Category: Book List

Preschool Shapes Lists (books, song, flashcards)

Whenever I start teaching my toddlers their shapes, I start with one shape and then add another once they have mastered the first one. I keep adding shapes while always review the shapes that they have mastered. We use videos, books, flashcards, and coloring pages. I keep adding shapes until they know circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, diamond, star, heart, and crescent.

Shapes Songs

Here is my Shape YouTube List that we watch when one of my toddlers is learning their shapes. The list starts out by reviewing songs and then teaching each shape individually near the bottom of the list. Songs for each shape; circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, diamond, star, heart, and crescent.

Shapes Flashcards

These FREE Preschool Shape Flashcards English & Spanish Homeschool Toddler from Teachers Pay Teachers in fun pastel colors. I used my Scotch Laminator to make them into more durable cards for the kids.

Shapes Books

We really enjoyed this Shape Book Series by Molly Dingles (also have Spanish edition):

Here is a smaller shape series by Anita Loughrey, only has 4 of our shapes though.

Here is a creative book series for preschool age kids too, by Christianne C. Jones.

Colors Coloring Pages

We use this FREE Shape Worksheets Tot School, Preschool, Homeschool (Learn 9 Shapes) from Teachers Pay Teachers . The coloring sheets feature shaped items for circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, diamond, star, heart, and crescent.. I let the kids use different ways to color each page; markers, crayons, paint, dot daubers, and colored pencils.

Here are some of my other book list posts:

Here are some of my other toddler/ preschool shapes posts:

Preschool Colors Lists (books, song, flashcards)

Whenever I start teaching my toddlers their colors, I start with one color and then add another once they have mastered the first one. I keep adding colors while always review the colors that they have mastered. We use videos, books, flashcards, and coloring pages. I keep adding colors until they know red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black, white, and gray.

Colors Songs

Here is my Color YouTube List that we watch when one of my toddlers is learning their colors. The list starts out by teaching each color individually and then has review songs near the bottom of the list. This list has Color Blocks songs, Frog Street songs, and The Good and the Beautiful songs for each color; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black, white, and gray.

Colors Flashcards

These FREE Preschool Color Flashcards English & Spanish Homeschool Toddler from Teachers Pay Teachers feature fun fruits and vegetables. I used my Scotch Laminator to make them into more durable cards for the kids.

Colors Books

We really enjoy the book series about colors by Christianne C. Jones. Each page has a hidden crayon that my kids loved to try to find.

We also love the colors book series by Patricia M. Stockland.

  • Red by Patricia M. Stockland
  • Yellow  by Patricia M. Stockland
  • Blue by Patricia M. Stockland
  • Green by Patricia M. Stockland
  • Purple  by Patricia M. Stockland
  • Orange by Patricia M. Stockland
  • Black  by Patricia M. Stockland
  • Brown  by Patricia M. Stockland
  • White by Patricia M. Stockland
  • Gray by Patricia M. Stockland
  • Pink by Patricia M. Stockland

And the series by Molly Dingles. These books are also available in Spanish.

Colors Coloring Pages

We use this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK from Teachers Pay Teachers . The coloring sheets feature animals, foods, clothing, toys, and nature. I let the kids use different ways to color each page; markers, crayons, paint, dot daubers, and colored pencils.

Here are some of my other book list posts:

Here are some of my other toddler/ preschool colors posts:

Preschool Mixing Colors

This month my 4 year was learning how to mix colors. We used books and Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities from Teachers Pay Teachers. First I taught her the primary colors; red, yellow, and blue. Then we read the books over and over and she learned how to mix red and yellow to make orange, yellow and blue to make green, and blue and red to make purple.

Monsters Love Colors

We read Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin and decided to make some marble painting monsters.

First we drew a monster outline on a large piece of paper and placed the paper inside a cookie tray. Then we dropped some red and blue paint on the paper and added a few marbles to the cookie tray. She moved the tray back and forth to have the marbles move through the paint and mix the colors. We did another monster with red and yellow paint drops and a third one with blue and yellow paint.

Finally she wanted to do one with all three primary colors of paint.

After the paint dried we cut out black paper to look like mouths and eye brows. We also added googly eyes to the monster.

She loved this book and asked to read it every night for a while.

The Dot

We read The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds and she make several paintings with all sizes and colors of dots on her easel. She even experimented with mixing paint colors to make new colors of dots.

Painting on her easel is one of her favorite activities.

Mix It Up! and Press Here

For today we read Mix It Up! and Press Here by Herve Tullet. She really enjoyed the actions in these books. We used our Primary Science Lab to mix colored water. I placed a few drops of red, yellow, and blue food coloring in the beakers.

She used an eye dropper to mix the primary colors to make the secondary colors.

Red and yellow to make orange, blue and yellow to make green, and last red and blue to make purple.

Once she had all the colors, she experimented with the colored water to make new colors. Most of them ended up as a brown color.

She really enjoys playing with this Primary Science Lab. Just be sure to place it on a cookie tray on top of a towel if you have very young children.

Mouse Paint & White Rabbit’s Color Book

We read Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh and White Rabbit’s Color Book by Alan Baker.

I printed the color mixing page from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities from Teachers Pay Teachers onto cardstock. She only had the primary colors of paint and she had to mix those to make the primary colors.

Color Dance

Today we read Color Dance by Ann Jonas and then tried to mix white with each color and black with each color.

We made 3 circles of each color and then added white paint to each color on the column on the left and added black paint to each color on the column on the right.

Mixing Colored Ice Cubes

I froze red, blue, and yellow water. Then she placed the ice cubes in the jars to mix the colors.

  • red ice cubes in the first jar
  • red and yellow in the second jar
  • yellow in the third jar
  • yellow and blue in the fourth jar
  • blue in the fith
  • and blue with red in the last jar.

Painting with Primary Colored Ice Cubes

I also let her paint with the ice tubes. She could make a rainbow by mixing the primary colors.

You might find some more good ideas for learning toddler colors here:

Or some more of our preschool units here:

Preschool Spelling Colors

This month my 4 year was learning how to spell colors while the 2 year old also learned to identify the colors. We used books, songs, worksheets, and hands on activities to learn, red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, black, brown, white, gray, and pink. We used two packets from Teachers Pay Teachers; Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities and Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK.

Red

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the red strawberries and the write the word “RED” at the bottom.
  • Color the red fire truck and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the red dot dauber to make dots around the word “RED”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and crayons and she painted a page too.

Yellow

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the yellow sun and the write the word “YELLOW” at the bottom.
  • Color the yellow school bus and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the yellow dot dauber to make dots around the word “YELLOW”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Blue

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the blue bird and the write the word “BLUE” at the bottom.
  • Color the blue butterfly and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the blue dot dauber to make dots around the word “BLUE”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Green

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the green caterpillar and the write the word “GREEN” at the bottom.
  • Color the green dino and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the green dot dauber to make dots around the word “GREEN”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Purple

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the purple violet and the write the word “PURPLE” at the bottom.
  • Color the purple grapes and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the purple dot dauber to make dots around the word “PURPLE”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Orange

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the orange carrots and the write the word “ORANGE” at the bottom.
  • Color the orange tiger and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the orange dot dauber to make dots around the word “ORANGE”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Black

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the black spider and the write the word “BLACK” at the bottom.
  • Color the black bat and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the black dot dauber to make dots around the word “BLACK”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Brown

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the brown football and the write the word “BROWN” at the bottom.
  • Color the brown guitar and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the brown dot dauber to make dots around the word “BROWN”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

White

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the white dice and the write the word “WHITE” at the bottom.
  • Color the white snow flakes and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the white dot dauber to make dots around the word “WHITE”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Gray

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the gray hammer and the write the word “GRAY” at the bottom.
  • Color the gray shark and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the gray dot dauber to make dots around the word “GRAY”.

Activities:

  • “I Can Spell Gray” YouTube Song
  • Spell “GRAY” with gray play dough and letter cutters. We mixed some black and some white to make the gray play dough.
  • Spread sand on a cookie sheet and use your finger to spell “GRAY”.

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Pink

Book List:

Worksheets:

I got all of these worksheets from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color the pink pig and the write the word “PINK” at the bottom.
  • Color the pink flower and then cut out the letters from the bottom of the page and glue them in the proper order.
  • Use the pink dot dauber to make dots around the word “PINK”.

Activities:

Tot Time:

I printed out this Bundle “I Know My Colors” Coloring Book Jumbo for Toddler and Preschool PreK for my 2 year old granddaughter to have fun learning colors too. She colored them with markers and she painted a page too.

Review

We also played some games from Colors Worksheets Preschool (Learn to spell 11 Colors) Color Mixing Activities.

  • Color BINGO
  • High Five Colors
  • I Spy Colors
  • Color Parking Lot

She also did some coloring sheets that had all of the colors to read and trace.

She also did some coloring sheets with Bible verses She wanted to use sliver and gold so we added Esther 8:15.

We also worked on her favorite color.

I printed the cut and glue Spider Colors and Flower Garden from this FALL FUN pack and VALENTINE pack on Teacher Pay Teachers.

You might find some more good ideas for learning toddler colors here:

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Or some more of our preschool units here:

Christian Board Book Library

Here is our toddler Christian Board Book Library. I usually put a small board book in the kids Easter baskets and I also get them a book each Christmas as well. I have included the books that we have with links to purchase them yourself if you wish.

We read books each night before bed. It is the best time for cuddles and kisses too!

We also love Masterbooks preschool books, they have a few board books too. You can use the link below to explore Masterbooks.

https://www.masterbooks.com/?acc=1d095528ec191047c59a7fe2adab47ab

Here are some of our other Book List Posts:

Preschool Learning Numbers

She is 3 years old and learning how to identify her numbers, count, and number sequence.

Numbers Book List

One Foot Two Feet by Felicia Zekauskas was one of my favorite books. It gives the singular and plural of some of the more challenging English words for young children to understand. Goose-Geese, Foot-Feet, etc…

Numbers Resources

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

Number 4

Number 5

Number 6

Number 7

Number 8

Number 9

Number 10

10 Apples up on Top

First we read 10 Apples up on Top by Dr. Seuss. Print out the free 10 Apple Stack from Teachers Pay Teachers. Then Storm glued a picture of herself to the bottom of the paper and cut out the apples and glued them in numerical order on top of her head.

Ten Little Rubber Ducks

First we read Ten Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle. Print out the free 10 Ducklings Number Sequencing from Teachers Pay Teachers. Then Storm painted a paper with blue watercolor. She cut out the ducklings and glued them in numerical order following the momma duck.

Number 12

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Shapes Tot School

We are learning shapes this month. We spent a couple days on each shape, basically however long she needed to remember the new shape. Storm is 2 years old, but you could use most of these activities for 3 and 4 year old children as well.

Shapes Book List

Book Series about Shapes:

Molly Dingles Series of Shape Books (also have Spanish edition):

Day 1:  Circle

Read:  

Food:  

Bagel, Potato chips, Strawberry slices, Pepperoni, Salami

Activities:

Day 2:  Square

Read:  

Food: 

Cheese it’s, Sandwich, Cheese slice

Activities:

Day 3: Triangle

Read:  

Food:  

Quesadilla, Doritos, Watermelon Slice, Pizza

Activities:

Day 4: Rectangle

Read:  

Food:  

Graham Crackers, Cheese Slices

Activities:

Day 5: Star

Read:  

Food:  

Star Fruit, star shaped cereal

Activities:

Day 6: Heart

Read:  

Food:  

Pretzels

Activities:

Day 7: Oval

Read:  

Food:  

Grapes, Hard Boiled Egg

Activities:

Day 8: Diamond

Read:  

Food:  

Frosted Mini Wheats

Activities:

Day 9: Crescent

Read:  

Food:

Banana, Apple Slices, Croissant, Mac-N-Cheese

Activities:

More Shape Activities

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Tot-School Colors Day -Review

Today we reviewed all of the colors that we have learned so far.

Read:  

YouTube Songs: 

Song: 

If You Are Wearing Red

If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red,
Then please shake your head.
If you are wearing red, shake your head.

Blue, touch your shoe
Black, pat your back
Green, bow like a queen
Yellow, Shake like Jell-O
Brown, Turn around
Pink, give us a wink

Activities:  

  • Sort colored pom-pom balls into the corresponding colored bowls or in this case I used paint lids.
  • High-Five Colors:  Make hand prints out of felt and have the child give a high five to the color you call out.
  • Bear Puzzle- I had this wooden bear puzzle that I found at a famer’s market years ago.  It has all the colors that we have learned and T is starting to get better at puzzles.
  • Sort Colored scoops of ice cream onto the correct cones.
  • Color Crayon File Folder Game- I printed out and put together this Color Crayon File Folder Game.
  • Mouse in the Color House- Hide the mouse behind the house and let the child find it.
  • Sign Language for Colors

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School Pink Day

Read:  

Song: 

I’M A LITTLE PIGGY
Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”

I’m a little piggy
With a round pig nose.
I’m all pink
From my head to my toes.

Here’s my piggy tail,
As you can see,
It’s pink and curly
As it can be.
–Elizabeth Scofield

Color Recognition:  Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is pink).  Have the child point to the pink car. (We used Cocomelon flashcards today)

Word Recognition:  Print the Pink paper to use with do-a-dot markers. 

Discuss: 

  • What is something pink? Pig, heart, flamingo, etc…
  • “I spy something pink…”

Snack:  hot dogs, strawberry smoothie, raspberries covered with sugar, salami, ham, pink unicorn pudding, pink pop tart

Pink Playdough

Get out any pink play dough and pink play dough toys and tools. Show the child how to use the tools.

Pink Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are PINK (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and pink paper, scissors, glue

Description: Child used drawing materials on the white paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the pink paper.

Play with Pink Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a pink one for her to play with today.

PINK word and pictures

I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago.  She put the pink pictures onto the PINK word.

Pink Hearts

Materials:

  • Pink Paint
  • White Paper
  • Paper Plate
  • Marker

Directions:

  1. Draw a hart around it.ot to follow directions
  2. Pour some paint on the plate.
  3. Dip the child’s foot in the paint.
  4. Place the foot print on the paper.
  5. Dip the other foot in the paint and put it on the paper with the heels in the same spot but the toes off to the side a bit.

Pink Princess Dress Up

She got to play in her Princess Dress Up dress today.

PINK Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with pink toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

Tot-School Gray Day

Read:  

Song: 

THREE GRAY MICE
Tune: “Three Blind Mice”

Three gray mice,
Three gray mice,
Oh, how nice,
Oh, how nice.
They ran around the house at night.
They found some cheese and had a bite.
The farmer’s wife turned on the light.
As three gray mice,
Ran from sight!
–Jean Warren

Color Recognition:  Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is gray).  Have the child point to the gray car.

Word Recognition:  Print the Gray paper to use with do-a-dot markers. 

Discuss: 

  • What is something gray? Mouse, shark, clouds, etc…
  • “I spy something gray…”

Snack:  Oatmeal, Hershey’s Kiss

Gray Playdough

Get out any gray play dough and gray play dough toys and tools. Show the child how to use the tools.

Gray Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are GRAY (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and gray paper, scissors, glue

Description: Child used drawing materials on the white paper. Then she will cut small pieces of her paper and glue them all onto the gray paper.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot to follow directions, be creative, and fine motor skills.

Play with Gray Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons, so I got out a gray one for her to play with today.

GRAY word and pictures

I found these Color Headers in the Target back to school clearance a few years ago.  She put the gray pictures onto the GRAY word.

Coin Sorting

Materials:

Directions:

  1. Child can sort the coins by size.

GRAY Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with gray toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

Here are the links to posts for the individual colors that we learned:

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