Colors
All Around
(Houghton
Mifflin Theme 2 – Kindergarten)
We
see beautiful colors everywhere!
A
Theme Unit About Colors
(Click on a
color below to be taken to that page of activities, songs, and lessons.)
Red Blue Green Yellow Black Brown
Songs,
Poems, and Fingerplays
Crayons
By Dee
Lillegard
Sticks of
colors
Yellow, green,
And brown like bread.
Blue like
water
In the sea.
Purple like bruises
On my knee.
Black like
night
When I'm in bed,
Dreaming in yellow,
Rainbow Song
Tune: Hush, Little Baby
Rainbow
purple
Rainbow blue
Rainbow green
And yellow too
Rainbow orange
Rainbow red
Rainbow shining over head.
Come and count
The colors with me
How many colors
Can you see?
1 - 2 - 3 on down to green
4 - 5 - 6 colors can be seen!
Rainbow
purple
Rainbow blue
Rainbow green
And yellow too
Rainbow orange
Rainbow red
Rainbow shining over head.
Rainbow of Friends
We're a
rainbow
Made of children
We're an army
Singing our song.
There's no weapons
That can stop us,
Rainbow Love is
Much too strong!
The Rainbow Song
Tune: Jesus Loves Me
Red,
orange, green, and blue
Shiny yellow, purple,
too.
All the colors that you know
Show up in the rainbow.
Oh Rainbow
Tune: O Christmas Tree
Oh rainbow,
oh rainbow,
How lovely are your colors.
Oh rainbow, oh rainbow,
How lovely are your colors.
Purple, red and orange, too,
Yellow, green and blue so true.
Oh rainbow, oh rainbow,
How lovely are your colors.
Color Me Happy
If I were
the color blue,
I'd sing sad songs for you.
If I were
the color yellow,
I'd be a happy fellow.
If I were
the color red
I'd look like me when I bled.
If I were the
color green,
I'd grow like a big string bean.
If I were
the color brown,
I'd be a chocolate town.
If I were
the color pink,
I'd be a lemony drink.
If I were
the color purple,
Nothing would rhyme with me!
Color Song
Orange is a
carrot,
Yellow is a pear,
Green is the grass,
And brown is a bear,
Purple is a plum,
Blue is the sky,
Black is a witch's hat,
And red is cherry pie.
What Color
Am I?
(Copyright 2000
Barbara Pratt. All rights reserved.)
I am thinking of a color that is the color of the sky.
What color am I? (Blue).
I am thinking of a color that is the color of the sun.
What color am I? (Yellow).
I am thinking of a color that is the color of grass.
What color am I? (Green).
I am thinking of a color that is the color of milk.
What color am I? (White).
I am thinking of a color that is the color of a lemon
What color am I? (Yellow).
I am thinking of a color that is the color of a lime
What color am I? (Green).
I am thinking of a color that is the color of an orange
What color am I? (
I Can Sing A Rainbow
Red and yellow and pink and green;
P urple 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.
You can sing a rainbow, sing a
rainbow, sing along with me.
Red and yellow and pink and green;
purple and orange and blue.
Now, we can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too.
The Color Song
Tune: This Old Man
Red, red, red, touch your head.
Blue, blue, blue, tie your shoe.
Brown, brown, brown, touch the ground.
White, white, white, take a bite.
Black, black, black, touch your back.
Purple, purple, purple, draw a circle.
Pink, pink, pink, give a wink.
Gray, gray, gray, shout hurray!
Color Poems with Actions
This can be
sung to the tune of "This Old Man" or written on a chart with the
color words on the top line and the rest on the second line. The children could
have a copy of the chart so they could trace over the letters for the color
word in the appropriate color.
Red, red,
touch your head.
Blue, blue, show your shoe.
Yellow, yellow, shake like Jell-O.
Brown, brown, make a frown.
Black, black, scratch your back.
Pink, pink, give a wink.
White, white, do not fight.
(point
finger and shake head)
Green, green, don't be seen.
(hide eyes)
Purple, purple, draw a circle.
Gray, gray,
shout "hurray!"
Colorful
Kids
Learn
your colors at the beginning of the year with a fun class book featuring your
students! Divide your class into small
groups; then assign each group a color.
Have students wear clothing in their assigned color and gather objects
of that color from home or the classroom.
Take a photo of each color group with its collected items. Once the pictures are developed, mount each
one on tagboard or cardstock. Label each
page with the color name in that color and then laminate the pages for
durability. Bind the pages together to
create a book called “Colorful Kids” or “We Know Our Colors.”
Lessons and
Activities:
Matching
Colors – Give each of your children a small bag containing short strips
of construction paper in the colors they have been learning. Have the children sit down and arrange their
strips nearby. Then invite one child to
come to the front of the circle and reach into a bag containing longer strips
of the same colors. Have the child
remove the strip from the rainbow bag and show it to the group. Have the children pickup their matching strips
and them in the air while you sing the following song:
Can You Find Me?
(Sing to the tune: “Mulberry Bush”)
Can
you find the color red,
The
color red, the color red?
Can
you find the color red,
And
hold it up in the air?
(substitute
the names of other color words for red.)
Light Up the
Colors – Provide a flashlight for each child in your group. Dim the lights in the room. Have each child, in turn, name a color. When
your children hear a color name, have them shine their flashlights at anything
in the room that is that color. Hint:
Encourage children to shine their lights on something that no one has
found. This discourages copying the
person who first found something of the named color.
Teddy Bear
Race – Make a gameboard by drawing three lengthwise lines on a piece of
posterboard to form four lanes. Select
four different teddy bear counters (each a different color). Stick eight circle stickers (in colors to
match the bear counters) in each lane.
Write “Start” at the bottom of the board and “Finish” at the top. Put each bear on the starting circle of its
lane. Select four more bears that match
those on the gameboard. Put these bears
in a drawstring bag. Have your children
take turns selecting a bear from the bag, showing it to the group, and naming
its color. The child then moves the corresponding
bear on the gameboard ahead one space and returns the bear to the bag. Play continues until one bear “wins” the
race.
Color
Hokey-Pokey – Select four colors of crepe-paper streamers and cut them into
12-inch strips. Cut four streamers (one
of each color) for each of your children.
Sort the streamers by color and put the four groups on the floor. Let each of your children select two
streamers of any color and hold one in each hand. Invite the children to stand in a circle and
sing the following song. Remind them to
listen carefully for the color words, and explain that they will not have a
matching streamer to “put in and out” for every verse.
Color Hokey-Pokey
(Sing to the tune: “Hokey-Pokey”)
You
put blue in,
You
put blue out.
You
put blue in
And
you shake it all about.
You
do the color-pokey and you turn yourself around.
That’s
what it’s all about!
(Repeat,
naming a different color each time.)
Hunting for
Colors – Have parents and friends help you collect labels from food
cans. Sort the labels and put those that
feature colors the children have learned into a grocery bag. You will need at least one label per child. (Save for later any labels featuring
unfamiliar color.) Make a chart listing
several colors that your group has studied.
Use corresponding colored markers to write each color name. Show the children the tally chart. Tell them that they will be looking for the
colors on the chart. Have each child
reach into the grocery bag and remove one label. Let the children study their labels, then
have them each in turn show the colors he or she has found. Record the colors on the tally chart and
compare the results. Which color was found
most often? Which one was found least
often? Can the children think of colors
that were not found at all?
I Spy – Have your
children glance around the room as you call attention to different colored
objects. Then play a guessing game. Call out, “I spy with my little eye something
purple.” Let the children guess what the
object is. When a child guesses
correctly, let him or her think of an object for the group to guess.
Colored
Circles – Cut circles from several colors of construction paper. (Make several circles of each color, and make
more circles than there are children.)
Put the paper circles in a brightly colored gift bag. In turn, have each of your children pull a
circle from the bag and name its color.
Invite all the children to sing about the color in the following song.
Found a Color
(Sung
to the tune of: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
Rudy
found a color, color, color.
Rudy
found a color
On
a shape that is round.
Rudy
found a color, color, color.
Rudy
found a color,
And
red is what he found.
(Repeat,
substituting the names of your children for Rudy and the name of the color
selected for red.)
Rainbow
House – Cut a large house shape from felt to put on the
flannelboard. Also, cut short strips
from felt in a variety of colors. Tell
your children a story about a large family who wanted to paint their house and
couldn’t choose a color because they liked all the colors. Explain that each
family member painted a part of the house his or her own favorite color. As you mention each color, invite a child to
place a felt strip of that color on the house.
End the story by explaining that the family called their home the
“Rainbow House” because it was so many beautiful colors.
Fishing for
Colors – Have fun fishing up a color review. In advance, make several fish shapes out of
different colors. Laminate them for
durability. Place a paper clip on each fish.
Make a fishing pole from a stick and string. Attach a small magnet to the end of the
line. Place the fish in a small wading
pool and have the children take turns fishing for a fish. When they catch one, have them tell you what
color it is. Fish until everyone has caught a fish and told you its color. Have fun color fishing! The children love this game! :0)
Favorite
Color Graph – What better way to find out what the classes favorite color
is. Make a large graph with the colors
across the top or bottom. Place it on
the board at the front of the room, low enough so that the children can help
build it. Have children tell you what
their favorite color is. Write their
name on an index card with a marker in that color and then have them attach it
to the correct column on the graph. After everyone has voted for his or her
favorite color talk about the graph.
Which color has the most? Which
color has the least? Which color did not
receive any votes? Write these things in
sentence form on sentence strips. Hang
the graph and the sentences in the hallway for all to see. (Note: We usually do this one
during the first few weeks of school as part of our “Getting to Know You”
activities and then have it in the hallway for Open House.)
Candy Sort – Give each child a snack size package f
M & M’s. Have them sort them by
color. I use a sheet that I made that
has 6 circles on it and the color name.
Count how many of each color that they have and have them write it
beside the circle. The best part is when
you are done eat the candy! :0)
Colors ABC Tub – One of the ABC Tubs that we have is
filled with activities, games, and file folder games that have the kids matching
colors, matching color words and colors, and other color related activities.
Fruit
Colorful
Necklaces - Give each child a small pile of Fruit Loop cereal. Have your
children sort the colors, then string them on a yarn necklace to wear and eat
the rest of the day.
Snacks
and Recipes
Rainbow
Pops
1/3 C.
orange juice
3 oz. fresh raspberries our strawberries
1 tsp. sugar
1/4 C. grape juice
Pour orange juice into molds and place in a freezer. Leave in until these are
frozen. Put berries in sugar, and 1/4 cup cold water, and then mix in a food
processor or blender. Process until smooth. Pour berry mixture over orange
juice and return to freezer until almost frozen. Mix grape juice with 1/4 cup
cold water, then pour over berry mixture, and insert holders. Freeze until
frozen.
Rainbow
Cake
1 box
white or yellow cake mix
Food coloring
Ready-made white or vanilla frosting
Make the cake according to the package instructions. Pour the batter into
whatever size cake pan(s) that you want. Scatter drops of different food colors
over the top of the batter. Use a butter knife to cut through the batter using
a swirling motion. This will blend in and mix up the colors. Bake the cake and
cool. Frost with white frosting. Scatter dots of food coloring over the
frosting. Then use a wooden pick and swirl the colors into the frosting.
Rainbow
Toast
Pour a
teaspoon of milk into each of 3 cups. Add a drop of red food coloring
to the first cup, yellow to the second cup and blue to the third. Next
dip a small brush into each of the milk colors and paint a
"rainbow" on a piece of white bread. Toast and butter the bread.
Gelatin
Rainbow Snack
Purchase clear plastic cups, Make
all six colors of Jell-O: cherry, orange, lemon, lime, berry blue, and grape.
After the Jell-O has set spoon one spoonful of each flavor into clear cup. Top
with a cloud of whip cream you have an edible rainbow.
Rainbow
Bananas
Die chunks of banana in the colors
of a rainbow with Jell-O.
The
following is list of books from the Houghton Mifflin Website that correlate
with this theme.
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Green by Mary Elizabeth Salzmann; Sandcastle 1999
(24p) Freight Train by Donald Crews;
Greenwillow 1978 (24p) Yellow Ball by Molly Bang; Morrow 1991
(24p) Carmen’s Colors by Maria Diaz; Lee &
Low 2000 (8p) Color Dance by Ann Jonas; Greenwillow
1989 (32p) Tell Me a Season by Mary McKenna Siddals;
Clarion 1997 (32p) Butterfly Colors by Helen Frost; Pebble
1999 (24p) Kente Colors by Debbi Chocolate; Walker
1996 (32p) Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert; Harcourt
1988 (32p) Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh;
Harcourt 1989 (32p) Teacher
Read Aloud Books:
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Robert Kraus; Harper
1955 (64p) A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni; Knopf 1997
(32p) All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka; Morrow
1994 (32p) Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes;
Greenwillow 1996 (32p) Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow;
Harper 1962 (32p) Animals Black and White by Phyllis Limbacher
Tildes; Charlesbridge 1996 (32p) Chidi Only Likes Blue by Ifeoma Onyefulu; Dutton
1997 (32p) George Paints His House by Francine Bassède;
Orchard 1999 (32p) Shared
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