February 1

Sing a Song

The Color Song

Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It (You can do the motions too)

If you are wearing red, shake your head.
If you are wearing red, shake your head.
If you are wearing red,
Then please shake your head.
If you are wearing red, shake your head.

If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe.
If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe.
If you are wearing blue,
Then please touch your shoe.
If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe.

If you are wearing green, bow to the queen.
If you are wearing green, bow to the queen.
If you are wearing green,
Then please bow to the queen.
If you are wearing green, bow to the queen.

If you are wearing black, pat your back.
If you are wearing black, pat your back.
If you are wearing black,
Then please pat your back.
If you are wearing black, pat your back.

If you are wearing brown, turn around.
If you are wearing brown, turn around.
If you are wearing brown,
Then please turn around.
If you are wearing brown, turn around.

If you are wearing other colors, shake like Jell-O
If you are wearing yellow, shake like Jell-O
If you are wearing yellow,
Then please shake like Jell-O
If you are wearing yellow, shake like Jell-O.

Try This

Today is a rainbow day!

Sing the Finding Colors Song. At the end of each vers, see what you and your child can find of that color.

 

Finding Colors
Tune: The Muffin Man

Oh, can you find the color blue,
The color blue, the color blue?
Oh, can you find the color blue,
Somewhere in this room?

Sing many different verses with all the colors you can think of!

Read a book

book cover Wintercake by Lynne Rae Perkins

Here is a book recommendation for today. Check out the picture book collection at your local library, where there are lots of books to choose from! Find nearby libraries.

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