Story Time March 25, 2015 - Colors - Red


If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:

*marks the books we read




















My Pet Book  by Bob Staake*
Red, Blue, and Yellow, Too!
Red  by Patricia M. Stockland
Red Food Fun  by Lisa Bullard*
Little Red Bird  by Nick Bruel
Magic Colors  by Patrick George*
Let's Look at Colors  by Shirley Barber
My First Look at Colors

For our craft we colored a ladybug and covered it with pieces of red tissue paper

Extra activities:

What color are you wearing?
If you are wearing red, shake your head
If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe
If you are wearing green, bow like a queen
If you are wearing yellow, shake like Jell-O
If you are wearing brown, turn around
If you are wearing pink, give a wink

Hokey Pokey
(I gave each child a bag with different colored cut outs and we sang and danced)
You put your blue snowflake in, you take your blue snowflake out
You put your blue snowflake in, and you shake it all about
You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about (we then threw our snowflakes in the air)
(repeated with red apple, orange pumpkin, green shamrock and yellow chick)

Four Red Apples
Four red apples high on the tree,
one fell down next to me.
I gave it to mother and this is what she said,
"I love apples, juicy and red".

Three red apples high on the tree,
one fell down next to me.
I gave it to father and this is what he said,
"I love apples, juicy and red".

Two red apples high on the tree,
one fell down next to me.
I gave it to brother and this is what he said
"I love apples, juicy and red".

One red apple high on the tree,
one fell down next to me.
I gobbled it up and this is what I said,
"No more apples, juicy and red!"

March 18, 2015 Story Time - Colors - Orange


If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did

*marks the books we read




















Monsters Love Colors  by Mike Austin*
It's an Orange Aardvark!  by Michael Hall
Colors in Nature - Orange  by Martha E. H. Rustad*
Armadillo's Orange  by Jim Arnosky
Orange Food Fun  by Lisa Bullard*
Orange Pear Apple Bear  by Emily Gravett
Orange - Seeing Orange All Around Us  by Sarah L. Schuette*
Colors - Orange  by Sharon Gordon

For our craft we tore orange strips of paper and put them in an icing bag then tied that off with green ribbon to make a carrot

Extra activities:

We sang and danced the Hokey Pokey with different colored shapes
You put your green shamrock in, you take your green shamrock out
you put your green shamrock in, and you shake it all about
you do the color Polka and then turn yourself around
that's what it's all about (then we threw our green shamrocks in the air)
(we repeated with red apple, orange pumpkin, blue snowflake and yellow chick)

Sensory activity:

Children were given a zip lock bag with ketchup and mustard in it. They were encouraged to mush the bag around to see what color they would get by mixing the red ketchup and the yellow mustard together

March 11, 2015 Story Time - Colors - Green


If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did

*marks the books we read




















Nighty Night, Little Green Monster  by Ed Emberley*
Green Shamrocks  by Eve Bunting
Teeny, Tiny Mouse a Book About Colors  by Laura Leuck*
Green  by Patricia M. Stockland
It's St. Patrick's Day  by Rebecca Gomez*
Green  by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Where is the Green Sheep?  by Mem Fox*
Green Food Fun  by Lisa Bullard*

For our craft we colored sheep shapes and glued them on a craft stick to make a puppet

Extra activities:
Five Green Apples
Five green apples hanging in a tree
the juiciest apples you ever did see
the wind came by
and gave an angry frown
and one little apple came tumbling down
(repeat with four, three, two, etc)

We sang along with Raffi to "Five Green and Speckled Frogs"

We played Hokey Pokey with different colored shapes
You put your green shamrock in, you take your green shamrock out
you put your green shamrock in, and you shake it all about
you do the shamrock polka and turn yourself around
that's what it's all about (then we threw our shamrocks in the air)
(we repeated with red apple, orange pumpkin, blue snowflake, and yellow chick)

March 4, 2015 Story Time - Colors-Yellow


If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did

*marks the books we read




















Yellow Everywhere  by Kristin Sterling*
In My New Yellow Shirt  by Hideko Takahashi
It's a Good Thing There Are Bees  by Lisa M. Herrington
White Rabbit's Color Book  by Alan Baker*
Yellow  by Patricia M. Stockland
Yellow Food Fun  by Lisa Bullard*
Happy Bees!  by Arthur Yorinks

Our craft can be found here: http://goo.gl/9ti5sB

Extra activities

Color Song (sung to "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star")
(I pre-cut shapes from colored paper red-apple, green-shamrock, orange-pumpkin, yellow-chick, blue snowflake. Each child received one of each color and then we sang this song substituting the colors each time we sang the song.)
Put your red shape in the air
hold it high & leave it there
put your red shape on your back
now please lay it in your lap
hold your red shape in your hand
now everyone please stand
wave your red shape at the door
now please lay it on the floor
hold your red shape and jump, jump, jump
throw your red shape way, way up!

If Your Clothes Have Any Red (sung to "If You're Happy and You Know It")
If your clothes have any red, any red
if your clothes have any red, any red
if your clothes have any red, put your finger on your head
if your clothes have any red, any red
Additional verses:
If your clothes have any blue, put your finger on your shoe
If your clothes have any yellow, smile like a happy fellow
If your clothes have any brown, turn your smile into a frown
If your clothes have any black, put your hands behind your back