Colors Unit Study

In this unit study we learned about each of the colors. I did this unit study with my tot but I think that the lapbooks and some of the other projects would turn out better with Preschool age children. This study has 13 days of lessons, but I didn't move on to the next color until he knew the one we were working on.  So some colors, like red, took a few days where as his favorite color, yellow, just took one day!

Day 1- Red 
Day 2- Yellow
Day 3-Blue
Day 4- Green
Day 5- Purple
Day 6- Orange
Day 7- Rainbow
Day 8- Black
Day 9- Brown
Day 10- White 
Day 11- Gray
Day 12- Pink
Day 13- Review 

Colors Book List

A Beka Nursery Arts & Crats Book

Books for individual colors:

Big Red Barn by Christianne C. Jones

Hello, Yellow by Christianne C. Jones

Splish, Splash, and Blue by Christianne C. Jones

Camping in Green by Christianne C. Jones

Purple Pride by Christianne C. Jones

Autumn Orange by Christianne C. Jones

Batty Black by Christianne C. Jones

Brown at the Zoo by Christianne C. Jones

Winter White by Christianne C. Jones

Pink Takes a Bow by Christianne C. Jones

T loved these books because on each page there is a hidden color crayon.

Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Birdwell

The Happy Little Yellow Box by David A. Carter

Small Bunny's Blue Blanket by Tatyana Feeney

Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

The Little Black Truck by Libba Moore Gray

Do Your ABC's Little Brown Bear by Jonathan London

The Little White Owl by Tracey Corderoy

Squirrelly Gray by James Kochalka

Penny Loves Pink by Cori Doerrfeld

Books for all the colors:

Oscar Otter's Colors by Maurice Pledger

Richard Scarry's Colors by Richard Scarry

Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd

Balloon Books:

Too Many Balloons by Catherine Matthias

Little Rabbit Lost by Harry Horse

The Blue Balloon by Mick Inkpen

Emily's Balloon by Komako Sakai

Mathilda and the Orange Balloon by Randal de Seve

Preschool Lesson Books:

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss

Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek 
What Makes a Rainbow? by Betty Schwartz 

Other Age Appropriate Books:

White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker

Brown Rabbit's Shape Book by Alan Baker

Gray Rabbit's 1,2,3 by Alan Baker

Color Clown

T painted a piece of paper each day that we learned a color and I cut it out in a balloon shape.  Then I put it on the wall with this color clown that I had made years ago from poster board.

Flash back to when J was 2 and learning his colors.  He made a color clown too, I love looking back when my boys were tiny!

Colors Board Book 

I used this 8x8 Chunky Bare Book to put some of T's paintings in.  I chose one from each color and made the book about colors. I will tell you how we made each painting on that day's lessons plans.