Literature and Activities for the Color Pink Books About the Color Pink Best Friends Wear Pink Tutus Little Pink Pig The Pink House The Pink Party Pink Pigs Aplenty Think Pink The Three Little Pigs Pink Song Tune: “Jingle Bells” Pink, pink, pink. Pink, pink, pink. P-I-N-K, pink. A baby’s toes, A bunny’s nose. Shades…
We investigated force and motion as part of our kindergarten science curriculum. Through hands-on experiments, students explored how objects move, how different surfaces affect movement, and how pushing, blowing, and using ramps can make objects move. Exploring Rolling Motion We began by observing the rolling motion of a ball. This boy devised his own ramp…
Literature and Activities for the Color Brown Books About the Color Brown Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. The Gingerbread Man Chocolatina by Erik Kraft The Big Block of Chocolate by Janet Slater Brown Rabbit’s Day by Alan Baker Brown Song Tune: “Jingle Bells” Brown, brown, brown. Brown, brown,…
Blowing Bubbles Indoors Materials: Bubble solution Shallow trays Drinking straws Instructions: Pour a small amount of bubble solution onto a tray. Give each child a straw. Have students gently blow through their straws to create bubbles. Encourage children to observe how the bubbles form and grow. Safety Note: This activity requires close adult supervision. Children…
Weather Unit Wind Exploration The children put these objects in front of a fan to see if the air moved them or if they fell to the ground. I gave the students a tray with a car, a straw, some clay, some paper and some toothpicks. Their assignment was to move the car without…
Celebrate the end of kindergarten with a graduation program featuring songs, poems, awards, and a special reception for families. Our kindergarten graduation begins with a poem called Kindergarten. One or two children hold up each letter and recite a line. Then we sing several songs, including an Addams Family song, First Grade, First Grade, and…
Apple Poems and Songs Five Red Apples Counting rhyme — Author unknown Five red apples hanging in a tree, The juiciest apples you ever did see. The wind came by and gave an angry frown, And one little apple came tumbling down. Four red apples… (Continue counting down to one.) Grandpa’s Farm Jump rope rhyme…
Literature and Activities for the Color Gray Books About the Color Gray The Greedy Gray Octopus (Rigby) Gray Song Tune: “Jingle Bells” Gray, gray, gray, Gray, gray, gray. G-R-A-Y, gray. An elephant’s knees, A mouse with cheese. Both are shades of gray. Green Grouches in Gray Garbage Cans Create little green grouches peeking out of…
Literature and Activities for the Color Black Books About the Color Black Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani Black Song Tune: “Jingle Bells” Black, black, black. Black, black, black. B-L-A-C-K. A witch’s hat, Her cat and bat. All are shades of black….
Books About the Color Purple Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut by Margaret Atwood I Love You the Purplest by Barbara Joosse Mr. Pine’s Purple House Purple Is Best Purple Hair? I Don’t Care! Purple Song Tune: “Jingle Bells” P-U-R-P-L-E,…
Books About the Color Blue The Blue Balloon by Mick Inkpen Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey The Blue Ribbon Puppy The Great Blue Grump by Jill Creighton Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? by Tana Hoban Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni Little Blue Ben by Phoebe Gilman Mrs….
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Books About the Color Yellow The Big Yellow Bus Curious George by H. A. and Margret Rey Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? by Tana Hoban Yellow Ball by Molly Bang Yellow Song Tune: “Jingle Bells” Y-E-L-L-O-W,…
Books About the Color Orange The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book by Paul Giganti Orange in My World by Janne Winne Orange Juice (Science Emergent Readers) by Betsey Chessen and Pamela Chanko Runaway Orange by Felicity Brooke and Jo Litchfield…
Literature and Activities for the Color White Featured Book: It Looked Like Spilt Milk It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw White Song Tune: “Jingle Bells” White, white, white. White, white, white. W-H-I-T-E. A nurse’s clothes. A cloud that blows. Shades of white to see. White Is the Color Tune: “Are You Sleeping?…