Color-Themed Week Detailed Activities
Monday: Red Day
Circle Time: Sing a song about the color red and discuss red objects.
Story Time: Read “Red is Best” by Kathy Stinson.
Art & Craft: Create red collages using red paper, stickers, and crayons.
Sensory Play: Set up a sensory bin with red items like pom-poms, blocks, and fabric.
Outdoor Play: Go on a red scavenger hunt to find red objects around the playground.
Tuesday: Blue Day
Circle Time: Sing a song about the color blue and discuss blue objects.
Story Time: Read “Blue Hat, Green Hat” by Sandra Boynton.
Art & Craft: Paint with different shades of blue using brushes, sponges, and fingers.
Sensory Play: Create a water play station with blue water beads and toy fish.
Outdoor Play: Play a game of “Blue Tag” where children can only tag others wearing
blue.
Wednesday: Yellow Day
Circle Time: Sing a song about the color yellow and discuss yellow objects.
Story Time: Read “Yellow Ball” by Molly Bang.
Art & Craft: Make sun crafts using yellow paper, glue, and glitter.
Sensory Play: Set up a sensory bin with yellow rice, toy ducks, and yellow scoops.
Outdoor Play: Have a “Yellow Parade” where children wear yellow and march around.
Thursday: Green Day
Circle Time: Sing a song about the color green and discuss green objects.
Story Time: Read “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss.
Art & Craft: Create leaf rubbings using green crayons and paper.
Sensory Play: Set up a sensory bin with green playdough and nature items like leaves
and twigs.
Outdoor Play: Go on a nature walk to find green plants and trees.
Friday: Rainbow Day
Circle Time: Sing a song about rainbows and discuss the colors in a rainbow.
Story Time: Read “A Rainbow of My Own” by Don Freeman.
Art & Craft: Create rainbow collages using colored paper, cotton balls, and glue.
Sensory Play: Set up a rainbow rice bin with different colored rice and scoops.
Outdoor Play: Play a game of “Rainbow Relay” where children pass colored objects in
a relay race.
Outdoor Color Play Ideas
1. Sidewalk Chalk Art
Materials: Sidewalk chalk in various colors.
Activity: Draw different shapes and patterns on the sidewalk or driveway. Encourage
children to color within the shapes or create their own colorful designs.
2. Color Sorting Game
Materials: Colored buckets or bins, and various colored objects (balls, toys, etc.).
Activity: Scatter the colored objects around the play area. Have children collect and
sort them into the matching colored buckets or bins.
3. Rainbow Water Play
Materials: Water table or large container, food coloring, and various water toys.
Activity: Add different food coloring to the water to create a rainbow effect. Let
children explore and play with the colored water using cups, spoons, and water toys.
4. Color Hunt
Materials: Color cards or swatches.
Activity: Give each child a color card and have them find objects in the outdoor area
that match their color. This can be done as a group activity or individually.
5. Shaving Cream Twister
Materials: Shaving cream, food coloring, and a Twister mat or large plastic sheet.
Activity: Spray shaving cream on the Twister mat and add drops of food coloring.
Children can play Twister, getting messy and mixing colors as they go.
6. Color Mixing Station
Materials: Clear plastic cups, water, food coloring, and pipettes or droppers.
Activity: Set up a station where children can mix different colors of water to see what
new colors they can create. This is a great way to teach about primary and secondary
colors.
7. Painted Rock Hunt
Materials: Rocks, paint, and paintbrushes.
Activity: Have children paint rocks in different colors. Once dry, hide the rocks around
the outdoor area and have a scavenger hunt to find them.
8. Colorful Obstacle Course
Materials: Cones, hoops, and other obstacle course equipment in various colors.
Activity: Set up an obstacle course where each section is a different color. Children can
follow the course, completing activities like jumping through hoops or running around
cones, focusing on the colors.
9. Rainbow Bubble Play
Materials: Bubble solution, bubble wands, and food coloring.
Activity: Add food coloring to the bubble solution to create colorful bubbles. Let
children blow and chase the bubbles, enjoying the rainbow of colors.
10. Colorful Ice Play
Materials: Ice cube trays, food coloring, and water.
Activity: Freeze colored water in ice cube trays. On a warm day, let children play with
the colorful ice cubes, watching them melt and mix colors.
Color-Themed Songs
1. The Color Song by The Learning Station
o Lyrics: “Red, red is the color I see, If you’re wearing red, then show it to me…”
o Activity: Children can stand up and show their clothing or objects that match the color
mentioned in the song1.
2. I Can Sing a Rainbow by KidsTV123
o Lyrics: “Red and yellow and pink and green, Purple and orange and blue, I can sing a
rainbow, Sing a rainbow, Sing a rainbow too…”
o Activity: Sing along and use colored scarves or ribbons to wave in the air as each color
is mentioned2.
3. Colors Song by LittleBabyBum
o Lyrics: “Red, yellow, green, and blue, These are the colors over you…”
o Activity: Use colored flashcards or objects to show each color as it is sung 3.
4. The Rainbow Song
o Lyrics: “Red and orange, green and blue, Shiny yellow, purple too, All the colors that
we know, Live up in the rainbow…”
o Activity: Create a rainbow craft with colored paper or paint while singing the song 4.
5. If You’re Wearing Red Today (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
o Lyrics: “If you’re wearing red today, Red today, red today, If you’re wearing red today,
Stand up and shout, ‘Hooray!’”
o Activity: Children can stand up and perform actions based on the color they are
wearing5.
6. Twinkle, Twinkle Rainbow Star (Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”)
o Lyrics: “Twinkle, twinkle yellow star, How I wonder where you are? Let’s go looking
here and there, Let’s go looking everywhere…”
o Activity: Use colored stars on a felt board and have children find the star that matches
the color being sung5.
7. Pretty Balloons (Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”)
o Lyrics: “Pretty balloons in the air, Lots of colors we see there. Red, and yellow, green
and blue, Can you see the colors too?”
o Activity: Use colored balloons or pictures of balloons to match the colors mentioned in
the song4.
