Storytime: Colors

Books

~Brown Bear, Brown bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr

~Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

*Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin

Red is a Dragon by Roseanne Thong

~Freight Train by Donald Crews

Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd

Books marked with a ~ were used for my toddler storytime and books marked with a * were used for my all ages storytime. I am finding that often my toddler storytime is pretty mellow and the all ages one tends to be much more high energy. Consequently, we usually read more books during the toddler one. I really wanted to read Red is a Dragon with my all ages group since it's a fun introduction to some things from Chinese culture in addition to being a book of colors, but it isn't a high energy book the way Monsters Love Colors is so I went with that one first. The all ages storytime was slow to start so we only had time to read one book with all the other activities I had planned.

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Flannelboard: Rainbow Stew

If I come up with more rhymes and songs to go with this set, the post will be updated to reflect that. If you have ideas for other ways to use the set, please share!

Flannelboard

This flannelboard was a lot of fun to make and to share. I've seen the flannelboard a few places, but I decided to add my own little addition to it with cream and clouds at the end of the rainbow. Happy little clouds make it look more complete and even more adorable! Sadly, it is the wrong time of year to find a cheap plastic cauldron to mix the rainbow stew in. Had I been thinking I might have been able to find one before St. Patrick's day, but as it is, there were none to be found. I just temporarily covered a big yogurt tub with black felt, but I'll keep an eye out for a cauldron come Halloween, or maybe I'll make a felt one! I used this for my colors storytime and soup storytime.

Songs, Rhymes, Games, and Fingerplays

"Rainbow Stew"

(Tune: Jimmy Crack Corn)

Take an apple, put it in the pot.

Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.

Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest red you ever did see!

Take an orange, put it in the pot.

Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.

Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest orange you ever did see!

Take a banana, put it in the pot.

Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.

Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest yellow you ever did see!

Take a pear, pit in the pot.

Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.

Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest green you ever did see!

Take some blueberries, put them in the pot.

Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.

Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest blue you ever did see!

Take some grapes, put them in the pot.

Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.

Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest purple you ever did see!

Take some cream, put it in the put

Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.

Take it out now. What do you see? Two fluffy white clouds as happy as can be!

What did  we make with our rainbow stew?  A magical rainbow for me and you!

Source: Modified from Storytime ABCs