Objectives:
- Recognize and identify colors
- Associate colors with everyday objects
- Identify body parts.
Setting:
Sit on the rug. (For variation #1 students sit facing each other in groups of
four. For variation #2 students move freely around the room.)
Activity:
Follow the directions in the verses and place the color cards red, green,
yellow and blue on various parts of your body. You can also use colored
ribbons, yarn, buttons etc.If you would like more time, try the "Extended
Response Time" version.
Variation:
- Look around the room.
- Name all the things you see that are red...blue...green...yellow...
- Working individually, try this song moving freely about the room as
you contact various body parts with colors.
Chorus:
Just put a little color on you
Red, green, yellow or blue
For a beautiful way, to brighten your day
Just put a little color on you
Put the color blue on your shoe
Color blue on your shoe
Put the color green on your knee
Color green on your knee
Put the color yellow on your elbow
The color yellow on your elbow
Put the color red on your head
The color red on your head
Repeat Chorus
Put the color of a rose on your toes
Color of a rose on your toes
Put the color of leaves on your sleeves
Color of leaves on your sleeves
Put the color of a lemon peel on your heel
A lemon peel on your heel
Put the color of the sky on your thigh
The color of the sky on your thigh
Repeat Chorus
Put the color of a dollar on your collar
Color of a dollar on your collar
Put the color of the yolk of an egg on your leg
Yolk of an egg on your leg
Put the color of the sea on your knee
The color of the sea on your knee
Put the color of a stop sign on your spine
A stop sign on your spine
Repeat Chorus
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