Colors
Books:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? - Bill Martin Jr.
Mouse Paint - Ellen Stoll Walsh
Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Suess
Blueberries For Sal - Robert McCloskey
Growing Colors - Bruce McMillan
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? - Bill Martin Jr.
Mouse Paint - Ellen Stoll Walsh
Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Suess
Blueberries For Sal - Robert McCloskey
Growing Colors - Bruce McMillan
Web Sites:
Can Teach - Wonderful color songs and poems.
Child Fun - Color activities
Kinder Art - Painting activities
Can Teach - Wonderful color songs and poems.
Child Fun - Color activities
Kinder Art - Painting activities
Color Activities
Graphing:
Favorite Color
Color of eyes
Estimating:
Colorful food is fun. Children
can eat after estimating. Record
their estimations.
Red - red jelly beans
Brown - chocolate kisses
Yellow - lemon drops
White - mini marshmallows
Orange - fish-shaped crackers
Black - cut-up licorice
Green - grapes
Blue- blueberries
Purple - grapes
Favorite Color
Color of eyes
Estimating:
Colorful food is fun. Children
can eat after estimating. Record
their estimations.
Red - red jelly beans
Brown - chocolate kisses
Yellow - lemon drops
White - mini marshmallows
Orange - fish-shaped crackers
Black - cut-up licorice
Green - grapes
Blue- blueberries
Purple - grapes
Mixing Colors
Use food coloring with
water to show:
Yellow + Red = Orange
Blue + Red = Purple
Yellow + Blue = Green
Use food coloring with
water to show:
Yellow + Red = Orange
Blue + Red = Purple
Yellow + Blue = Green
Make a Color Wheel
Cut out tagboard circles. Draw
lines on the wheel to divide the
wheel into 6 pie sections. Have
the children color the sections
beginning with yellow, then
orange, red, purple, blue and
green. You could also stick a
pencil through the middle of the
color wheel to make a spinnng
wheel.
Cut out tagboard circles. Draw
lines on the wheel to divide the
wheel into 6 pie sections. Have
the children color the sections
beginning with yellow, then
orange, red, purple, blue and
green. You could also stick a
pencil through the middle of the
color wheel to make a spinnng
wheel.
