This song is available on Hap Palmer's Can Cockatoos Count by Twos?
Objectives:
· Identify colors: red, blue, yellow, green, purple and orange
· Create movements with color scarves, crepe paper or ribbons
· Develop listening skills.
Materials:
Colored scarves, crepe paper or ribbons; red, blue, yellow, green, purple and orange.
Setting:
Participants begin seated in chairs or seated on the floor in an open area with space to move freely.
Activity:
Start in a seated position. When your color is called, stand and create motions with your scarf or ribbon. By
the end of each verse, all the colors are moving. Continue moving until you hear the words, "Everybody
quickly jump up and sit down."
Red stand up Green stand up
Purple stand up Orange stand up
Blue stand up Yellow stand up
Hey everybody let's wiggle and wave
And see all the colors in motion
This is a song about colors, you see them all around
There is red on a stop sign, green on a tree
Blue in the sky and sea
Now everybody quickly jump up and sit down
Yellow stand up Blue stand up
Orange stand up Purple stand up
Green stand up Red stand up
Hey everybody let's turn in a circle
And see all the colors in motion
This is a song about colors,
you see them all around
There is orange on a pumpkin, purple on a plum
Yellow on bananas yum, yum
This is a song about colors,
you see them all around
It's about the happiest song in town
Now everybody quickly jump up and sit down
Follow Up:
This activity can be used as a lead up to the song Colors In Motion (Mixing colors) (# 8). If you are using scarves, you can explore other ways of moving with your scarf with the next song,Magic Scarf (#4) and the song Toss It High Let It Fly (#15).
Book Suggestions for this Song:
See more of our Early Childhood and ESL Song Lyrics
Many thanks to Hap Palmer for permission to display these lyrics.
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