Materials
poster board
markers
card stock or colored construction paper scissors (adult only)
tape
Instructions
1. Ask the children to choose a single color and use materials of that color to
make a headband. Help the children staple their headbands.
2. Ask the children to get into color groups by matching their headbands.
3. Explain the march: Each color group will chant the words for their color while
marching with knees high.
Color March by Susan Oldham Hill
See the colors march so proud!
Hear them say their names out loud!
Red on an apple, and on a stop sign;
Red tomatoes, all in a line.
See the colors march so proud!
Hear me say my name out loud: Red! Red! Red!
4. Repeat the rhyme, using the following two lines for the middle verses and
repeating the name of the color three times at the end:
Yellow on bananas, yellow in the sun;
Yellow on canaries, yellow is fun!
Blueberries, bluebirds flying high;
Big blue ocean and big blue sky!
Orange in an orange and in the morning
sky;
Orange in a carrot and sweet potato pie!
Purple in a violet and eggplant, too;
Purple in a plum and eggplant, it's true!
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Ask the children, one by one, to name the colors of one set of crayons. Can
the children match the crayons from one set to those in the other set?
