At our school we wear different colors per day for 2 weeks. It's so fun to see everyone supporting us.
I started off the week by reading Mouse Paint.
I just love this story about mixing primary colors! Afterwards, I put 2 plates of red, yellow, blue paints at each table and passed out white copy paper. I had them hold up 2 pointer fingers. I told them to dip into red and into blue. I had them mix on their paper. Each student also had a wet wipe to "clean." I repeated with the other primary colors. At the end, I had them hold up 3 fingers and grab all 3. They had no idea what to expect. =)
The next day we watched Eric Litwin's live telling of Pete the Cat, I Love my White Shoes. So fun!
On Wednesday we read Go Away, Big Green Monster!
Then we completed a listening activity. I gave them a white sheet of paper and told them to draw a shape. Then they picked up an orange or yellow crayon to draw eyes. Next was a blue or green crayon for the nose. Pink/red for the mouth- with white teeth. Squiggly ears. Purple/pink hair. Finally they colored the monster's face any color. These turned out so cute!!
We also read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
I found a cute puppet template HERE.
Additionally, we graphed our favorite colors. HERE are my crayons.
On the last day, we made Cara Carroll's Color Pal. I had them choose their favorite color. Interesting how the graph doesn't match their pals. =)
We did this after reading The Day the Crayons Quit. I just LOVE this book. So clever!!!
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