Colors!

Openers:
The More We Get Together
Up to the Ceiling
Why Is Blue Dog Blue? (Rodrigue)3-5
Artist George Rodrigue has developed children's books to accompany his blue dog muse who you may be lucky enough to spot in various venues around the country.  For a time, a huge Blue Dog graced the side of a barn in our own Springwater, NY!  Enjoy this playful book that explores the feelings and language of color.


Fingerplay: Where is Thumbkin?
Song: B-I-N-G-O

Mouse Paint (Ellen Stoll Walsh) 2-5
One of my favorites!  Enjoy these cute and curious mice as they discover (accidentally!) the mysteries of color mixing and the advantages of being just as they are...white.

Fingerplay:  There Once Was a Little Mouse
Song: Bumpin' Up and Down

I Went Walking (Sue Williams) 2-4
Soft yet saturated illustrations  are the key to this exploration of colorful barnyard buddies.


Wiggler:  Walking, Walking
Felt Board: Ice Cream Cone Match or Balloons
Closer: Wave Goodbye!


More Books! (from Story Time Source Page)
Toddler Read Alouds 
Blue, Blue and Yellow, Too by Biruta Hansen
Blue Goose by Nancy Tafuri
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
Carlo Likes Colors by Jessica Spanyol
Duckie’s Rainbow by Frances Barry
I Went Walking by Sue Williams
Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
Hello Kitty, Hello Color by Byron Glaser
Maisy’s Rainbow Dream by Lucy Cousins
Mary Wore Her Red Dress by Merle Peek
Meeow and the Big Box by Sabastian Brown
Moo Moo, Brown Cow by Jakki Wood
Who Said Red? by Mary Serfozo

Preschool Read Alouds
And to Name But Just A Few: Red, Yellow Green and Blue by Laurie Rosenwald
Black Meets White by Justine Fontes
Butterfly Butterfly by Petr Horacek
City Colors by Zoran Milich
Deep Blue Sea by Audrey Wood
Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
I Like Black and White by Barbara Hicks
I Spy With My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs
Kid Tea by Elizabeth Fiocelli
Patrick Paints A Picture by Saviour Pirota
Penny Loves Pink by Cori Derrfeld 
Red is Best by Kathy Stinson
Sylvie by Jennifer Sattler
We'll All Go Sailing by Maggie Spicer
Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
WOW! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

School Age Read Alouds
Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan
Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
Courage of the Blue Boy by Robert Neubecker
Dog Blue by Polly Dunbar
Elmer by David McKee
Flyaway Katie by Polly Dunbar
I Spy With My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs
Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Seeger
Little Green Witch by Barbara McGrath
My Many-Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann
Red Lemon by Bob Staake