Read:
- Winter White by Christianne C. Jones
- The Little White Owl by Tracey Corderoy
- White by Patricia M. Stockland
- White as a Seashell by Molly Dingles
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:
- Ask child what color the eggs are.
- 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:
