I do, yes I do
Color Sharks
I should have put this one as the first one because every since I came up with it it has been the favorite of the kids. What kid doesn’t love baby shark? so turn this song in to a color learning song! And for those little ones that still can’t talk much yet, they will be able to participate by saying the “do do do” and holding the right color shark.
Yellow shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Yellow shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Yellow shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Yellow shark
Blue shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Blue shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Blue shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Blue shark
Red shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Red shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Red shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Red shark
Green shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Green shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Green shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Green shark
What’s Your Favorite Color
My favorite color is blue
How ‘bout you, how ‘bout you (x2)
RED
My favorite color is red
I like red, I like red (x2)
Colors colors what’s your favorite colors (x2)
Green
My favorite color is green
I like green, I like green
Yellow
My favorite color is yellow
I like green, I like yellow
Orange
My favorite color is orange
I like green, I like orange
Purple
My favorite color is purple
I like green, I like purple
Colors colors what’s your favorite colors (x2)
What color is it by Jack Hartman
If you want to engage your kids in color recognition songs, then it should be the one to start with. Play the video as well because it contains common objects, and the singer asked about the color of the object. It makes them learn colors and objects as well. The name of the color that an object has is also displayed so that kids can learn how to write them. What color is it is one of the best songs about colors for toddlers?
Its starting lyrics are given below:
Colors, colors that I see
Colors, colors are beautiful to me
Colors, colors all around the world
Colors, colors, for every boy and girl
This is an apple; it looks like this
This is an apple, what color is it? It’s red
What color are you wearing today
What color Are You Wearing Today? Is another color recognition song, which is fun & engaging. It’s sung to different tunes. However, the m fewest common tune is twinkle twinkle little stars. This song teaches color recognition to toddlers by making them identify the color of clothes they’re wearing. You should help your children by doing the activity together.
Here goes its lyrics:
If you’re wearing blue today,
Stand up now and shout, “Hooray!”
If you’re wearing green or red,
Lie on the floor and go to bed.
If you’re wearing yellow too,
Take a number they’re for you.
If there’s a color I forgot,
Go for a walk and start to hop.
What are you wearing today
This song comes in several versions with different colors. You should choose the one that syncs with the color your children are wearing today.
Another version of the song with different color is given below:
If you’re wearing pink today,
Stand up now and shout, “Hooray!”
If you’re wearing white or black,
Lie on the floor and roll to your back.
If you’re wearing purple too,
Take a number they’re for you.
If there’s a color I forgot,
Go for a walk and start to hop.
Colors all around by Jack Hartman
Colors all around is a wonderful color recognition song by Jack Hartman. It’s a fun & engaging color song for toddlers. You can mix it up with diverse activities to make them learn quicker. Moms should learn with kids to keep them more engaged in the song. It’s one of the best songs for toddlers.
Here goes its lyrics:
Colors all around
Everywhere you go
Colors way up high,
Colors way down low
Colors all around
For us all to see
Make this world a brighter place
For you and me
Look for red and shake your head
On an apple, the color is red
Now look for the green and pat your knees
On a leaf, the color is green
Here we go round the rainbow
This song is a famous song sung by Jack Hartman. Typically, it’s sung to the tune of Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush.
After completing the first verse given below, change the color name to another one.
Here we go round the rainbow,
The rainbow,
The rainbow,
Here we go round the rainbow,
On a wet and rainy morning.
This is the way we color it red,
Color it red,
Color it red,
This is the way we color it red,
On a wet and rainy morning.
Look all the colors I can see
Look all the colors I can see is a great color song by ABCmouse. It’s sing to the tune of she’ll be coming round the mountain. The lyrics include common objects to hook the attention of children. The video is designed extremely well too. Objects are perfectly synced with the lyrics.
Look at all the colors I can see!
I see big red apples in the tree.
I can see my yellow cat,
I can see my big blue hat.
Oh, look at all the colors I can see!
Look at all the colors I can see!
I can see green leaves up in the tree.
I can see my big orange ball,
Purple flowers by the wall.
Oh, look at all the colors I can see!
Orange garden song
Sung this song to the tune of the wheels on the bus. Sing this song with your child and use common vegetables with orange color. It will help them recognize orange color and objects with orange color as well.
The lyrics of the orange garden song are:
The pumpkins in my garden are orange, orange, orange,
Orange, orange, orange,
Orange, orange, orange,
The pumpkins in my garden are orange, orange, orange,
O-R-A-N-G-E.
Repeat the verse and change the object. In place of pumpkins, you can use carrot, orange, and peach as well.
Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue
It is a fun song and sung to the tune of Head, shoulder, knees, and toes. It will help your kid to remember the color names. You can use diverse activities with this song to teach color names to your toddlers. When combined with the right activity, it one of the best rhyming and easy songs about colors for toddlers.
Place different blocks in front of the kids and ask them to place the finger on a block that has the color you’re naming.
Its lyrics are:
Red, yellow, green and blue, green and blue,
Red, yellow, green and blue, green and blue,
Purple, orange, brown and black too,
Red, yellow, green and blue-green and blue
You can change the names of colors according to your choice. However, always start with these colors because this combination of colors is easy and rhyme the best among all other colors.
Color Popsicles by Cocomelon
One of our favorite YouTube channels is Cocomelon. They have the most entertaining songs and great graphics so no wonder they have won the YouTube award. The have a song called popsicle colors and it is really fun and educational to learn colors.
Oh Rainbow
Sing to tune of “Oh, Christmas Tree”
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Oh rainbow, oh rainbow
How lovely are your colors
Oh rainbow, oh rainbow
How lovely are your colors
Purple, red, and orange too
Yellow, green, and blue so true
Oh rainbow, oh rainbow
How lovely are your colors.
All the above songs are easy, fun, and engaging for your preschoolers. These are the best songs about colors for toddlers. So if you are in the process of teaching your toddler with some fun, then these are needed songs for you. Let us know if you have something interesting to share with us!
Rhymes and Finger Play Songs about colors for toddlers
The below rhymes and finger plays are not songs but are like small poems you can learn and play using the hand-motions to go along.
Part of developing language is using mimic to communicate. These poems are great for encouraging mimic and repetition.
Beautiful Rainbow
One day the sun was shining bright. (Hold up right hand for sun)
But clouds came along, it was dark as night. (Hold up left hand for clouds)
The rain began to sprinkle down. (Wiggle both hands for rain coming down)
Soon it was raining all over town.
But when the clouds had passed on by, (Move both hands to the right)
A beautiful rainbow stretched across the sky. (Left hand makes arc over head from right to left)
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