Color Activities

Here is a TPT link to the Color Monster Books that my kids will be making this year along with full color posters. Each of the 8 monsters (8 basic colors) have a silly rhyme like "red, red forgot his head; yellow, yellow sat in jello." It is just another fun thing to do while you are learning to read and spell your colors at the beginning of the year. Click on the images below, and the link will take you to my TPT store.



Here are color activities and songs that we use at the beginning of the school year. All of the songs are from FROG STREET PRESS. They have a CD that you can purchase with all of the songs on it.

For RED, we make an Elmo using a paper plate.

For PURPLE, we read Harold and the Purple Crayon. We then do our own illustration of what we would draw if we had a purple crayon.

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use with Harold and the Purple Crayon.

For BROWN, we read BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR WHAT DO YOU SEE by Eric Carle. We painted a regular sized paper plate and small plate brown...then added details for a bear.

For BLACK, we read TEN BLACK DOTS. Then, the students were prompted to create a picture using black dots. Here are a few examples that the students could go by (Thanks, Nedy Cruz for making these cute samples!):

For GREEN, we read the story GO AWAY BIG GREEN MONSTER. We then create our own rendition of the green monster.

For ORANGE, we read The Big Orange Splot, and then we create our decorative house with a big orange splot.

For BLUE, we make a cookie monster.

For YELLOW, we make a cool sun with a circle and triangles.



We sing a song for every color to learn how to spell it, but we don't always have time to make an art project for each color. 

RED (Tune; ARE YOU SLEEPING?) R-E-D, red.  R-E-D, red.  I can spell red I can spell red. Fire trucks are red, Stop signs are red, too. R-E-D,  R-E-D.	BLUE (Tune: THE FARMER IN THE DELL)   B-L-U-E SPELLS BLUE B-L-U-E SPELLS BLUE HI-HO DID YOU KNOW B-L-U-E SPELLS BLUE?   THE BIG SKY IS BLUE THE OCEAN IS TOO HI-HO DID YOU KNOW B-L-U-E SPELLS BLUE?
ORANGE (Tune: THE WHEELS ON THE BUS)   O-R-A-N-G-E, O-R-A-N-G-E, O-R-A-N-G-E ORANGE IS WHAT THAT SPELLS   JACK-O-LANTERNS ARE ALWAYS ORANGE CARROTS ARE ALWAYS ORANGE ORANGES ARE ALWAYS ORANGE O-R-A-N-G-------E!	WHITE (Tune: LITTLE BROWN JUG)   W-H-I-T-E THAT SPELLS WHITE, SING WITH ME MILK IS WHITE, AND SO IS GLUE GHOSTS ARE WHITE AND THEY SAY BOO!   W-H-I-T-E THAT SPELLS WHITE, SING WITH ME THE CLOUDS ABOVE, THE SNOW BELOW SANTA’S BEARD, HO, HO, HO!
PINK (Tune: JINGLE BELLS)   COTTON CANDY, FAT PINK PIGS, GIRLS WITH SOCKS AND BOWS P-I-N-K, P-I-N-K THAT IS HOW IT GOES BUBBLE GUM, VALENTINES THESE ARE ALL PINK TOO PINK ICING AND PINK BALLOONS WE CAN SPELL CAN YOU?   COTTON CANDY, FAT PINK PIGS, GIRLS WITH SOCKS AND BOWS P-I-N-K, P-I-N-K THAT IS HOW IT GOES BUBBLE GUM, VALENTINES THESE ARE ALL PINK TOO PINK ICING AND PINK BALLOONS WE CAN SPELL CAN YOU?	BLACK   B-L-A-C-K, SPELLS BLACK B-L-A-C-K, SPELLS BLACK FLYING BATS ARE BLACK SCARY CATS ARE BLACK JELLY BEANS ARE BLACK I LIKE BLACK.   B-L-A-C-K, SPELLS BLACK B-L-A-C-K, SPELLS BLACK SUNDAY SHOES ARE BLACK SANTA’S BOOTS ARE BLACK B-L-A-C-K SPELLS BLACK.
BROWN (Tune: BINGO)   THERE IS A COLOR WE ALL KNOW. CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IT IS? B-R-O-W-N. B-R-O-W-N. B-R-O-W-N. THAT’S HOW YOU SPELL BROWN.   TEDDY BEARS AND SQUIRRELS ARE BROWN. AUTUMN LEAVES ARE TOO. CHOCOLATE CANDY IS ALWAYS BROWN. CHOCOLATE CAKE IS ALWAYS BROWN. CHOCOLATE MILK IS ALWAYS BROWN. I LIKE BROWN, DON’T YOU?	PURPLE   P-U-R-P-L-E, PURPLE, PURPLE P-U-R-P-L-E, PURPLE’S WHAT THAT SPELLS PURPLE GRAPES ON THE VINE PURPLE KOOL-AID'S FINE P-U-R-P-L-E, PURPLE’S WHAT THAT SPELLS   P-U-R-P-L-E, PURPLE, PURPLE P-U-R-P-L-E, PURPLE’S WHAT THAT SPELLS PURPLE GRAPES ON THE VINE PURPLE KOOL-AID'S FINE P-U-R-P-L-E, PURPLE’S WHAT THAT SPELLS
GREEN (ROW, ROW ROW YOUR BOAT)   G-R-E-E-N, G-R-E-E-N I KNOW HOW TO SPELL GREEN, G-R-E-E-N CATERPILLARS ARE GREEN AND GRASSHOPPERS, TOO I KNOW HOW TO SPELL GREEN, G-R-E-E-N	YELLOW (IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT)   Y-E-L-L-O-W SPELLS YELLOW. Y-E-L-L-O-W SPELLS YELLOW. LIKE THE EARLY MORNING SUN WHEN THE DAY HAS JUST BEGUN. Y-E-L-L-O-W SPELLS YELLOW.   DAFFODILS AND BABY DUCKS ARE YELLOW. LEMONADE AND SCRAMBLED EGGS ARE YELLOW. I LIKE THE SMILEY FACE THAT’S YELLOW. HE IS SUCH A HAPPY FELLOW. Y-E-L-L-O-W SPELLS YELLOW