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Language through Colour

Language through Colour

Language through colour is a resource which uses a simple colour-coded system to help children to understand the meaning of words. This resource is widely used in many different lessons across our school and SRP.

Question

Type of information

Example

Who?

People (pink)

Jane

She

My Mum

What?

Objects/things (orange)

The house

The book

The box

What like?

Descriptions/adjectives (green)

The man is old.

The girl has blonde hair.

He has blue trousers.

What is…. doing?

Actions/verbs (yellow)

I’m going to the shops.

The boy kicked the girl.

Where?

Places (blue)

I went to the swimming pool.

They are made in France.

When?

Time (brown)

Days, weeks, months, years, occasions

How?

Style and method of action/adverbs (dotted yellow and grey)

Suddenly, quickly

As quiet as a mouse

Why?

Reasons (purple)

Because

What is not….?

Negatives (red)

Not

No

Cannot