To get myself started, i decided create a collection of my favorite science activities. After reading the book, allow your students to plan their own many colored days. Seuss book my many colored days can be used to celebrate read across america on march 2nd dr. Second graders examine how different colors can represent emotions or moods using the book my many colored days by dr. Then i gave them yellow and black paint and let them paint their own masterpiece. Its a short board book but it captures the childrens attention, describes feelings wonderfully and provides an opportunity to further discuss feelings. Seuss book is great for helping children understand emotions and how they effect our days. Mother goose time set up this great idea to get kids really thinking and creating on their own. Color theme preschool activities ideas lesson plans. In their plan, students will list a color, a feeling and what they do with those. This book can be used for teaching basics like colors to more complex concepts of emotional states. Each month focuses on a specific theme, so you can mix and match the books and extension activities. Seuss birthday or any other day that your students need to move around.
After having time experimenting and painting with different colors, give the students a new sheet of paper. Ages 38 examples of activities that can be used while reading my many colored days and throughout the day to promote social and emotional development. We love coming up with fun crafts and activities based on favorite books. Seuss illustrated by steve johnson and lou fancher. Steve and lou currently reside in minneapolis, minnesota. Students can each do a page, work in groups, or have students work. If youre interested in incorporating this great seuss title into your plans for seuss birthdayread across america, here are a few activities. Ask them to make predictions, then ask how they think this book might connect to emotions. They could use any of our painting materials, so they got out brayers, paint brushes, used their fingers. My many colored days coloring pages lovely 27 best.
Illustrated by steve johnson and lou fancher another classic written by dr. Seuss utilize colors but he also utilized animals to communicate emotions. Seasonal activities are a great way to provide fun and creative learning opportunities for your students while also integrating your required standards and curriculum. Exploring the environment becomes a colorful experience with this creative activity. Seuss is a fabulous book for kids of all ages preschoolers to teens can benefit from the lesson that feelings may change from day to day, hour to hour, or minute to minute. Childrens books about emotions and feelings for preschoolers.
Goodreads members who liked my many colored days also liked. I love the book my many colored days because it helps teach children about their feelings. If youre interested in incorporating this great seuss title into your plans for seuss birthdayread across america, here are a few activities and crafts. Explain how the book shows feelings through the use of color. While reading the story, pause after each animal and discuss the animals color. In this lesson, students will read the story my many colored days by dr.
Founder of omazing kids, llc inclusive wellness activities for kids of all abilities. My many colored days is such a fun book to share with your preschoolers. They are currently among the most sought after of childrens book artists. Dec 06, 2016 music lesson for my many colored days. Explore shapes and shadows with day 3 of our seusstastic steam challenge. This rhyming story is a wonderful way for parents and teachers to talk with children about their feelings. My many colored days is a must have book for young children. Read the story and discuss how different colors make you feel. Find your favorite season or holiday and check out all the great lessons, activities, and online resources. Create my many colored days collages using bright colored supplies.
Seuss is currently inspiring student writers to try new techniques with the traits of idea development and word choice. For additional seasonal resources, you may also want to visit the. Come to the library this week march 27 for seuss crafts, games and fun as we celebrate one of our. Since our project today had to do with colors, i figured today was as good a day as any other. See this blog post to read about how i did this activity in. Seuss is at it again, with a wonderful book about the colors he may feel on happy days, sad days, and down days and more. Elementary general music lesson to teach dynamics, tempo, timbre, mood, and more through childrens literature. Seuss this book uses a spectrum of vibrant colors and a menagerie of animals to depict the range of human moods and emotions found in the human life cycle. Use this template to make your own many colored days. My many colored days dr seuss, author, steve johnson, illustrator, lou fancher, illustrator alfred a. In honor of spring flowers, i put together this free printable book about counting colorful flowers. Ask students to describe a time that they felt the emotion or mood.
Seuss popular book, my many colored days, students will color a crayon with the different amounts of colors they feel and name their crayon. Kids remember the activity that you create for a book long after theyve read a book. We created a color my feelings project to go along with the book. Do you need preschool color theme activities for your daycare or preschool classroom. Seuss preschool lesson plan, my many colored days exploring emotions my many colored days by dr. As we covered creation, i told my kids on the first day of creation god created light and dark and separated them. The use of colors and animals helps to explain feelings in a. Ask the children to share a time that they were in that mood. She has been having a lot of big feelings lately, so we talked about how we are feeling during our morning meeting every day. Creation book for preschool, day 1 adventures in mommydom. This my many colored days lesson plan is suitable for prek 1st grade.
Examples of activities that can be used while reading my many colored days and throughout the day. A baby board book that was amusing enough to me as an adult with no children of my own to request it on bookmooch so i could own a copy, my many colored days can be read almost as meditative reflection and psychological metaphor for naming the quality of ones days. Get kids learning about colors with this fun preschool color activity. These are great for parents, teachers and for homeschoolers alike. Regardless of where they are in the phases of writing development, toddlers and preschoolers love to show off their newly discovered skills. In addition to being a fun process for my students, bookmaking is an amazing way to teach so many early literacy concepts. Kids of all ages will love these exclusive printables, crafts, activities, and more to compliment these timeless books. After having time experimenting and painting with different colors, give the students a new sheet.
These writing journals for toddlers and preschoolers are easy to put together and are sure to keep young kids telling stories and practicing their writing skills in the most genuine and natural ways. My many colored days activities learning through experiences. This article features activities designed to stimulate the development of phonemic awareness in preschool and elementary school children. Find a fun activities and vocabulary lessons and puzzles to go with your my many colored days. Sep 27, 2011 my son 20 months loves the pictures and i can see in his face how his reaction changes as the pages turn to reveal many different coloured animals and the way they feel. They recommend leaving the book on display to inspire the kids. Perfect for combining literacy with early math concepts. With my daughter, on day one of our homeschool preschool activities, we took the print outs for a and a, and my daughter colored them with crayons. Seuss has been a long time favorite to relate emotions to children. Seuss crafts activities songs playdough toddlers preschoolers planner felt puppets rotating tube expressions stay safe and healthy. Great book based lesson plan to used with kindergarten or lower elementary. Seuss great for feelings and emotions lesson via great activity to go with dr.
Seuss book my many colored days and did a little mixed media artwork with ink and paint to go with it. Set up a painting area for children to explore different colors. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Students will use the crayon visual they made to help understand that when they are feeling lots of different ways, they can use col. In this mental health crosscurriculum lesson, students listen to my many colored days by dr. My many colored days social emotional activities preschool. Seuss is a fabulous book for kids of all ages preschoolers to teens can benefit from the lesson that feelings may.
Since i know many of you are also looking for science experiments and activities to do with preschoolers, i decided to share them here for you too. My many colored days writing activities i help to study. Students can color their shape and name color and feeling or they can color their shape and cut and paste feeling words to go with the color. Mar 01, 2015 this week, theresa reads, my many colored days, by dr.
One of my favorite books to help kids learn about feelings is my many colored days by dr. Find books like my many colored days from the worlds largest community of readers. Seuss my many colored days book or any other color themed activity. My many colored days seasonal activities and lesson plans. This fun little activity can be used to make a printable booklet for kids. Feb 24, 2015 use this template to make your own many colored days book after reading my many colored days by dr. Color my feelings my many colored days emotions preschool. Emotions preschool color my feelings my many colored days emotions preschool color my feelings with my many colored days by dr. I love making books with my students, and this one was definitely a hit. These printable color my feelings pages combine colors and moods together just like the book my many colored days does. Jun 18, 2019 show students the book, my many colored days. Mother goose time also included a great photo of the three primary colors blending into each other in watercolors. A good story to read to preschoolers to discuss feelings is my many colored days by dr.
Students can each do a page, work in groups, or have students work on their booklet one page a day, tracing, writing and illustrating their page. I loved this concept of not just blue days, but red and yellow, purple and brown. Phonemic activities for the preschool or elementary. I used the book my many coloured days by dr seuss, for children to write simple poems about colours, emotions and behaviour. Read through the book, my many colored days, pausing periodically after each animal. Ive gathered some of my favorite preschool book and activity ideas for each month of the year. This activity focuses on creative movement to different styles of music. I miss you if you recently lost someone this is a good book to help your child learn to understand their feelings as a first step in dealing with the loss of a loved one. You will love our fun ideas and easy to use lesson plans for teaching children how to recognize their colors through fun hands on activities, printable crafts, games, words to songs, rhymes, stories, circle time, literacy, math, gross motor and many other learning activities for preschoolers ages 2. After completing the book my many colored days the girls and i talked about how not only did dr. See this blog post to read about how i did this activity in my classroom. The pirates handbook treasure hunt map of your yard.
If you are looking for science activities for preschoolers, this is going to be a huge help to you. From lanies little learners a free printable pack which contains colored animals coordinated to the story, colored boys with the color word written on it, and a printable book based on the story. Activities that stimulate phonemic awareness in preschool and elementary school children are one sure way to get a child ready for reading. Young scholars sing related songs, write about feelings, and play a color identification game. Book nook fliernmany colorer09 vanderbilt university.
From the yellow to the black to the mixedup days this book in matteroffact fashion reminds us that we all have different emotions and they are all ok. A huge amount of my posts are book activities for kids. We slipped those pages into the plastic sleeves so we could read our abc book pages about the letter a. Music lesson for my many colored days organized chaos. They listen to the book, select an animal, and create an illustration of the animal drawn in a color that. Today we headed outside for class, might as well embrace this sunshine and seventydegree weather. I recommend going outside to observe and notice what you see about shadows. My many coloured days by dr seuss english activities. Its a fun about me activity for kids in preschool, kindergarten, or any elementary aged kids. Students will use the crayon visual they made to help understand that when they are feeling lots of. It has a color to represent different feelings and moods.
This is a perfect activity for read across america week. I love the way it helps kids to understand different feelings. It explains, in color and animal analogy, that all people have many emotions and that is okay. My many colored days lesson plan for prek 1st grade. She has been having a lot of big feelings lately, so we talked about how we are.
Combine it with the amazing song colors by kira willey, an assortment of yoga for preschool age whole specials activities. I figured it was time to gather them all in one place to make them easier to find. Student activities the teacher store book clubs book fairs scholastic education. Want to have some learning fun with kids of all ages. Preschool art activity coordinates with my many colored colored days book by dr. My preschoolers love making books, and i love helping them do so.
Free counting flowers printable book perfect for spring. Use this template to make your own many colored days book. Steve and lou fell in love with the my many colored days manuscript at first sight, seeing in it an unusual opportunity to create something that is at once both childlike and sophisticated. Seuss to help you find even more resources to celebrate dr. Color my feelings my many colored days teach beside me. My many colored days writing activities uniquely capturing the emotionfilled days of our lives in short poems with multiple stanzas the writing of dr.
Theres a wocket in my pocket rhyming book dr seuss. Each day is described as a particular color, with an animal that corresponds to that feeling. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to. My many colored days an amazing book that provides kids with a way of describing their feelings when words dont cut it. Bright and colorful, with stunning and imaginative illustrations, this seuss selection offers a fantastic jumping off point for discussing emotions with your kiddos. Sicily seemed to enjoy this book and asked to read it a few times. It explains, in color and animal analogy, that all people. My many colored days popular dr seuss colors book at child on. Create a collaborative paper quilt based inspired by the dr. And there is the ultimate gift guide for the best of dr. Below you will find lesson ideas, an eating adventure, vocabulary, some puzzles and more to make this dr. Each day is described in terms of a particular color, which in turn is associated with specific emotions.
Sep 12, 2015 english activity i put together for an eal lower ks2 class, but could be used with younger children with a bit of adapting. Here are eight of them from expert marilyn jager adams. Seuss that introduces colors and the concepts of emotion and feelings. Seuss book is fun and naturally lends itself investigate, explore and play with shadows. I love the book my many colored days because it helps teach children about their.