The Color Orange

This week we are focusing on the color orange! Our characters are Zoe and Ernie because their skin colors are orange!
Working on Words/Letters:  Orange! Some of the activities we did while working on words and letters are:
*Reviewing the words on our word wall and adding orange to our word wall
*Doing a science project that included mixing red and yellow water to make orange:
Step 1: Get your supplies together-three clear glasses or cups, yellow food coloring, red food coloring (I used the gel kind so the kiddos could mix it for me.),water in two of the cups, two stirrers 
Step 2: Allow the children to mix the red in the water. 

Step 3: Allow the children to mix the yellow in the water.

Step 4: Pour the yellow water into empty cup.
Step 5: Pour red into the cup you just poured yellow into.

Step 6: Watch as the water turns orange.  Add yellow or red to make the water the shade of orange that you want.

*Reviewing our names by singing our individual name songs when we got to our letter on the word wall

*Singing the color songs off youtube that teaches us not only the color but also how to spell the color word
*Watching Puppy Dog Alphabet

Working on Writing: Below are some of the activities we worked on while learning the color orange for writing:
*The tots mixed red and yellow paint in a ziplock bag.  Then they wrote 'letters' and 'shapes' on the outside of the bags. No mess writing practice!


*Draw an orange picture
*Write an orange journal page- the tots tried drawing their very own circle after singing the circle song on youtube (havefunteachingcircle).  During this song they tried drawing large and small circles in the air.  When the song was over I had them try drawing their own and helped those that needed it.  I then told them if they colored inside the circle they would get a sticker.  I made my own circle and demonstrated what I meant by that.  I then showed them that if they colored outside of the circle, they would only get a check mark for trying.   All of them got a circle because they all tried their best to color within the circle!


Listening to Reading: This week, I sat out several old and new books out about shapes, colors, and alphabet and then allowed them to pick which story they wanted me to read.  A couple of their favorite stories they chose were: Soft Shapes, Elmo's Guessing Game About Colors,
I love the soft shape book because they can tell me the shape on each page as well as the color of the shape!
I also really liked Elmo's Guessing Game book because it goes along with how I am teaching the children their colors using Sesame Street characters. Elmo's hints are what color certain characters are.  The kiddos are able to guess most of the colors by remembering each character!

We watched the following youtube video which was great because they were able to follow along with the words on the screen: Busy Beavers!


Bible: We are learning about The Fiery Furnace.  We watched a youtube video about it.  We discussed the importance of worshiping only God and spent extra time in worship.  We read different children Bibles stories about it.  

Extras: On Monday, as I introduced the color orange to them,  I decided to make an orange lunch: mandarin oranges, carrots and grilled cheese sandwiches. We also pointed out orange items throughout the room and outside.