Books:   

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The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race by the Berenstains

Lunch by Denise Fleming

Red Red Red by Valeri Gorbachev

Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Blue Hat Green Hat by Sandra Boynton (Board book)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See by Bill Martin

The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle

Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni

Blue Rabbit and Friends by Christopher Wormell

Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd 

Sylvie by Jennifer Gordon Sattler

Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

A Day with No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch

Blue Goose by Nancy Tafuri

The Deep Blue Sea by Audrey Wood

Planting a rainbow by Lois Ehlert

A rainbow of my own by Don Freeman

 

Books for baby and toddler storytime:

Rainbow Duck by Yvette Lodge

Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox 

Lunch by Denise Fleming 

How do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors? by Jane Yolen (Board)

Cat’s Colors by Jane Cabrera

One Gray Mouse by Katherine Burton

Big Red Farm by Christianne C. Jones

Blue Hat Green Hat by Sandra Boynton (Board)

Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Freight Train by Donald Crews 

Maisy's Colors by Lucy Cousins (Board)

SkippyJon Jones Color Crazy by Judy Schachner (Board)

Froggy Green by Anna Walker

 

 

 Activities: 

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Rainbow Kittens

Five Colorful Penguins

 

Two Little Bluebirds

Two little bluebirds,          (hold hands out in fists)

sitting on a hill.

One named Jack.              (shake one fist)

The other named Jill.         (shake other fist)

 

Fly away Jack!                    (open fist and 'fly' behind your back)

Fly away Jill!                      (open other fist and 'fly' behind your back)

Come back Jack!               ('fly' one hand back)

Come back Jill!                  ('fly' the other hand back)

 

If You're Wearing Red Today

(Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)

 

If you're wearing red today

Red today, red today,

If you're wearing red today,

Please stand up and wave!

 

To continue the activity, say "color" or individual color names one by one when you sing the song again: 

If you're wearing color today

color today, color today,

If you're wearing color today,

Please sit down and wave!

 

 

Color Rhyme

by Jean Warren

 

If your clothes have any red

Put your finger on your head

 

If your clothes have any blue

Put your finger on your shoe.

 

If your clothes have any green

Wave your hand so you'll be seen

 

If your clothes have any yellow,

Smile like a happy fellow

 

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.

 

If your clothes have any white,

Clap your hands with all your might.

 

Color Balloons

by Jean Warren

Preparation: Cut four balloon shapes out of felt, one each from red, blue, green and yellow. Then use felt to make an outdoor scene on the flannelboard: a blue sky background, a yellow sun in the sky, a tree with several large red apple shapes on it and a strip of tall green grass under the tree. (Make the sun, apple and grass shapes a little bit larger than the balloon shapes.

 

Activity: As you recite each of the first four verses of the poem, hold up the appropriate colored balloon. When you come to the last line of each verse, "fly" the balloon to the flannelboard and place it on a matching color. As you recite the last four verses of the poem, let the children take turns finding the "hidden" balloons and removing them from the flannelboard.

 

I had a great big red balloon,

Until I let it go.

Now where, oh where, I wonder,

Did my balloon blow?

 

I had a great big blue balloon,

The string I held so tight.

But when I opened up my hand,

My balloon flew out of sight.

 

I had a great big green balloon,

As pretty as could be

But when I let go of its string,

It flew away from me.

 

I had a great big yellow balloon,

When I went out to play.

But when I wasn't watching,

My balloon just flew away.

 

Red balloon, red balloon,

Where can you be?

Red balloon, red balloon,

Up in a tree.

 

Blue balloon, blue balloon,

Where did you fly?

Blue balloon, blue balloon,

Up in the sky.

 

Green balloon, green balloon,

where can you be?

Green balloon, green balloon,

Under the tree.

 

Yellow balloon, yellow balloon,

Where did you fly?

Yellow balloon, yellow balloon,

High in the sky.

 

 

Carl the Clown

by Susan M. Paprocki

Preparation: Cut a clown face out of white felt and use felt scraps or felt-tip markers to make hair and facial features. Then cut one clown hat shae each from the following colors of felt: red, yellow, blue, purple, white, green brown. Cut an additional hat shape out of orange felt and add black decorations.

 

Activity: Place the clown face on the flannelboard. As you recite the poem, put the appropriate colored hats on the clown's head. when the children have become familiar with the poem, let them take turns placing the hats on the clown's head themselves.

 

My name, boys and girls, is Carl the Clown.

I wear my hats all over town.

 

Each one has its own color name,

Which you can learn if you play my game.

 

Oh, here's a hat, and it is red.

It fits so nicely on my head.

 

Now when I wear my hat of yellow,

I'm told I'm quite a dandy fellow.

 

I hope you like my hat of blue.

I'll put it on now, just for you.

 

My purple hat is just for good.

I'd wear it always if I could

 

I wear a white hat on a sunny day

It looks quite nice, my friends all say.

 

I put on my green hat to visit the park,

But I take it off when it gets dark.

 

And when it's dark, I put on brown.

This hat is for a sleepy clown.

 

Orange and black is for Halloween night.

Yes, indeed, I'm quite a sight!

 

 

 

 

Crafts: 

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Color Match Game

Let kids color and cut out the cards and play with parents at storytime, or use it as a take home activity. 

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