Colors+-+vocabulary

Vocabulary - Colors 1/28/2010

Opening song

(Kids guess theme as I pull out items from my bag) Have kids say their favorite color. Our 1st book was selected last week as a Caldecott Honor book, which means it’s a really good picture book!


 * Read: Red Sings from the Treetops: a year in colors **by Joyce Sidman


 * __Fingerplay: 5 green and speckled frogs __**
 * Read: Where is the Green Sheep? **by Mem Fox


 * Read: My Many Colored Days **by Dr. Seuss (have the kids say the colors)

Blue is the lake (point to the floor) Yellow is the sun (point to the sky) Silver are the stars when the day is done. (wiggle fingers in the air) Red is the apple (make a circle with hands) Green is the tree (raise arms overhead like branches) Brown is a cookie for you and me! (rub tummy)
 * __Color __**

Or
 * Read: Lemons are Not Red **by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
 * Read: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? **by Bill Martin (use felt board kit)


 * Goodbye Song: Razzama Tazzama **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">