Our Colorful World!

For Parents & Caregivers: Being comfortable with printed language helps children feel comfortable with books and understand that print is useful. Reading to your child everyday develops print awareness.

Article: Simple Things Families Can Do to Help Their Child Become a Reader

Story Time Books

Red Is a Dragon

Color: A Poem

White is for Blueberry

Growing Colors

My Many Colored Days

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Rhymes

Music CDs: "Baby's Wearing a Red Hat" Wee Sing for Baby; "Little Green Frog" Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays; and "Colors" Learning Basic Skills Through Music.

Color Book List

Colors

For Parents & Caregivers: Help your pre-reader become aware of the smaller sounds that make up words. Play rhyming games -- Sing songs: each syllable = a note -- Say words with sounds left out (bat - "buh" = at)
Article: Say It Slow/Say It Fast

July "Warm-Up": Stomp and Clap; Physical Ed

Storytime Books
Red Is a Dragon
White Is for Blueberry
The Red Lemon
My Many Colored Days

Music CDs: "Baby's Clothes" Wee Sing for Baby; "Little Green Frog" Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays; and "Colors" Learning Basic Skills Through Music Vol. 1

Rhymes

Color Storytime Booklist