Colors Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean

• Stand-up Activity – Colored Shoes (action chant written by Carol Hopkins)

Walking in my red shoes, red shoes, red shoes

Walking in my red shoes, here at storytime.

Running in my blue shoes, blue shoes, blue shoes,

Running in my blue shoes, here at storytime.

Sliding in my green shoes, green shoes, green shoes,

Sliding in my green shoes, here at storytime.

Twirling in my pink shoes, pink shoes, pink shoes,

Twirling in my pink shoes, here at storytime.

Sitting in my white shoes, white shoes, white shoes,

Sitting in my white shoes, here at storytime.

• Bridge - Open, Shut Them (fingerplay)

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them

Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap 

• Flannelboard - Five Little Crayons (a rhyme about colors and ordinal numbers that I found in The Mailbox Preschool magazine, August/September 2003, page 6)

• Book #2 – Maisy's Rainbow Dream by Lucy Cousins

• Activity – I Look and Look (action rhyme written by Carol Hopkins)

I look and look and what do I see?

A bright red apple hanging in the tree.

I look and look and what do I see?

A yellow sun shining right on me.

I look and look and what do I see?

A great orange fruit, shiny and round.

I look and look and what do I see?

Some green grass growing on the ground.

I look and look and what do I see?

The blue waves on the ocean and sea.

I look and look and what do I see?

All of the colors around you and me!

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" song from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve 

 

 

• Art Experience – Water color sheets