Review of Colors
Read "Big Red Barn" and select clothing from closet
Instructions
- Read the book “Big Red Barn” by Margaret Wise Brown or Read/Listen here
- This activity is a fun way to review the colors - Red, Purple, Green, Orange, Blue and Yellow
- Ask the child to fill a bag with colored pieces of any type of clothing (belt, hat, shirt, etc.)
- The child needs to find six pieces of clothing. An item that is: Red, Purple, Green, Orange, Blue, and Yellow
- For example, ask for a red item and the child could choose one red item whether it is a pant, hat, shirt, etc. Next, ask the child to find a purple item and again any type of clothing can be used for the one purple item, etc.
- Keep the bag of clothing to use for Month 8 Activity 9
Extend
Instead of placing the six objects in one bag, label six separate bags with each of these color words: Red, Purple, Green, Orange, Blue, and Yellow. Have the child put a piece of clothing in the correct color bag. This child is able to begin to read or recognize the written color names. (or write the color words on paper and place on the floor for the child to place the item on top of the correct word)
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Here are 6 questions about the "Big Red Barn" book to use after you have read or watched/listened to the story. Together find the answers...
1. What is on every barn? (a weather vane)
2. Where did the children play? (pile of hay)
3. What was under the big white hen standing on one leg? (egg)
4. What color is the cow? (brown)
5. Where did all the animals sleep? (in the big red barn)
6. What is in the dark, night sky? (the moon)
Materials
- Book "Big Red Barn" by Margaret Wise Brown or Read/Listen here
- large bag/laundry bag/pillowcase
- clothing
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Heart
- Color - Review
- Number - Six, 6
- Alphabet Letters - H, P
- Senses - Hearing
- Character Trait - Honesty
- Target Words - Good-by, Many, Match, Why
Monthly Proverb
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
Did You Know?
"Children with below average language skills can make rapid improvements if their parents take simple steps to change the way they interact with them." University of Sydney
Books to Read
"Museum ABC"
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
"My Very First Book of Shapes"
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn"
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"My Very First Book of Shapes" VIDEO
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn" VIDEO
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"Museum ABC" VIDEO
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
Music Playlist
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
by Countdown Kids Album 100 All Time Children’s Favorites (Activity 10)
"SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias"
Album Salve Regina Gregorian Chant by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You’ll Be In My Heart"
by Phil Collins Album Tarzan (Movie Soundtrack) (Activity 18)
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" VIDEO
by Countdown Kids 100 Silly Songs (Activity 10)
'SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias" VIDEO
by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice and Saint -Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You'll Be In My Heart" VIDEO
by Phil Collins Tarzan Movie Soundtrack (Activity 18)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Up Down Turn Around
(Activity 14 Month 8)
Up, down
Turn around.
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Wiggle fingers
Wiggle toes
Wiggle shoulders
And say "hello"
Up, down
Turn around
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Pat your belly
Blink your eyes,
Blow a kiss,
And say “good-bye “
I Need To Be Honest
(Activity 13 Month 8)
I need to be honest
My mom and dad say
And telling the truth
Is just one way!
Why be honest
I ask mom and dad.
You will feel your best
When the truth is always said.