Colors -- Preschool & Kindergarten

Colors

Painted Hands

Choose your Color

Brown, B&W, Blue,

Green, Orange, Yellow

Purple, Red, Color Mixing

Green

Art

Creating Green

On construction paper place on one side of the paper a medium amount of blue paint, on the other side of the paper place a medium amount of yellow paint. Have the children fold the paper and smooth it with their hand. Open the paper. Ask the children where did the color green come from.

Green Frogs

Make copies of the cute frog outline on yellow paper. Have the children use blue bingo markers to place dots on the frog. The frog will then magically turn green.

Green Print

Green color word with rhyme

My Little Green Book

Frog Coloring Page

Red Yellow Mixing Colors Red + Yellow = Green

Green Color Word

Orange

Art

Creating Orange

Paint with red and yellow paint. As the children paint help them see how combining the two colors creates orange.

Paper Towel Magic
Need: red and yellow food coloring, small containers, paper towels.

Have children dip a paper towel into red colored water and then into yellow colored water. Allow towel to dry. Mount on black construction paper.

Orange Book
Need: magazines and construction paper

Have children look through magazines and cut out pictures with orange in them. Children group all the orange pictures together and create an orange book by gluing their magazine pictures onto construction papers.
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Orange Print

Orange color word with rhyme

My Little Orange Book

Orange Tabby Cat Coloring Page

Red Yellow Mixing Colors Red + Yellow = Orange

Carrots More & Less Worksheet

Oranges More & Less Worksheet

Story

Cat's Colors (Picture Puffins)
by Jane Cabrera

Cat's Colors (Picture Puffins)

What is Cat's favorite color? Is it green, like the grass where he likes to walk? Or yellow, like the sand on a sunny beach? Children who are learning new colors can join in Cat's fun, as he explores the colors all around him. With its bright palette and playful, endearing kitten, this cheery book is perfect for the very young child.

Video

Yellow

Learning Centers

Add cornmeal to the sand/water table. Add yellow ducks to the sand/water table.

Fingerplays/Songs

Lots Of Yellow
(tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

We wear lots of yellow things.
Hear us name them as we sing:
Yellow shirts and yellow shoes,
Yellow pants with pockets, too.
We wear lots of yellow things.
Hear us name them as we sing.

Art

Yellow Flowers

Crumble precut yellow tissue circles and glue on green construction paper to represent yellow flowers in the grass.

Yarn Designs

Provide yellow yarn, glue, and construction paper for children to make their own designs. Cut yarn into sections of different lengths. Dip each piece of yarn into watered-down glue, then arrange on construction paper. Let dry. The next day use water color paint to paint in the sections.

Snacks

Yellow Tasting Party

Cut a banana, a pineapple, a lemon, and a piece of yellow cheese into small pieces. Let the children sample each during snack time.

Other Snack Ideas:

pineapple juice, lemonade, yellow apple slices, 1/2 unpeeled banana, scrambled eggs, custard, lemon gelatin