Red, Orange, and Yellow

Theme for Wednesday, October 22: Red, Yellow, and Orange!

Opening: Open, Shut Them

Book: Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds

Fingerplay: Way Up High in the Apple Tree; Adapted from Jen in the Library

Way up high in the apple tree (pretend to point to a tree)

Five little apples (hold up five fingers)

Smiled at me (smile)

So I shook that tree as hard as I could (pretend to shake tree)

And down came an apple (motion with your hand an apple falling)

Mmm it tastes good! (rub tummy)

Repeat with 4, 3, 2, and 1 apples

Transition Song: Touch your ears and touch your nose

Touch your ears and touch your nose

Now bend down and touch your toes

Wiggle your fingers and turn around

Now bend down and touch the ground

Clap your hands, count 1, 2, 3

Now sit down so quietly.

Book: Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington

Flannel Board: Chocolate Chip Ghost! From Storytime with Miss Tara

What color are ghosts?  They're white!  After I placed the ghosts on the flannel board the kids and I talked about what kind of food ghosts eat - we came up with white-colored foods like vanilla ice cream, marshmallows, and mashed potatoes.  

But then the first ghost finds a red strawberry!  He eats the strawberry and he turns...red!  I flipped over the ghost to show the kids the red-colored ghost.

Pretty soon all the ghosts have tried different-colored food: 

The second ghost ate chocolate

The third ghost ate bananas

The fourth ghost ate broccoli

The fifth ghost ate a pink-colored popsicle

The sixth ghost ate some blueberries

The seventh ghost drank some orange juice

And the eighth ghost ate a chocolate chip cookie.  What color did he turn?

Brown with chocolate chips!  

Movement Song: List of Dances, from Jim Gill's CD Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes

Book: Lemons Are Not Yellow by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Movement Song: Silly Dance Contest from Jim Gill's CD Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes

Craft: Fall trees!

We colored in our trees and then glued on pieces of red, yellow, orange, and brown paper.  I also handed out a basket for the kids to color and glue onto their pictures!