1. Italian Early Level
Colori

2. Early Level Significant Aspects of Learning
Use language in a range of contexts and across learning
Develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the language being learnt
Begin to develop an awareness of other countries, cultures and languages
Listen and join in with simple songs, stories and rhymes
Explore and recognise patterns and sounds of language through listening, watching and playing
Understand, respond to and say simple greetings and personal information (e.g. name)
Repeat and understand simple familiar language from a familiar source
Actively take part in simple daily routine language
Participate in familiar games including outdoor learning
Begin to explore resources to support my learning e.g. picture dictionaries

3. Vocabulary
Colours
Aim to teach at least 5 of the colours at Early Level initially and build up as pupils progress towards 1st.
C’he colore e`? What colour is it?
E` It is
blu blue
bianco white
rosso red
verde green
giallo yellow
rosa pink
nero black
grigio grey
viola purple
marrone brown

4. Che colore e`?
What colour is it?

5. E` blu

6. E ` bianco

7. E` rosso

8. E` verde

9. E` giallo

10. E` rosa

11. E` nero

12. E` arancione

13. E` grigio

14. E` viola

15. E` marrone

17. Embedding the language
Whenever colours feature as part of an activity or story ask the question, “Che colore e`?” to prompt pupils to tell you what colour something is in Italian. For example in art activities, colour mixing, stories, looking a pictures etc.

18. Sample activities
You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

19. Trova il! Trova il means “Find the”
Pupils have a selection of objects which are different colours in front of them.
Teacher calls out “trova il” and adds a colour onto the end e.g. Trova il rosso!
The pupils must then hold up whichever object is that colour.
You can ask pupils to then say what colour it is e.g. E` rosso can also then take a turn of asking others to “Trova il…”

20. Il cerchio dei colori game
Pupils sit in a circle, close their eyes ( chiudete gli occhi) and count to ten in Italian
Whilst they are counting the teacher puts an object in the centre of the circle.
Once they reach ten they open their eyes (aprite gli occhi!)
They then have to say what colour the object is.
This can be extended by passing the object around the circle and counting and whoever it lands on at the count of ten, has to say what colour it is e.g. “E` blu” or just “blu”

21. Modelling dough
Modelling dough is a good kinaesthetic way to reinforce the colours and can be used to create objects with the teacher asking for particular colours in Italian.
For example can ask pupils to “Create qualcosa …blu!” (create something…blue!) and then they pick the correct colour and make an object.
Another approach would be to combine numbers and colours e.g. Cinque ..rosso! And pupils would have to form whatever number of coloured balls using the modelling dough.

22. Songs and videos!
You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

23. La canzone dei colori

24. I colori

25. Arcobaleno dei colori

26. Pema dei colori E` rosso? Si, e`rosso! E` verde? Si, e`verde!
E`arancione?
Si e`arancione!
E`giallo?
Si, e`giallo!
Che cosa e`?
E` l’arcobaleno!
Che cosa e`? means What is it? And E` un arcobaleno it’s a rainbow! You can further develop this poem by adding in more colours and asking pupils to add them in as they know them. It could also be used as a display with pupils own rainbows alongside it 

27. Colori (to tune for Frère Jacques)
Blu, blianco, giallo, verde
Viola
Arancione, grigio e marrone
Rosso, nero, rosa
Rosso, nero, rosa.
Once pupils are confident as a group with this song, you can give them colour cards in groups (e.g. one group would have bleu, violet and orange and another group would have a different set of colours). They can then hold up their colour cards as they sing their own colour part of the song.
Another sample activity would be to have colour cards on pupils desks so they could point to each colour as they sing or listen and put them into the correct order of the song.

28. ICT Resources online
You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.
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30. Arrivederci!