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Alligators and Crocodiles:
See You Later, Alligator Alphabet:
Alphabet Soup Autumn:
Fall, Leaves, Fall Babies:
I Kissed the Baby Balloons:
Up, Up, and Away!Bathtime:
Everybody Wash Bears:
Going on a Bear Hunt Bedtime:
Time for Bed Birds:
Birds of a Feather Bodies:
A Body of My Own Books:
I Love to Read Bugs:
Creepy Crawly Critters Butterflies:
Fly Away Home Cars and More Things on Wheels:
Going, Going, Gone!Cats:
Here Kitty!Christmas (Secular):
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Christmas (Religious):
Oh, Come Let Us Adore Him Clothes:
Time to Get Dressed Clouds:
I'm a Little Cloud Colors:
Color My World Cookies:
C is for Cookie Cows:
Happy Cows Dads:
My Dad Dancing:
I've Got Rhythm!Dinosaurs:
Stomp, Stomp, Roar Dogs:
Woof! Arf! Bark!Ducks:
Just Ducky
Easter:
Easter Parade
Elephants:
Elephant Walk Emotions:
The Way I Feel Farm Animals:
Down on the Farm Fish and Oceans:
Commotion in the Ocean Flowers:
A Rose By Any Other Name Food:
I'm Hungry Friends:
Will You Be My Friend?Frogs:
Jump, Frog, Jump! Gardens:
In My Pretty Garden Halloween:
Trick or Treat!Hats:
We Wear Many Hats Houses:
No Place Like Home Mice:
Quiet As a Mouse Moms:
My Mom Monkeys:
Silly Monkeys Monsters:
You Don't Scare Me!Moon:
Fly Me to the Moon Numbers:
I Can Count Pigs:
This Little Piggy Pizza:
Let's Make a Pizza Rabbits:
I Love My Bunny Rain:
Rain Makes Applesauce St. Patrick's Day:
Not Easy Being Green Sickness:
Get Well Soon Snakes:
Slithery Snakes Snow:
Let It Snow!Soup:
Soup's On!Space:
Space Race Spring:
Spring Is Here!Summer:
What Do You Do in the Summer Time? Thanksgiving:
Let's Give Thanks Trains:
Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo Trees:
In the Leafy Treetops Turtles:
Slowly But Surely Valentine's Day:
Hugs and Kisses Winter:
When It Starts To Snow Wolves:
The Wolf is Coming!

Color My World

	*Planting a Rainbow* by Lois Ehlert Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.

Song

Color Rhyme

If your clothes have any red,
Put your finger on your head.
If your clothes have any blue,
Put your finger on your shoe,
If your clothes have any green,
Wave your hand so that you're seen.
If your clothes have any yellow,
Smile like a happy fellow,
If your clothes have any brown,
Turn your smile into a frown,
If your clothes have any black,
Put your hands behind your back.
If your clothes have any white,
Stamp your feet with all your might.

	*What Makes a Rainbow?* by Betty Ann Schwartz Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: When Little Rabbit asks his mother, "What makes a rainbow?" she sends him to his animals friends for the answer.

Flannel Board

Mouse Paint Flannel Board version followed by reading of the book. I use the Mouse Paint flannel board set from Artfelt. Preload the colored mice in three corresponding cups to surprise the kids (and a few parents). See Artfelt's Mouse Paint: Animated Demonstration.

	Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color. Note: I use the Mouse Paint flannel board set from Artfelt to accompany this story. Preload the colored mice in three corresponding cups to surprise the kids (and a few parents).

Song

Safety

Red says stop
[Hold right hand in "Stop" gesture.]
And green says go
[Extend right arm with index finger pointed.]
Yellow says WAIT; you'd better go slow!
[With index finger extended, wave right hand across body from right to left and back.]
When I reach a crossing place
[Cross arms at wrists.]
To left and right I turn my face
[Turn head.]
I walk, not run, across the street
And use my head to guide my feet!

	*Lunch* by Denise Fleming Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: A very hungry mouse eats a large lunch comprised of colorful foods.

Song

If You're Wearing....[Red, Black, etc.]
(Tune: "Happy and You Know It")

(Do the moves along with the song)
If you are wearing red, shake your head
If you are wearing red, shake your head
If you are wearing red
Then please shake your head
If you are wearing red, shake your head

If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe
If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe
If you are wearing blue,
Then please touch your shoe
If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe

If you are wearing green, bow to the queen
If you are wearing green, bow to the queen
If you are wearing green,
Then please bow to the queen
If you are wearing green, bow to the queen

If you are wearing yellow, shake like Jell-O
If you are wearing yellow, shake like Jell-O
If you are wearing yellow,
Then please shake like Jell-O
If you are wearing yellow, shake like Jell-O

If you are wearing black, pat your back
If you are wearing black, pat your back
If you are wearing black,
Then please pat your back
If you are wearing black, pat your back

If you are wearing brown, turn around
If you are wearing brown, turn around
If you are wearing brown,
Then please turn around
If you are wearing brown, turn around

	The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A bored chameleon wishes it could be more like all the other animals it sees, but soon decides it would rather just be itself. Cutouts along the edges of the pages display various animals and colors.

Films

	All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka Age Level: PreK-2
Synopsis: Celebrate the colors of children and the colors of love--not black or white or yellow or red, but roaring brown, whispering gold, tinkling pink, and more.

	Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson Age Level: PreK-2
Synopsis: One evening Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight. But there wasn't any moon, and Harold needed a moon for a walk in the moonlight. Fortunately, he had brought his purple crayon. So he drew a moon. He also needed something to walk on. So he drew a path...

More Books to Read On Your Own

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Eric Carle
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.
Note: Artfelt has a Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? felt puppet set.

Color Dance
by Ann Jonas
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Three dancers show how colors combine to create different colors.

Color Kittens
by Margaret Wise Brown
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: While the color kittens are trying to make green paint, their mixing leads to pink, orange, and purple.

A Color of His Own
by Leo Lionni
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: The charming story of a chameleon searching for his own color, who ends up finding a true friend.

The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments
by Arnold Lobel
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: When a wizard discovered that each color he invented for the colorless world had a different emotional effect on people, he luckily had an accident which resulted in red apples, green leaves, and yellow bananas.

I Need a Lunch Box
by Jeannette Caines
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A little boy yearns for a lunch box, even though he hasn't started school yet.

Little Blue and Little Yellow: A Story For Pippo and Ann and Other Children
by Leo Lionni
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Little Blue and Little Yellow get all mixed up and become Little Green, so their parents do not recognize them, until they manage to get separated into their original colors. Give children small pieces of yellow and blue celophane to act out this story while you read it.

Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers
by Merle Peek
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: On Katy's birthday, all of her animal friends come to the party dressed in clothes of different colors.

My Crayons Talk
by Patricia Hubbard
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Brown crayon sings "Play, Mud pie day," and Blue crayon calls "Sky, Swing so high" in this story about talking crayons.

My Many Colored Days
by Dr. Seuss
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: This rhyming story describes each day in terms of a particular color which in turn is associated with specific emotions.

A Rainbow of My Own
by Don Freeman
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: A small boy imagines what it would be like to have his own rainbow to play with.

Who Said Red?
by Mary Serfozo
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A little girl and her brother introduce red, green, blue, yellow, and other colors as they wander about their farm.

More Songs for at Home

Rainbow Colors
(Tune : "Hush, Little Baby')

Rainbow purple, rainbow blue
Rainbow green and yellow, too
Rainbow orange, rainbow red
Rainbow smiling overhead.
Come and count the colors with me
How many colors can you see?
One, two, three, down to green,
Four, five, six can be seen
Rainbow purple, rainbow blue,
Rainbow green and yellow, too.
Rainbow orange, rainbow red,
Rainbow smiling overhead.

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