Objective: To review the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, brown, white, and gray
Book(s):
- Red Is a Dragon: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong
- Colors by John J. Reiss
- My Vest Is White by Dick Bruna
- Star Wars Colors
- Football Colors by Mark Weakland
- Red Apple, Green Pear: A Book of Colors by Rebecca Bondor
- Red Pepper, Yellow Squash: A Book of Colors by Rebecca Bondor
- Colors by Daniel Nunn
- Underwater Doggies Colors by Seth Casteel
- Shivery Shades of Halloween: A Spooky Book of Colors by Mary McKenna Siddals
Music: “I Can Sing a Rainbow” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRTdq0VsLGQ)
Red and yellow and pink and green
Purple and orange and blue
I can sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow too
Listen with your eyes
Listen with your eyes
And sing everything you see
Now you can sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow too
Fine Motor Skills:
- LLCS pages 14-15, 28-29
- CCBS pages 32-42
Craft/Activity: Rainbow Collage
Materials
- Old magazines with colorful photos
- Scissors
- Blank paper
- Glue stick
Directions
- Find smaller photos that consist of each color in the magazines.
- Cut the photos out.
- Line up the photos of each color into rows to form a rainbow.
- Glue the rows of photos onto the blank paper.
- Display the rainbow collage.
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
Rainbow Collage © 2014 Heather Johnson