Colors and Shapes

• Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
• A Picture for Harold's Room by Crockett Johnson
• Elmer by David McKee
• Red Day, Green Day by Edith Kunhardt
• How is a Crayon Made? by Oz Charles
• Color Dance by Ann Jonas
• Lunch by Denise Fleming
• The Land of Many Colors by The Klamath County YMCA...
• The M&Ms Counting Book by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
• Round Trip by Ann Jonas (It's black and white only, but really COOL!)
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
• Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
• Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? by Tana Hoban

• Shopping Spree: Identifying Shapes by Monica Weiss
• Squares are Not Bad by Violet Salazar

Activities:

1. Play color and/or shape BINGO. I bought my set at a teacher's store, but it would be very simple to make your own.

2. Have the children vote for their favorite colors. Make a large class graph.

3. If you have access to an Ellison machine, cut lots of shapes out of different colored construction paper. Have each child make a picture using the shapes. Then when the glue has dried, have them count and record the number of squares, rectangles, triangles, circles etc....

4. Have "Color Days" where children are encouraged to wear the color of the day.

5. Provide the children with colored water (using food coloring), eyedroppers and white ice cube trays. Allow them to be color chemists where they mix the primary colors in order to create other colors. You may choose to have a recording sheet to go with this activity.

6. Have the children drop water colored with food coloring onto white coffee filters. Set aside to dry. (Note: For the best results, and the brightest colors, put LOTS of food coloring in the water.)

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This page was updated on 12/15/97