Colors are all around us and they are especially popular in children's books. By pointing out colors in your surroundings and in pictures help children gain color recognition.
Opening Song: The More We Get Together
*We sign and clap to our opening song. All Stillwater Public Library storytimes start with this song and the children learn that song means storytime is starting.
Song: Clap Your Hands
*Action rhyme to warm everyone up
Book: Red, Green, Blue by Alison Jay
*On a gray and rainy day, a boy discovers a rainbow of colors in the magical world of nursery rhymes. Come along as he delights in blue with Little Boy Blue, orange in Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard, and purple with poor Humpty Dumpty.
Song: Baa Baa Black Sheep
* I especially like my version that has a second verse of white sheep with wool for a little girl.
Song: Wheels on the Bus
*Always a group favorite.
Book: Lot's of dots by Craig Frazier
* What I like about this book is the simple way it presents various concepts such as color, shapes, and opposites. Plus the pictures are bright and fun.
Song: Green says Go!
*Time to get the shakers out! We practice shaking on green, shaking slow on yellow, and stopping on red.
Song: Shake My Sillies Out
* Free shaking and dancing time
Closing song: The More We Get Together
* We end on the same song we started with and then the children and parents are invited to stay and play in the storytime room. We have a bin filled with books, puzzles, and stuffed animals.
Other books to check out:
Cleo's color book by Stella Blackstone
* Red, orange, yellow...discover the colors with help from Cleo! This poetic rhyming journey will teach youngsters how to recognize and create colors on their own!
Deep Blue Sea by Audrey Wood
* Readers will love learning their colors with this brightly illustrated, cumulative picture book.
Early Literacy Tip:
Talk to your baby and toddler often, using complete sentences. Describe their environment such as situations, people, and places. Don't worry about how much you think they understand as they are absorbing everything from your words to your tone to your facial expressions.
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