We celebrated all different colors in our storytime today.
SONG: Now it’s Time to Say Hello*
taken from jbrary
MOVEMENT: Peek a Boo*
BOUNCE: Trot, Trot to Boston*
SIGN LANGUAGE: sign for “COLOR”
taken from Costello, Elaine Ph.D. Random House Webster’s American Sign Language Dictionary. 1994.
BOOK:
Lemons are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
MOVEMENT: “Clap, Tap and Bend” from It’s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel
FLANNELBOARD:
One Little Red Fish
(to the tune of “Little Red Wagon”)
One little red fish, (hold up one finger)
Swimming in the water (put palms together and move them like a fish swimming)
Swimming in the water
Swimming in the water
One little red fish,
Swimming in the water
Bubble, bubble, bubble – POP! (clap hands on POP!)
Other verses:
Increase the number and change the color
BOUNCE: “Ladies Ride” from Wiggleworms Love You by Old Town School of Folk Music
MOVEMENT: Patty Cake
BOOK:
Duckie’s Rainbow by Frances Barry
TICKLE: See the Little Mousie*
(Pattern taken from The Flannel Board Storytelling Book by Judy Sierra)Baa Baa black sheep, Have you any wool?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.
One for the master,
And one for the dame.
One for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Baa Baa black sheep, Have you any wool?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.
taken from jbrary
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IDEAS:
Book: One Blue Fish by Charles Reasoner
HOW IT WENT:
Colors are a fun theme, but I wish I had spent a little bit more time gathering materials for this storytime. Though I do like the ones I used this storytime, I wonder what else I could be using. Do you have a favorite colors book for infants?
ATTENDANCE: 36 people (adults and kids)
* For these songs, please see my page Storytime Movements & Music
Jen in the Library 
I love ‘Bear Sees Colors’!
That is a good one! I read that for my toddlers today, but didn’t think of it for infants! I’ll have to try it out next time!