Circling Examples of Blue Worksheet

Naming a color is one of the very first sorting skills a young child masters, and the Circling Examples of Blue Worksheet turns it into a quick, confident win. Before a student can classify, graph, or compare anything, they have to hold one attribute in mind while they look past all the others. Color is the right attribute to start with, because it is visible all at once and needs no counting, no reading, and no waiting.

This kindergarten colors worksheet puts nine bright pictures on the page in three rows of three. In every row exactly one picture is blue, and the other two are red, yellow, green, orange, pink, or brown, so there is never a second answer a child could argue for. Students circle the blue one in each row, then finish the page by coloring four shapes blue. Hand it out during a color unit, use it as a five minute morning warm up, or leave it in a center folder for early finishers.

What’s Included

• One printable page with nine full color pictures arranged in three rows
• Exactly one blue picture per row, with six clearly non blue distractor colors
• A second section with four shapes to color blue: a circle, a square, a triangle, and a star
• A complete answer key page showing every circled picture and every colored shape
• A Name and Date line, and a clean single page layout that prints in color or black and white

Three Reasons It Helps Kids

• It isolates one attribute. Every picture on the page is a different object, so the only thing that decides the answer is the color. That is exactly the habit a child needs before sorting by size, shape, or number.
• It builds looking stamina. Three rows means three fresh decisions, and the correct picture sits in a different column each time, so a student cannot finish the page by spotting a pattern.
• It ends with something to make. Coloring the four shapes gives a child a hands on way to show they know the color, not just recognize it, and it gives fine motor practice at the same time.

Teacher and Parent Ideas

Read the direction line aloud and have the class say the color name together before anyone picks up a pencil. Ask a student to name each picture out loud as they work down a row, which folds vocabulary practice into a color lesson for free. After the page is finished, send children on a one minute hunt for blue things around the room and list what they find on the board. For a child who needs more support, cover two pictures in a row so the choice is between two, then uncover the third. For a child who is ready for more, ask them to name the color of every picture they did not circle. The Circling Examples of Blue Worksheet also pairs well with a full color unit, so it works just as well on the first day of school as it does in the middle of the year.

Related Resources

• Matching Color Words Worksheet
• Color Names Pictures Worksheet
• Classify Count and Sort By Color Worksheet
• Blue Song Video