June 14, 2021. How to teach everyday color identification. In society, we have colors all around us. If a student is older than elementary school, we need to find a better way to teach color identification. As teachers, we need to help our students understand the meaning of colors and why they're important. Take a look around you now. The trees are green, the sky is blue. These things are important for our students to know too. Community Science. In special education, we spend some time talking about identifying colors and environmental signs. We start with the basics of green means go and red means stop. This is so important for our students to understand. Next, we also focus on how blue signs mean information. Yellow signs mean warning. Orange typically means construction. These are functional ways to teach colors in real-world situations. You can use this set of Community Science digital activities. Use these to teach Community Science and color identification. Basic color identification. What if your students aren't ready for color identification and Community Science? You can teach colors just from sight. Students should work towards identifying colors by sight without additional supports. As stated before, colors are all around us. Continue to work on your students' independence. Try these drag-and-drop color activities. Also try these color digital activities.