“Colors!” little ones event

For January, we decided to play with colors! We held this event at the library on a Tuesday morning, at an outreach event on a Thursday morning, and back at the library on a Saturday morning.

We purchased these river stones from a generous grant from the CO State Library.

I love that this mom put the colors into the color wheel and was asking her child, “What do yellow and red make?” before placing the orange stone in between the red and yellow ones.

We “walked the line” like this post from Hands On as We Grow.

We painted with ice cubes like post from Easy Peasy and Fun.

This boy thought it was fun to use all the colors at once.

We used our fingers to paint on foil like this post from Sand in my Toes.
 

Some people made prints of their color mixing.

We made tie dye coffee filters like this post from Kitchen Table Classroom.

We sorted colors with stickers like this post from Busy Toddler.

 

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“Gaga for Green” Little Ones event

This month I held a “Gaga for Green” event for ages 2-5. We held this at the library twice (Tues and Sat) and at an outreach event in Severance once (Thurs). In honor of spring and St. Patrick’s Day, we explored activities on the subject of the color green.

We mixed yellow and blue food coloring in baggies of corn syrup.

We made 4 leaf clover stamps out of green peppers, like this post from Learn Play Imagine. Make sure your peppers have 4 bumps on the bottom. These work great!

We practiced our fine  motor skills with glitter and glue. (My janitor loves me.)


One kiddo drew G’s in his G.

We practiced more fine motor skills by planting a garden like this post from No Time for Flash Cards.

 
We made “edible” slime, like this post from Play Learn Grow for a free play table. I was looking for our playdoh tools but couldn’t find any so last minute I grabbed our animals. It seemed to work out well.

One little boy said he made a new mane for the lion.

One little girl said she had to apply sunscreen to her elephant.
I told her as a redhead, I approved.

This was messy fun. Erin Go Bragh!

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“Colors” toddler storytime

Opening Rhyme
(to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell)
We’re all here today. We’re all here today.
Let’s clap our hands and sing together.
Hip, hip, hooray!
Source: (To be honest, my library was using this before I started so I’m not sure where the previous librarian found it, but it looks like a modified version of Jean Warren’s Preschool Express song here.)

Open Shut Them
Open, shut them, open, shut them,
Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open, shut them, open, shut them,
Put them in your lap, lap, lap.
Creep them, crawl them,
Creep them, crawl them,
Right up to your chin, chin, chin.
Open up your little mouth,
But do not put them in.
Source: King County Library System

Book – Cat’s Colors by Jane Cabrera

Little Mouse, Are You in the House? felt board
Source: King County Library System

Two Little Blackbirds
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill.
One named Jack and one named Jill.
Fly away Jack, fly away Jill.
Come back Jack, come back Jill.
Source: Traditional

Book – Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. 

 Baa Baa Black Sheep (with felt board)
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir
Three bags full

One for my master,
One for my dame,
One for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir
Three bags full
Repeat with other color sheep
Source: Adapted traditional

Fishies (felt board)
There are so many fishies
In the deep blue sea
What color fishie do you see?
­______, _____, this one’s ______
This little fishie is _______
Source: Nancy Stewart

Bubbles – best bubble machine ever! (IMHO, of course)

 Rainbows in my Bubbles
Tune of She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain)
I’ve got rainbows in my bubbles, yes, I do
I’ve got rainbows in my bubbles, yes, I do
When I look up towards the sun,
They’ve got rainbows every one.
I’ve got rainbows in my bubbles, yes, I do.
Source: Preschool Express

Good-bye Song
Wave with one hand, then with the other
Wave with one hand, then with the other
Wave with one hand, then with the other
Wave with both feet now
Repeat with other body parts
Source: King County Library System

Play Time!

Early literacy tip: Provide lots of opportunities to explore many kinds of materials that can be sorted and categorized by size or shape. These include small plastic toys such as animals and vehicles, Unifix cubes (or other “manipulatives”), blocks, or other small objects such as coins, stamps, cups, and bottle caps. Have children explore different ways sort objects into similar groups. The groups, or categories, could be general concepts such as “hard things” “soft things” or something personal, such as “things that were gifts,” “things I found.”
Source: íColorín Colorado!

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“Colors” preschool storytime

Opening Song
I wiggle my fingers. I wiggle my toes.
I wiggle my ears. I wiggle my nose.
I wiggle my shoulders. I wiggle my chin.
I stretch my arms wide and pull them back in.
I wiggle my elbows. I wiggle my knees.
I hop like a bunny. I smile and say, “Cheese!”
Now I have no more wiggles left in me
And I sit on the floor as still as can be.
Source: Storytime with Jason

Book – Pete the Cat: I Love my White Shoes by Eric Litwin 

Song – Caspar Babypants “Stompy the Bear” (with corresponding felt board)

Two Little Blackbirds
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
One named Jack, and one named Jill
Fly away, Jack. Fly away, Jill.
Come back, Jack. Come back, Jill.
Sitting in a car… near and far
Flying in the sky…low/high
Sitting on a gate…Early/late
Sitting on a pole…Fast/slow
Sitting on the ice…Mean/nice
Sitting on a gate… Wobbly/straight
Sitting on a mop… Bottom…top
Sitting on a cloud… Quiet and loud
Sitting on a lily… Serious/silly
Source: Jbrary

Book- Mix It Up by Herve Tullet

Song- Jim Gill’s “Silly Dance Contest”

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.
Repeat with other colors.
Source: King County Library System

Rain on the Green Grass
Rain on the green grass.
(flutter hands down to the ground)
Rain on the tree. (arms up like branches)
Rain on the rooftop (fingers together over head to make peak of roof)
But NOT on me!(brush shoulders with fingers)
Source:  King County Library System 

Felt Board – Little Mouse, Little Mouse, Are you in the Red House?

Goodbye
Bread and butter, marmalade and jam
Let’s say good-bye as high as we can
Good-bye! (in high, squeaky voice)
Bread and butter, marmalade and jam
Let’s say good-bye as low as we can
Good-bye! (in a deep voice)
Bread and butter, marmalade and jam
Let’s say good-bye as fast as we can
Good-bye! (very quick)
Bread and butter, marmalade and jam
Let’s say good-bye as slow as we can
Good-bye! (very slowly and drawn out)
Bread and butter, marmalade and jam
Let’s say good-bye as quiet as we can
Good-bye! (in a whisper)
Bread and butter, marmalade and jam
Let’s say good-bye as loud as we can
GOOD-BYE! (yelling)
Source: Jbrary

Early Literacy Tip: Teach both colors and numbers using this fun game: Make 2 dice, one with numbers on the sides and one with colors. (You can use square tissue boxes or other similar materials to make the dice.) Have your child roll each die to get a number and a color. Then, using paper and crayons, make that many dots of that color on a sheet of paper.

 

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