Color My World

Openers:
Oh Hey, Oh Hi!
Snowflake Stretch/Snowballs

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! (Beaumont) 2-5
In this favorite crowd pleasing book with a surprise ending, Beaumont and Carrow take black and white line sketches to new colorful heights when a naughty young boy gets into some paints. Explore colors, body parts, and a bit of colorful craziness, set to music, if you please.
(I pass out dry paintbrushes so kids can join along in the fun.)

(Pass out wash cloths...)
Song:  This is the Way We Take a Bath (tune: Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush)

Seven Blind Mice (Young) 3-5
This is a book with what I like to think of as layers. It's simple text, colors, characters, and theme invite children to relate to it on many levels while it relates the wisedom that the whole is greater than the parts.  A lovely book.
Finger Play: Here is a Little Mouse
Game:  Blindfold Game
(Blindfold a child. Have him/her feel an object and try to guess what it is.)

Mouse Paint (Walsh) 2-5
 A favorite of many, many children, Ellen Stoll Walsh's mice are adorable explorers.  While up to their ankles in colorful puddles, these mice accidentally discover the secondary color family and help children explore color mixing.  But will they manage to avoid the cat?
Finger Play:  Balloons
Song:  If You're Wearing Red (tune: If You're Happy and You Know It)
Felt Board:  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
Small Bunny's Blue Blanket by Tatyana Feeney
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 Know A Wee Piggy by Kim Norman - CROWD PLEASER
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

Warm Things

Openers:
 Oh Hey, Oh Hi!
Snowflake stretch/Snowball rhyme

The Mitten (Jan Brett) 2-5
In beautiful Jan-Brett Scandinavian style, enjoy this surprising tale about what happens when forest animals find a lost mitten in the snow...
Play Acting: Masks/Sheet/Rhyme









Frozen Noses (Jan Carr) 2-5
This delightful romp through winter playtime sets us up for a warm and cosy finish...
Song:  Where is Thumbkin?
Song: This is the Way We Put on Our Clothes
















The Jacket I Wear in the Snow (Shirley Neitzel) ) 3-5 
(with magnet board)
In engaging, repetitive style, explore what outdoor gear we might wear in the snow...
Song: Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum
Felt Board: Winter Shapes Story

Closer: Wave Goodbye

More Books! (from Story Time Source Page)
Toddler Read-Alouds
Baby Duck and the Cozy Blanket by Amy Hest
The Blanket by John Burningham
Blankie by Leslie Patricelli
Flora's Blanket by Debi Gliori
Frozen Noses by Jan Carr
A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Knitty Kitty by David Elliot
My Red Mittens by Candy Crocker
Oh, Brother by Kathy Mallat
Pickle and the Blanket by Lynn Breeze
Small Bunny's Blue Blanket by Tatyana Feeney 
Under My Hood, I Have A Hat by Karla Kuskin

Preschool Read-Alouds
Chicken Soup by Jean Van Leeuwen  
Everyone Needs A Friend by Dubravka Kolanovic
Feeding the Sheep by Leda Schubert
Fly Blanky Fly by Anne Margaret Lewis 
Hello Snow! by Hope Vestergaard
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush by Jane Cabrera
Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel
Kiki's Blankie by Janie Bynum
Little Lamb, Have You Any Wool?  By Isabel Minhos Martins(sheep version of Giving Tree)
Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
Mo’s Stinky Sweater by David Bedford
My Blankie by Patricia Lampl
One Mitten by Kristine George O'Connell
Pajamas Anytime by Marsha Hayles
Quilt by Ann Jonas
Red Is Best by Kathy Stinson
Soup for One by Ethan Long  (you wouldn't want bugs in your soup!)
Snowfall Fight by Jimmy Fallon
Soup Day by Melissa Iwai 

Kindergarten Read-Alouds:
Alvie Eats Soup by Ross Collins
Annie Hoot and the Knitting Extravaganza by Holly Clifton-Brown 
Do You Have a Hat? by Eileen Spinelli
Duck Soup by  Jackie Urbanovic
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett 
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
Geraldine's Blanket by Holly Keller
Joseph Had An Overcoat by Simms Taback
Mean Soup by Betsy Everitt 
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Owen by Kevin Henkes
Perfect Soup by Lisa Moser - NEW
Winter Is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer
Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza

Toys, Toys, Toys

 Openers:
Oh Hey, Oh Hi!
Snowflake Stretch/Snowball Rhyme

Louie's Goose (Ehrlich) 2-4
Do you have a favorite toy?  Did it get broken or worn out?  How many times did you fix it?  Enjoy this charming tale about Louie and his very well loved Goose...and how the whole family, with a little help from the sun, keep Goose going.
Finger Play: Great Big Ball
Rhyme: Stuck in the Muckety Muck




While You Were Sleeping (Alex Deacon) 3-5
This crew of toys has a very important job to do!  Soft and endearing illustrations share a nurturing fantasy of what toys might be doing while we sleep.

Wiggler:  Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Game:  What is Missing? 









Next Please (Jandl and Junge) 2-4
 Broken toys and dark illustrations help validate the difficult emotions children may experience while waiting in a Dr.'s office--and the relief of finding out that it wasn't as bad as their fears suggested.

Song:  Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Felt Board: Five Red and Spotted Bugs
Closer:  Wave Goodbye
More Books (from StoryTime SourcePage):
Toddler Read Alouds 
Are You There, Bear? by Ron Maris - works well as a puppet story
Floppy Teddy Bear by Patricia Lillie
Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli
Jiggle Joggle Jee by Laura Richards
Miss Polly Has a Dolly by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett
My Bear and Me by Barbara Maitland
Overboard! by Sarah Weeks
Ten in the Bed by Penny Dale
Ten in the Bed by David Ellwand
That Dancin' Dolly by Mertz
Zoom Zoom Zoom by Kirsten Hall

Preschool Read Alouds 
Bea's 4 Bears by Martha Weston
Cowboy Kid by Max Eilenberg
I Lost My Bear by Jules Fieffer
I Love You, Mister Bear by Sylvie Wickstrom
Harry and Horsie by Katie Van Camp
Have You Seen Duck?  by Janet Holmes and Jonathan Bentley 
Louie's Goose by H. M. Ehrlich
Next! Please by Christopher Inns - a toy hospital 
Night-Night, Emily by Claire Freedman
Off We Go!  by Beverly Abramson
One Ted Falls Out of Bed by Julia Donaldson
Pilot Pups by Michelle Meadows
Playground Day! by Jennifer Merz
Teddybear Blue by Malchy Doyle
Toy Trouble by Justine Fontes
Where's My Teddy? by Jez Alborough
While You Are Sleeping by Alexis Deacon

Kindergarten Read Alouds
Big is Big, and Little Little by J. Patrick Lewis
Blue Horse by Helen Stephens
I Love You, Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester Clark
Knufflebunny by Mo Willems
Please Do Feed the Bears by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - can be told as a puppet story
Show-and-Tell Lion by Barbara Abercrombie
Sock Monkey Boogie-Woogie by Cece Bell
Stuffed Animals Get Ready for Bed by Alison Inches
10 Little Sock Monkeys by William Winburn
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell
When Library Lights Go Out by Megan McDonald

Shopping!

Opener:
Oh Hey, Oh Hi!
Snowflake Stretch
Snowball Fun

Sheep in a Shop (Nancy Shaw) 3-5
What shenanigans can a few sheep get into in a shop?
Song:  Baa Baa Black Sheep


Put It On The List (Kristen Darbyshire)2-4
We all can get a bit behind on keeping up with the grocery list...a cast of cute characters go from hungry to helpful as supplies get low around the house...
Song:  Bumpin' Up and Down (in the seat of the shopping cart...)


To Market To Market (Anne Miranda) 2-4
In this take-off of the classic nursery rhyme, things get REALLY out of hand in the kitchen after a few trips to the market.  Colorful mixed-media illustrations add interest to this book of market madness.
Rhyme:  To Market to Market
Song:  Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum

FB: Fruit Guessing Game or 5 Little Muffins

Closer:
Wave Goodbye


From Story Time Source Page:

Toddler Read Alouds
Baby Loves Visiting by Michael Lawrence
Carl Goes Shopping by Alexandra Day
I Lost My Dad by Taro Gomi
Let's Go, Anna! by Vivian French
Little Buddy Goes Shopping by Patrick Yee
Old Mother Hubbard by Jane Cabrera

Preschool Read Alouds
At the Supermarket by Anne Rockwell
Bear Goes Shopping by Harriet Ziefert
Brownie and Pearl See the Sights by Cynthia Rylant
Don't Forget the Bacon by Pat Hutchins
Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping by Eileen Christelow
Hen Goes Shopping by Mark Birchall
I Want A Blue Banana by Joyce Dunbar
Llama Llama Mad At Mama by Anna Dewdney
Mama, Papa and Baby Joe by Niki Daly
Put It On the List! by Kirsten Darbyshire
Room for One More by Mathew Price
Sheep in a Shop by Nancy Shaw
To Market, To Market by Anna Miranda
Where Are You? by Francesca Simon

Kindergarten Read Alouds
Aunt Lucy Went to Buy a Hat by Alice Low
Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells
Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells
Bill in A China Shop by Katie Weaver
Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells
Kettles Get New Clothes by Dayle Ann Dodds
Shoe Bop by Marilyn Singer
What Would Mama Do? by Judith Ross Enderle