Black
Black Color Song
(tune:
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain)
B-l-a-c-k spells black.
B-l-a-c-k spells black.
Flying bats are black.
Scary cats are black.
Jellybeans are black.
I like black.
B-l-a-c-k spells black.
B-l-a-c-k spells black.
Sunday shoes are black.
Santa's boots are black.
B-l-a-c-k spells black.
Songs,
Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Baa Baa
Black Sheep
Baa, baa, Black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full;
One for my master and one for my dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Black
B-L-A-C-K
B-L-A-C-K
B-L-A-C-K
Spells Black
B-L-A-C-K
B-L-A-C-K
B-L-A-C-K
Spells Black
Hats are black
Some cats are black
Yes both of these are black
So if you really really like black
What you need to know is that
B-L-A-C-K
B-L-A-C-K
B-L-A-C-K
Spells Black
B-L-A-C-K
B-L-A-C-K
B-L-A-C-K
Black Bird
Black bird, black bird,
High in a tree,
How many black things
Can you see?
BLACK
(Tune: Jingle Bells)
Black bats fly,
Black cats cry,
b-l-a-c-k
Black is the color of the night
b-l-a-c-k
BLACK!
BLACK
(Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)
B-L-A-C-K spells black
Black like a cat,
Black like a hat.
B-L-A-C-K
Black like a big black bat.
Black Song
(tune
of Jingle Bells)
Black, black, black.
Black, black, black.
B L A
C K.
A witch's hat,
Her cat and bat.
All are shades of black.
Black
(Sing to the tune of: “Bingo”)
There was a class that learned to spell and this is
what they sang-o,
B-l-a-c-k, b-l-a-c-k, b-l-a-c-k,
And that spells black!
Arts and
Crafts
BLACK BUGS - Set out modeling dough mixed with powdered
black tempera paint. Also, provide short lengths of black pipe cleaners or
black yarn. Encourage your children to make bug bodies with the black dough and
add the pipe cleaners or yarn for legs.
Clothespin Bats
Clothespins
Black Paint
Black bat wing shapes
Have the children paint
spring-type clothespins black to use as bat bodies. When the paint has dried,
give each of the children a bat wings shape cut from black construction paper
and have them clip their shapes on their clothespins. Then clip the bats around
the room on curtains, picture frames, book covers, etc.
Black Owl
Small paper plates
(6" in diameter)
Scissors
Black paint
Paintbrushes
Glue
Small cupcake liners
Black or yellow buttons
Cut a rectangular wedge
out of the bottom of the plate and save for later use. Paint the plate with
black paint and dry. While the paint is drying, talk with the children about
the creatures of the night, their colors, etc. Cut three little triangles out
of the piece of the plate that was saved. Glue on two triangles for owl's ears
and one for his beak Glue the cupcake liners for the eyes on either side of the
beak. Blue buttons inside the cupcake liners. More to do: Staple an owl (or
family of owls) on a branch.
Black Playdough - Add the desired amount of black food coloring
to playdoh and set it out on the art table.
Black Glue - Add black food coloring to white glue and use it for art
projects.
Spaghetti Painting - Dip cooked spaghetti in black paint and let it
"dance" across white paper.
Black Button Necklaces - String black buttons on matching colored
telephone wire to make necklaces.
Do
a crayon resist picture of the night sky, then paint a black wash over the
top.
Teach
them a rap of the color black:
Black
is the night. Black is a bat.
Black
is a big scary Halloween cat!
Games and
Activities
LITTLE
BLACK BOOKS
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Make blank books with
white pages and black covers. Help your children try one or more of these
ideas.
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BLACK
COUNTING GAMES
Try one or more of these games with your children.
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·
Count black crayons or markers. ·
Count the number of children with black hair. ·
String and count black buttons on a black shoelace. ·
Guess the number of black jellybeans in a jar, open, count
together, and eat! ·
Number the cups in an egg carton from 1 to 12. Fill the cups
with matching numbers of black beans. |
Black Cats
Show your children
pictures of black cats. Then have them act out the following poem.
Black cats arch their
backs,
Meow, meow, meow.
They puff out their tails
And show their claws,
Meow, meow, meow.
Black cats yowl and hiss,
“Hiss-ss-ss-ss-ss.”
“Look at me, I'm scary”
Is what they seem to say.
“Hiss-ss-ss-ss-ss.”
But black cats can be
gentle,
Meow, meow, meow.
They curl in your lap
And take a nap,
Meow, meow, meow.
Scat The Cat
Once upon a time, there
was a little BLACK cat & his name was Scat the Cat. One day he looked
around & saw that all his brothers & sisters & friends were black,
too. Scat decided he would like to be a different color so he said:
"I'm Scat the Cat,
I'm sassy & fat,
And I can change my color,
Just like that!" (snap fingers)
All of a sudden he was GREEN like the trees & grass. What else is
green like Scat? He went out to play with his friends, but they couldn't find
him because he was the color of the trees & grass.He
was very unhappy & decided he didn't want to be green anymore,so he said:
"I'm Scat the Cat,
I'm sassy & fat,
And I can change my color,
Just like that!" (snap fingers)
Then Scat turned BLUE like
the water, the sky, & what else? He walked to the lake, looked at himself,
& fell in the water! But poor Scat couldn't
swim...he called for help but his friends couldn't see him because he was blue
like the water. Just then his friend, Timothy Turtle,
caught him and carried him safely to shore. Scat didn't want to be blue
anymore, so he said:
"I'm Scat the Cat,
I'm sassy and fat,
And I can change my color,
Just like that!" (snap fingers)
Then Scat turned YELLOW
like the sun. On his way through the jungle, he met his cousin Leo the Lion.Leo said, "Grrrrrrrrrr!
I'm the only one who is supposed to be yellow." Scat was so afraid that he
said:
"I'm Scat the Cat,
I'm sassy and fat,
And I can change my color,
Just like that!" (snap fingers)
Next, Scat turned RED like
an apple. What else is the color red? He went out to play with his brothers
& sisters & friends, but they all laughed at him. "Who ever heard
of a red cat," they said. No one played with him & he felt so sad.
"I don't want to be red. I don't want to be yellow like Leo the Lion, I
don't want to be blue like the water, and I don't want to be green like the
grass. I want to be black again just like my brothers & sisters &
friends. I'd like to have lots of cats to play with so
he said:
"I'm Scat the Cat,
I'm sassy and fat,
And I can change my color,
Just like that!" (snap fingers)
Scat changed back to BLACK
& after that he was happy just being himself.
Extension Suggestions:
Discuss how special it is to be just the way we are. Ask children what they
like best about themselves. If you don't have a flannel board, you can still do
this using paper. Take a file folder & cut a cat pattern out of one side.
The cat looks like a cat sitting. You don’t see the legs. The cat pattern will
be cut out of the center of the folder so it will kind of look like a stencil.
Staple the ends of the folder together to make a pocket. Insert 7x10 inch
sheets of construction paper in the pocket & remove one at a time as you
tell the story.
What Shall I Wear? - Tell your children that you want to dress so that
you cant be seen at night. Bring in a black trunk or
suitcase of clothes (including some all-black ones) and have them
help you select things to wear; a black hat, black shoes and hose, a black
shirt or blouse, black slacks or a skirt.
Black Dots - Draw a black dot on a sheet of paper for each of
your children. Show a few of the pages to your children and explain that these
are unfinished pictures. Brainstorm all the things this back dot might be, like
a raisin in a cookie, the center of an exotic flower, or a bowling ball. After
the children have generated plenty of ideas, give each of your children a
clipboard, one of the papers, and a black crayon or marker. Challenge the
children to finish their pictures. Give them a chance to show their pictures
and tell what they have made.
The Photographer - Bring a black camera to the circle. A broken
camera is fine. Ask your children to pretend that the camera will take pictures
of black items only. Pass the camera around the circle. Have each child in turn
pretend to take a photo of real or imaginary black things.
Extension: As a follow-up
activity, place the camera in your dramatic play area.
Science - Black is made up of many different colors. Each color absorbs
light, then reflects its color. All colors combined
absorb light of many different colors and reflects very little, so you end up
with black! This experiment, and many other science experiments, can be found
on The Science Explorer,
a Web site devoted to educating children about science.
Black Day - Dress in black clothes for the day. Use paper plates and napkins that are the
color of the day for snack time.
Black Walk - Take a walk to look for a
particular color of car.
Black Foods Chart - Make a chart listing foods that are black.
Things That Are Black – Write and quick sketch any items that are black
onto chart paper.
Things That Can Be Black Predictable Chart – Title: Things That Can
Be Black; Sentence Frame: A/An _______ can be black. (Name)
Estimation Station - Try guessing
how many of the same colored buttons, beads, etc., there are in a glass jar, then count to see who came the closest.
Black
Scavenger Hunt - Plan a scavenger hunt to search for objects
that are black.
Water Table Sculptures - Freeze
water tinted with black food coloring in milk cartons to make ice sculptures
for the water table.
Black Stacks - Use black paper cups
for stacking in pyramids or for counting.
Black
Rice - Tint rice with black food coloring to use for sandbox play.
Read "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" by
Recite Little Miss Muffet, play act it, and
do a cut and paste sequence. You can also made spider hats using a black circle
and four long black legs taped in the middle to make eight. Then
accordion-fold the legs.
After reading Ten Black Dots, have them make their own version. A
shortcut would be just to give every child 10 black dots (punch out black paper
with a hole punch if you don't want to buy black stickers) and make only one
page with all ten dots.
Eat Oreos and graph which way they like to eat it
(separate
first and lick off the filling, eat it all
together, etc.)
Make a large black crayon out of butcher paper. Using chalk to write,
brainstorm everything they can thing of that is the color black.
Recipes and
Snacks
Black Cream Cheese Bites - Mix cream cheese with black olive bits and
spread on crackers for a snack.
Black
Jell-O - Make finger Jell-O (Jigglers recipe) to
eat at snack time.
Ants on a Log - Wash celery and cut it into pieces about 5 inches
long. Spread peanut butter over the
entire length of the celery. Press
raisin ants into peanut butter logs.
Black and
Delight
your family tonight with this scrumptious dessert from Kraft. Prep Time: approx.
15 Minutes. Ready in: approx. 15 Minutes. Makes 10 servings. Printed
from Allrecipes, Submitted by Kraft Foods
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4 cups cold milk, divided |
Pie Filling |
Directions
1 POUR 2 cups of the milk into large bowl. Add chocolate fudge flavor
pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes. Fill
2 Pour remaining 2 cups milk into another large
bowl. Add vanilla flavor pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes. Stir in a
few drops food coloring to tint mixture orange. Spoon orange
mixture evenly over chocolate mixture. Top with crushed cookies.
3 Refrigerate until ready to serve. Garnish
with Halloween sprinkles.
4 Note: Pudding cups can also be served frozen.
Use plastic or paper cups, not glasses. Freeze 3 hours or until firm.
© KF Holdings. Used with permission.
Black Bean Pinwheels
Try
this fun and easy appetizer. Prep Time: approx. 15 Minutes. Cook Time: approx.
30 Minutes. Ready in: approx. 45 Minutes. Makes 10 servings.
Printed from Allrecipes, Submitted by Kraft
Foods
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4 ounces (1/2 of 8 oz. pkg.) |
KNUDSEN Sour Cream |
Directions
1 Mix cheeses, sour cream and onion salt with electric mixer on medium speed
until well blended.
2 Place beans in food processor container
fitted with steel blade or blender container; cover. Process
until smooth. Spread thin layer of beans on each tortilla; spread cheese
mixture over beans.
3 Roll tortillas up tightly. Refrigerate 30
minutes. Cut into 1/2-inch slices. Serve with salsa.
© KF Holdings. Used with permission.
Black Cows
Milk
and root beer, could not be easier, and kids love it! Prep Time: approx. 5 Minutes.
Ready in: approx. 5 Minutes. Makes 14 cups (7 servings).
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1/2 gallon milk |
bottles root beer |
Directions
In a large drink cooler or punch bowl,
mix together the milk and root beer. Serve in tall glasses.
Soccer Ball Cake
Neat
way to make a ball shaped cake.
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1 (18.25 ounce) package |
vanilla frosting |
Directions
1 Heat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease
and flour one 2 1/2 to 3 quart ovenproof bowl. Place sugar in a bowl and
stir in black food color until desired color is achieved. Set aside.
2 Pour prepared cake batter into the prepared bowl
and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cake cool for 15 minutes in the
bowl then invert and let cake cool completely.
3 Once cake is completely cool trim flat side of cake and place on a
cake board. Trim edges into a ball shape. Frost with the
white frosting. Next using a toothpick draw a pentagon in the center top
of the cake. Surround the pentagon with five hexagons. Repeating
to cover entire cake. Cover lines with black licorice cut into 1 1/2
inch pieces. Fill the pentagon shapes with black colored white sugar.
Black Bean Enchiladas
Picante sauce gives lots of zip to the tasty filling
in these meatless enchiladas. Each generous serving is packed with
fresh-tasting ingredients-and fiber, too. Makes 6
servings.
Printed from Allrecipes,
Submitted by Taste of Home's Light & Tasty
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1 large onion, chopped |
2 medium tomatoes, chopped |
Directions
1 In a nonstick skillet, cook and stir onion and
green pepper in broth for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Mash one
can of black beans. Add to the skillet with 3/4 cup of picante
sauce and remaining beans; heat through.
2 Spoon 1/4 cup mixture down the center of each
tortilla. Roll up and place, seam side down, in a 13-inch x 9-inch x 2-inch
baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray. Combine tomatoes and remaining picante sauce; spoon over enchiladas.
3 Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Uncover; sprinkle with cheeses. Bake 5 minutes longer. To serve, place 1/2 cup
lettuce on each plate and top with two enchiladas. Garnish each serving with 1 tablespoon sour cream.
Bat Wings
1 dozen chicken wings
1 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup honey
1 teaspoon ginger, crushed and chopped
Mix together soy sauce,
honey, and ginger. Marinate chicken overnight. Grill in oven or barbeque.
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