Read:
- Squirrelly Gray by James Kochalka
- Gray by Patricia M. Stockland
- Gray as a Dolphin by Molly Dingles
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:
- Play Coins
- Sorting Bowls
Directions:
- 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:
