Objective: To learn about the color white
Book(s):
- It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw
- Black & White by Tara Hoban
- White on Black by Tara Hoban
- White: Seeing White All Around Us by Michael Dahl
- White by Nancy Harris
- White Winter by Christianne C. Jones
- White as a Seashell by Molly Dingles
Music: “Find the Color”
(Tune: “Do You Know the Muffin Man?”)
Can you find the color white?
The color white, the color white?
Can you find the color white?
Somewhere in this room?
Yes, I see the color white.
The color white, the color white.
Yes, I see the color white.
The _____ is in this room. (Name something white in the room.)
Fine Motor Skills:
- CCBS page 28
- LLCS pages 26-27
Gross Motor Skills: Toss cotton balls into a bowl. Listen to songs with white in the title.
- “White Room” by Cream
- “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby
- “White Wedding” by Billy Idol
- “Little White Church” by Little Big Town
Craft/Activity: Cotton Swab and Cotton Ball Snowflakes
Materials
- Blank blue paper
- Cotton swabs
- Cotton balls
- Glue
- Scrap cardboard
Directions
- Pour some glue on the cardboard.
- Create snowflakes by gluing the cotton swabs and cotton balls to the blue paper.
- Optional: Print or draw the outline of a snowflake onto the paper for your child to cover.
References
Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills (Grade P). 2011. American Education Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60996-328-6
Let’s Learn Colors & Shapes (2+). 2011. Spectrum Early Years. ISBN 978-1-60996-201-2
Schiller, Pam and Pat Phipps. The Complete Daily Curriculum for Early Childhood (Revised). 2011. Gryphon House. Inc. ISBN 978-0-87659-358-5
Image Credits
Cotton Swab and Cotton Ball Snowflake © 2014 Heather Johnson
