Terrific Twos: The Color BLUE

Colors are a great way to introduce the many facets of a storybook and its pictures.  Picture books allow children to both hear and visualize the words as you read them together.  Through the use of colors, children will learn how to identify the aspect of the color to an object, such as 'the sky is blue.'   This then provides new opportunities for your child to learn new words, enhance vocabulary, and make connections between sounds and syllables.   Together, all these skills will help you get your child, Ready to Read!

Wiggle Rhyme
A wiggle, wiggle here,
A wiggle, wiggle there,
Wiggle your hands up in the air.

Wiggle your shoulders,
Wiggle your hips,
Wiggle your knees,
And move your lips.

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
And wiggle some more,
And now please sit down on the floor.

Color Rhyme
Red, green, blue
Orange, purple, yellow
I like all the colors, yes I do!

Red, green, blue
Orange, purple, yellow
I like all the colors, yes I do!

We also read these books at Terrific Twos:

One Little Blueberry by Tammi Salzano
An introduction to the numbers one to ten. Various insects see a blueberry fall to the ground and want to eat it. Which one will get the blueberry?
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Kitten's Autumn by Eugenie Fernandes
Autumn has settled on the farm, but fallen leaves aren't the only signs of the season. Find out what animals kitten sees preparing themselves for winter.
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More Fun Rhymes and Books About the Color BLUE:

Blue Chameleon by Emily Gravett
A lonely chameleon tries to change his color and shape to fit in with other animals, including the swirly snail, the pink cockatoo, and the green grasshopper, but he cannot find anyone that is just like him.
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Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck
A child explores the treasures of the deep blue sea from the safety of a bathtub.
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The Old Blue Pickup Truck by Candice F. Ransom
As a girl and her father run errands in their old blue pickup, she discovers how many different ways they can use their truck.
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Little Boy Blue Rhyme
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy that looks after the sheep?
He's under the haystack, fast asleep. 

Five Little Blue Birds (Use fingers to represent the birds.)
Five little blue birds, hopping by my door
One went to build a nest, and then there were four

Four little blue birds singing lustily
One got out of tune, and then there were three

Three little blue birds, and what should one do,
But go in search of dinner, leaving only two.

Two little blue birds singing for fun
One flew away, and then there was one.

One little blue bird sitting in the sun
He took a little nap, and then there was none.