Rectangle
Use song "When The Saints Go Marching In" for listening skills while marching and recognizing rectangular colors
Instructions
- Have one sheet of rectangular shaped construction paper for each of the following colors: Orange, Red, Blue and Yellow
- Make a ladder path on the floor with the colored papers - can tape on floor if needed
- Play music, “When the Saints Go Marching In” or hum a tune while child marches next to the colors going forward and backwards along the “ladder” of colors
- Stop the music and child stops next to the closest rectangle
- Child says name of shape (rectangle) and the color next to him
- Start music again for child to march again next to ladder and continue to stop music and say name of shape and color
Simplify
Hold child's hand while marching to the music and together stop and name shape and color
Materials
- orange, blue, red, and yellow construction paper
- Song “When the Saints Go Marching In” by Pete Fountain or hum a tune
Activity Resources
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Rectangle
- Color - Orange
- Number - 1-4 Review
- Alphabet - O, U
- Senses - Sight
- Character Trait - Responsibility
- Target Words - Under, Up, Down, Tall
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Did You Know?
"The brain builds itself in response to the child’s experiences. Brain circuits that the child uses in daily life are strengthened. Those that the child doesn’t use fade away. "
National Research Council From Neurons to Neighborhoods, 2000
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Music Playlist
"When The Saints Go Marching In"
by Pete Fountain, Album: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (Jazz) (Activity 2)
"Go, Flush, Wash, Dry"
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