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Book 1 · Unit 6Beginner · Ages 6–9

What Is Your Favourite Colour?

This colours ESL lesson helps young learners name common colours and express a favourite. Students race in a Colour Dash, sing, identify coloured objects and ask 'What's your favourite colour?' They survey classmates, hunt for Colour Monsters and create a colour crown to present.

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Lesson format

2 × 45 minutes

Level

Beginner

Age group

Ages 6–9

Main focus

Speaking first

What students will learn

• Identify and name basic colours
• Ask and answer about favourite colours
• Use visual cues to respond in speech and action
• Sing, point, match and colour using vocabulary
• Survey classmates and record results
• Build confidence presenting a favourite colour

Lesson flow

Children play a Colour Dash game running to named colours, sing colour songs pointing to matching objects, and drill flashcards with TPR actions. The second lesson surveys three classmates about their favourite colour, plays a Colour Monster Hunt finding coloured paper monsters, and makes a colour crown to wear and present ('I like red! This is my red crown!').

Target language

  • • 'What colour is it?'
  • • 'It's ___'
  • • 'What's your favourite colour?'
  • • 'I like ___'

Key vocabulary

  • red
  • blue
  • green
  • yellow
  • pink
  • orange
  • purple
  • favourite
  • colour
  • rainbow

Speaking questions students answer

  • • What colour is it?
  • • What's your favourite colour?
  • • Do you like blue?
  • • What colour is your pencil?
  • • Find the yellow monster!

Recommended teaching contexts

• Beginner ESL and EFL classes• Ages 6–9• Primary school classrooms• Language schools• Private and small-group lessons• Teaching colours vocabulary• Pair and whole-class speaking• Interactive whiteboards and online teaching

Why this lesson works

The lesson follows a clear progression: Play Colour Dash naming colours, survey classmates' favourite colours, make and present a colour crown. Teachers can open the materials and start immediately, while students move from supported vocabulary practice to purposeful spoken English.

This lesson includes

• Interactive lesson slides
• Teacher guide
• Printable worksheets
• Speaking practice: "What colour is it?"
• Classroom games
• Videos
• Vocabulary practice
• Pair work
• Extension activities

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