Category: Tot Tubs

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:

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:

Tot-School White Day

Read:  

Song: 

SING FOR WHITE
Tune: “Jingle Bells”

Sing for white, sing for white,
Let’s all sing for white.
Sing for eggs and sing for clouds,
Sing for snow so bright.

Sing for milk, sing for chalk,
Sing for cotton, too.
And sing for little polar bears,
That live down at the zoo.
–Elizabeth Scofield

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

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

Discuss: 

  • What is something white? Baseball, daisy, sheep, etc…
  • “I spy something white…”

Snack:  Milk, Yogurt, Powdered Donuts, White Chocolate Pudding, Popcorn, Coconut, Cottage Cheese, cheese sticks, Quesadilla, Marshmallows, Hard Boiled Egg, Cauliflower

White Playdough

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

White Mixed Media Collage

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

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

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

Play with White Balloon

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

WHITE word and pictures

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

Egg Shapes

Materials:

Directions:

  1. Ask child what color the eggs are.
  2. Open all of the eggs and show the child how to match up the shapes.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot color recognition, teach your tot to follow directions, practice fine motor skills

Snow Play

Luckily we had snow recently, so she got to go sledding.

WHITE & BLACK Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with white and black toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

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

Tot-School Brown Day

Read:  

Song: 

THREE BROWN BEARS
Tune: “Three Blind Mice”

Three brown bears, three brown bears.
See all their beds, see all their chairs.
The mommy cooked in a big brown pot.
The daddy’s porridge was much too hot.
The baby bear always cried a lot.
Three brown bears.
–Judith E. McNitt

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

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

Discuss: 

  • What is something brown? Acorn, chocolate, bear, etc…
  • “I spy something brown…”

Snack:  Waffles with Maple Syrup, Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Chocolate Milk, peanuts, chocolate, Banana bread, Pretzels, Almonds

Brown Playdough

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

Brown Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are BROWN (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and brown 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 brown paper.

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

Play with Brown Balloon

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

BROWN word and pictures

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

Football Lacing

Materials:

  • Brown Construction Paper
  • Scissors
  • Hole Punch
  • White Crayon
  • Brown Shoe Lace

Directions:

  1. Cut a football from brown construction paper, draw the laces on the middle of it with the white crayon, and laminate it.
  2. Punch holes around it.
  3. Let the child lace the around the football with the shoe lace.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot color recognition, teach your tot to follow directions, teach fine motor skills

BROWN Baby Bin

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

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

Tot-School Black Day

Read:  

Song: 

TWO LITTLE BLACK BIRDS

Two little black birds,

Sitting on a hill. (Hold up two hands, fingers spread)

One named Jack, (Flap fingers on one hand)

One named Jill. (Flap fingers on other hand)

Fly away Jack. (Flap fingers on first hand and bring behind back)

Fly away Jill. (Flap fingers on other hand and bring behind back.)

Come back Jack. (Jack flies back out,)

Come back Jill. (Jill flies out)

Two little black birds, (Hold hands out fingers spread)

Back on the hill. Happy together. Together still.

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

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

Discuss: 

  • What is something black?  Spider, bat, car, etc…
  • “I spy something black…”

Snack:  Raisins, Black Licorice, Olives, Oreos, Blackberries, Black Beans

BLACK Playdough

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

Black Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are BLACK (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and black 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 black paper.

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

Play with Black Balloon

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

BLACK word and pictures

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

Black Spider Prints

Materials:

Directions:

  1. Set out the black ink pad and let the child make finger prints on the white paper.
  2. Use the black pen to draw 8 legs and 2 eyes on each print to make the spiders.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot color recognition, teach your tot to follow directions

BLACK & WHITE Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with black and white toys for my granddaughter to play with too.

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

Tot-School Colors Day -Rainbow

Today we reviewed all of the rainbow colors before moving on to the browns and grays!

Read:  

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
Green, bow like a queen
Yellow, Shake like Jell-O

Discuss:  What are the colors of the rainbow? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple 

We used our Dot Magnets and our Dot Daubers on the Rainbow Do-A-Dot  page.

Rainbow Color Activities:

  • Hop on Colors
  • Sort colored alphabet cards by color

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

Tot-School Orange Day

Read:  

Song: 

ORANGE TREATS

Orange treats, orange treats, yum, yum, yum.
Which will I choose, oh what fun.
Will it be a carrot, crunchy and sweet?
Will it be orange sections, juicy and sweet?
Will it be orange sherbet, icy and sweet?
What will I choose for my afternoon treat?
–Jean Warren

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

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

Discuss: 

  • What is something orange? Oranges, goldfish, tigers, etc…
  • “I spy something orange…”

Snack:  Oranges, Carrots, Orange Juice, Macaroni and Cheese, Orange Sherbet, Cheese, Cantaloupe, Peach, Spaghetti, Cheetos

Orange Playdough

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

Orange Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are ORANGE (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and orange 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 orange paper.

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

Play with Orange Balloon

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

ORANGE word and pictures

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

Paper Plate Pumpkin


Materials:

  • Paper Plate
  • Orange Paint
  • Paintbrush
  • Black and Green Construction Paper
  • Glue
  • Scissors


Description:

  1. Paint the paper plate orange.
  2. Cut out eyes and mouth shapes from the black paper.
  3. Glue the face on the pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern.
  4. Cut out a stem and leaf from the green paper.
  5. Glue the stem on the pumpkin.

ORANGE Baby Bin

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

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

Tot-School Purple Day

Read:  

Song: 

WE LOVE PURPLE
Tune: “Three Blind Mice”

We love purple, we love purple.
Yes, we do. Yes, we do.
Purple grapes and eggplant,
Purple plums and grape juice,
Just for me, just for you.
–Heather McPhail

Color Recognition:  Show the child 3 cars or toys (be sure one is purple).  Have the child point to the purple car. (we used bows today)

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

Discuss: 

  • What is something purple? Plum, violets, jam, etc…
  • “I spy something purple…”

Snack:  Blackberry Smoothie, Grape juice, Plums, Grapes, Cabbage, Blackberries, Grape Jelly, Purple Jello

Blackberry Smoothie

Materials: 

  • 1 Cup Blackberries
  • 1 frozen banana
  • 1 Cup almond milk (or coconut milk)

Directions: 

  1. Blend the berries in a blender, scrape the sides.
  2. Add the banana and blend more, scrape the sides.
  3. Add the milk and blend until smooth.

Purple Playdough

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

Purple Mixed Media Collage

Materials: any drawing materials that you have that are PURPLE (crayons, markers, colored pencil), white and purple 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 purple paper.

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

Play with Purple Balloon

This girl loves to play with balloons. Today we played with a purple dancing scarf instead of a balloon.

PURPLE word and pictures

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

Planting Purple Tulips

Materials:

  • Purple Construction Paper
  • Craft Sticks
  • Egg Carton

Directions:

  1. Cut tulip shapes from the paper and glue a craft stick to them.
  2. Turn the egg carton upside down and cut slits in each egg part.
  3. The child can plant the tulips in the different slits.
  4. Count how many tulips he planted.

Skills Targeted: teach your tot color recognition, teach your tot to follow directions

PURPLE Baby Bin

I made a Baby Bin filled with purple 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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