Crayons Theme --March 31 National Crayon Day

 Crayons Theme 

National Crayon Day is March 31 
Celebration of the invention of crayons and the joy of coloring!

BOOKS:

Franken Crayon By Michael Hall 
Harold and the Purple Crayon By Crockett Johnson

Skippyjon Jones: Color Crazy By Judy Schachner

The Day the Crayons Quit By Drew Daywalt

Red: A Crayon's Story By Michael Hall 

A Day with No Crayons By Elizabeth Rusch

Snap! By Hazel Hutchins 

Pete The Cat: Crayons Rock By Kimberly and James Dean 

Monsters love colors by Mike Austin 

SONGS:

Crayon Song; "Ten Little Indians" Tune

1 little, 2 little 3 little crayons 

4 little 5 little 6 little crayons 

7 little, 8 little , 9 little crayons

10 little crayons in my box

Draw in the air with a color (sing line 3X times)

Take out a red one and draw a circle

Take out a red one and draw a circle

Take out a red one and draw a circle 

put it back in the box

Take out a blue one and draw a line

Take out a blue one and draw a line

Take out a blue one and draw a line 

put it back in the box

continue with other colors and actions

take out a yellow one and draw some scribbles 

take out a purple one and draw a square 

take out a green one and draw some grass 

each time putting color back in your box

Then end with repeating first counting to verse to show all crayons are put away!

Change colors or actions to suit your needs.

Color Game By Jim Gill https://sonichits.com/video/Jim_Gill_(Children's)/Color_Game

Crayons Crafts and Coloring:

https://twistynoodle.com/color-the-crayons-circle-your-favorite-color-coloring-page/

unscramble my color coloring sheet https://coloringhome.com/coloring-page/1754586?album=the-day-the-crayons-quit-coloring-page

 https://www.craftsbycourtney.com/how-to-crafts/easy-crayon-resistant-watercolor-kids-art/

https://www.theottoolbox.com/the-day-crayons-quit-crayon-shaving-art/

 

Color Mixing

Color Mixing Theme

Mixed: A Colorful Story By Arree Chung
Mix It Up By Herve Tullet
Mouse Paint By Elllen Stoll Walsh
Blue VS Yellow By Tom Sullivan
Red, Yellow, Blue and A Dash of White too By Charles Esperanza
Press Here By Herve Tullet
The Black and White Factory By Eric Telchin



SONGS/ RHYMES:

Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister golden Sun (arms circle overhead)
Please shine down on me (wiggle fingers down and point to self)
Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister golden Sun (arms circle overhead)
Hiding behind a tree (hide face behind hands)
These little children are asking you (point to others)
To please come out so we can play with you (clasp hands together)
Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister golden Sun (arms circle overhead)
Please shine down on me.  (wiggle fingers down and point to self)

Color Game Song from Jim Gill CD Green Do Re Mi on his toe leg knee CD


Flannelboard Game: “Can We Find?” (Tune: Muffin Man)
Can we find a yellow cat, yellow cat, yellow cat?
Can we find a yellow cat? We want to say hello. 
Credit Storytime Katie 

CRAFT/ PLAY:

Baking Soda and Vinegar Art 

Color Mix on coffee filters 

Colors Squishy Bag Experiment 

Color Mixing using the book mix it up 

Marble Painting 
 

Use book Press Here and either colored circles or paint and have fun mixing colors red, yellow, blue! create new colors by mixing with book mix it up too!

Use watercolors and paint a pretty picture using red. yellow and blue! 

Go on a color parade using these colors - red, yellow and blue. Take Scarves, have kids wear different colors on a specific day!

Play sorting games using these colors and items that are red, yellow and blue.


Rainbow Milk Experiment
I found a link to this video when looking for color science experiments and was immediately sold on doing it with the milks. We already had food coloring at the library, but I did pick up a gallon of milk and dish soap. The gallon was more than enough to get me through the entire program, even resetting the experiment for each kid. This was by far the “GREATEST. STATION. EVER.” in their opinion. I heard some wonderful observations about colors — my favorite was “It’s turning brown. Like when you mix all the paint. All together, it makes brown!”

Tissue Paper Art
And finally, we did tissue paper art. I had all the materials out to do tissue paper painting, but the kids took the art in a different directions — fine by me! They wound up layering the tissue paper squares to make new colors on their paper. Still a great exercise in being creative and increasing conversations about color mixing!
Credit Rainbow Milk Various places including Storytime Katie

Colors: Blue, Red, Yellow

Colors: Blue, Red, & Yellow

 

READ: Books 
Banana By Ed Vere
Yellow (Color Series) By Sarah Schuette
Red (Color Series) By Sarah Schuette
Blue (Color Series) By Sarah Schuette
Lemons Are Not Red By Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Little Quack By Lauren Thompson  
Little Bea By Daniel Roode
Yellow Time By Laura Stringer
 

The Deep Blue Sea By Audrey Wood 
Press Here By Herve Tullet 
Mix It Up By Herve Tullet 
Red Yellow Blue By Charles George Esperanza
Blue vs Yellow By Tom Sullivan
Little Blue Little Yellow By Leo Lionni
Yellow Copter By Kersten Hamilton 
Red, Blue Yellow Shoe By Tana Hoban
Blue: Sing Your Colors By Blake Hoena
Mouse Paint By Ellen Stoll Walsh
Red Truck By Kersten Hamilton
Blue Boat By Kersten Hamilton
Yellow Is My Color Star By Judy Horacek
Blue Goose By Nancy Tafuri 
Red: A Crayon's Story By Michael Hall 
Kitten Red ,Yellow, Blue By Pete Catalano
One Red Sun By Ezra Jack Keats
Strawberries are Red By Petr Horacek
Mixed: A colorful Story By Arree Chung



One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish By Dr. Seuss
Colors By John Reiss
Red Truck Yellow Bus By Childrens Press
Red Sings From the Treetops By Joyce Sidman  

They Say Blue By Jillian Tamaki







 SONGS/ RHYMES:

Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister golden Sun (arms circle overhead)
Please shine down on me (wiggle fingers down and point to self)
Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister golden Sun (arms circle overhead)
Hiding behind a tree (hide face behind hands)
These little children are asking you (point to others)
To please come out so we can play with you (clasp hands together)
Oh Mister Sun, Sun, Mister golden Sun (arms circle overhead)
Please shine down on me.  (wiggle fingers down and point to self)

Six little bumblebees sitting on a hive
One flew away and then there were five
Bumblebee, bumblebee fly away!
Bumblebee, bumblebee happy all day!
Five little bumblebees sitting on the floor
One flew away and then there were four
Bumblebee, bumblebee fly away!
Bumblebee, bumblebee happy all day!
Four little bumblebees sitting in the tree
One flew away and then there were three
Bumblebee, bumblebee fly away!
Bumblebee, bumblebee happy all day!
Three little bumblebees looking at you
One flew away and then there were two
Bumblebee, bumblebee fly away!
Bumblebee, bumblebee happy all day!
Two little bumblebees sitting in the sun
One flew away and then there was one
Bumblebee, bumblebee fly away!
Bumblebee, bumblebee happy all day!
One little bumblebee left all alone
He flew away, safe to his home
Credit: Modified from Monkey Business Creative & Storytime Katie

Action Rhyme: “Little Duck”
I saw a little duck go hop, hop, hop (hop three times)
I told the little duck to stop, stop, stop (hold up hand for stop)
I went to the window to say, ‘How do you do?’ (handshake)
He wagged his little tail and away he flew! (shake tail and fly away)
Credit: Childhood & Storytime Katie

Song: “Apples and Bananas”
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays
I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees
I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees
I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis
I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis
I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos
I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos
Credit: Childhood & Storytime Katie

Flannelboard Game: “Can We Find?” (Tune: Muffin Man)
Can we find a yellow cat, yellow cat, yellow cat?
Can we find a yellow cat? We want to say hello. 
Credit Storytime Katie 

CRAFT/ PLAY:

Baking Soda and Vinegar Art 

Color Mix on coffee filters 

Colors Squishy Bag Experiment 

Color Mixing using the book mix it up 

Marble Painting 
 

Use book Press Here and either colored circles or paint and have fun mixing colors red, yellow, blue! create new colors by mixing with book mix it up too!

Use watercolors and paint a pretty picture using red. yellow and blue! 

Go on a color parade using these colors - red, yellow and blue. Take Scarves, have kids wear different colors on a specific day!

Play sorting games using these colors and items that are red, yellow and blue.

Rainbows Theme

Rainbows Theme

READ Books:

Rainbow By Marion Dane Bauer
A Rainbow of My Own By Don Freeman
Ava and the Rainbow Who Stayed By Ged Adamson
Rainbows Never End and other Fun Facts By Laura Lyn Disiena 

Elmer and the Rainbow By David Mckee

Rainbow By Jane Cabrera 
Planting a Rainbow By Lois Ehlert
Wow Said the Owl By Tim HopGood
Lunch By Denise Fleming 
Every Color Soup By Jorey Hurley 
Bear Sees Colors By Karma Wilson 
Little Owl's Colors By Divya Srinivasan 

 What Makes A Rainbow By Betty Ann Schartz
Curious George Discovers The Rainbow By Amy Cherrix


Rainbow Stew by Cathryn Falwell

Rainbow Weaver by Linda Elovitz Marshall

Over the Rainbow performed by Judy Collins, music by Harold Arlen, Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg,

 Songs and Rhymes:

Rainbow
sung to the tune of Twinke, Twinkle Little Star
See the rainbow way up high,
Spreading colors in the sky. 
Red and orange, yellow too
Green and purple hug some blue.
Watch it quickly, it won't last.
Rainbows can disappear fast!
Credit: Preschool Plan it

Scarf Rhyme: “Rainbow Dancers” ( If you do not have scarves use colored ribbons or even crepe paper in the rainbow colors)

Rainbow dancers let’s get ready
Hold your scarves nice and steady.
You’ll hear the colors of the rainbow.
Listen for your time to go.
Shake red…
Shake orange…
Shake yellow…
Shake green…
Shake blue…
Shake purple…
Red scarves turn around,
Orange scarves up and down.
Yellow scarves reach up high,
Green scarves fly, fly, fly.
Blue scarves tickle your nose,
Purple scarves touch your toes.
Everybody dance around,
Swirl your scarves up and down.
Shake purple…
Shake blue…
Shake green…
Shake yellow…
Shake orange…
Shake red…
Rainbow dancers dance around,
Scarves swirl up and down.
Our colorful dance is at an end.
Thank you, thank you, all my friends.
Credit: K at Storytime Fun and Storytime Katie

Prop: Rainbow Stew* (I used the pieces from “Lunch” and made a quick rainbow piece. Directions for the story are in the link!)

Song: “These Are the Colors”*
Red and yellow, green and blue
These are the colors over you
Red as a flower, green as a tree
Yellow as the sun and blue as the sea
Red and yellow, green and blue
These are the colors over you
Credit: Read Sing Play and Storytime Katie

CRAFT/ PLAY:

Color Recognition Activity 

Rainbow Letter Race Activity

Rainbow Handprint craft 

Rainbow Emergent Reader Book FREE 

Rainbow Busy Bin Activities Printable $3.60 to print

Rainbow Tot Pack Printables FREE

Pipe Cleaner Rainbow Craft 

Rainbow tracing 1-20 numbers FREE

Rainbow Number Match 1-20 FREE

Rainbow Literacy and Math Centers $5.20 to print

Rainbow Bead Math Counting Activity FREE

Rainbow Alphabet Match FREE 

Rainbow Craft  

Color Walking Water Science Free Printable 

Rainbow Activities for 2 and 3 year olds  

Rainbow Puzzle printable FREE 

Fill with gold coins and Rainbow Printables