- color
- dark
- light
- shade
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation: Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Sing Together: “If You’re Wearing”
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STEM Key Concepts: There are many different colors
ELA Focus Skills: Gross Motor Skills, Listening and Speaking
Tell children you are going to sing a song about colors in the clothes they are wearing today.
Sing “If You’re Wearing” and invite children to join in. Be sure to sing about a color each child is wearing. If needed, help children identify the color in their clothes.
If You’re Wearing
(to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
If you’re wearing blue or green,
Blue or green, blue or green,
If you’re wearing blue or green,
Won't you please stand up.
If you’re wearing red or yellow,
Red or yellow, red or yellow,
If you’re wearing red or yellow,
Won't you please stand up.
If you’re wearing brown or white,
Brown or white, brown or white,
If you’re wearing brown or white,
Won't you please stand up.
Now . . . if you’re standing, please sit down,
Please sit down, please sit down,
If you’re standing, please sit down,
Everyone sit down.
Take It Further: Sing the song a second time, and this time have each child describe whether his or her article of clothing is a light or dark shade of the color.