Dive into the vibrant world of blue with these fun preschool activities! From creating beautiful ocean crafts to exploring blue fruits like blueberries, your little learners will discover the joy of this cool color in exciting and engaging ways. Let’s splash some creativity into their day as we paint, play, and learn all about blue!
Tune: Skip to My Lou
B-L-U-E
B-L-U-E
B-L-U-E
God made beautiful colors
Tune: Skip to My Lou
Blue, blue is sick with the flu
Blue, blue is sick with the flu
Blue, blue is sick with the flu
Oh, you silly colors
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Tune: Happy Birthday
B-L-U-E spells blue
B-L-U-E spells blue
The sky, ocean, and blue birds
B-L-U-E spells blue
Tune: B-I-N-G-O
We can spell the color blue
The color of the ocean
B-L-U-E, B-L-U-E, B-L-U-E
That’s how we spell blue
Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It
If you’re wearing blue, touch your shoe
If you’re wearing blue, touch your shoe
If you’re wearing blue, touch your shoe
If you’re wearing blue, touch your shoe
Tune: London Bridges
Can you find the color blue?
Color blue, color blue
Can you find the color blue?
Touch it to your shoe
Direction: Set a few different colored items in front of the child, gradually adding more as their understanding of colors improves. While singing the song, have the child pick up the blue object and touch it to his/her shoe during the final phrase.
Tune: The More We Get Together
Oh, do you see a blue crayon
A red crayon, a blue crayon
Oh, do you see a blue crayon
Then raise it to the sky
Directions: Place a few different colored crayons in front of the child, adding more options as their understanding of colors grows. While singing the song, have the child pick up the blue crayon and raise it to the sky during the final phrase. You can also substitute crayons with items like blocks, flashcards, or toy cars for added variety.
Introduce the alphabet in an simple way with our Letter Posters featuring each letter with fun formation poems and recognizable phonic images. Perfect for classrooms or home, these posters make learning letters interactive and fun!
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For Family Use: Paint or color the Bb Poster blue with a ball or feather (bird). Or place the poster in a bag with a couple dollops of blue paint. Seal the bag and move the paint around above the bag with your fingers. Another idea is to sort blue buttons.
Provide blue construction paper, buttons, tissue paper, and other blue materials. Let the child create a collage using only blue items, encouraging creativity while exploring shades of blue.
Freeze blue-colored water in ice cube trays with popsicle sticks. Once frozen, use the blue ice cubes to "paint" on white paper, as they melt, creating beautiful blue streaks.
Dip marbles in blue paint and place them on a tray lined with paper. Or add small dollops of blue paint on the paper. Let the child tilt and roll the marbles across the tray to create abstract blue patterns.
Combine in a mixing bowl:
Mix with a mixer on the highest setting for 2-3 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Gently scoop foam into a large container. Add water toys and cups to play with.
Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton is a fun and lively board book that introduces young children to different colors through playful illustrations of various hats. Each page features a silly animal trying on a different colored item, often with humorous mishaps, like the turkey wearing a hat the wrong way.
Each "My Color Book" includes a title, a space for the child to write their name as the author, four simple sentences with matching pictures, and the words "The End." The sentences follow the pattern "A/An/The ______ is _______," with the pictures helping guide the child in reading. Designed for easy printing, the books are formatted to print front and back, creating six pages in total.
These books are intended for use at the end of the Basic 4 Year Curriculum and has been updated in the Complete 4 Year Curriculum.
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An Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle is a simple story about a young artist who imagines a world filled with colorful animals. As so many of Mr. Carle's books do, allow the child to "read" each page by looking at the illustrations.
Alice Schertle's Little Blue Truck book is a charming story about a friendly blue truck who helps his animal friends in need while traveling down a country road. As he encounters various animals, he teaches the importance of kindness and teamwork. Children love the rhyming words and fun sounds to make.
Find more Little Blue Truck activities.
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey tells the story of little Sal and her mother as they pick blueberries on a hillside. Meanwhile, a bear cub and its mother are also gathering berries nearby. This charming tale gently intertwines the two adventures, highlighting nature and the sweet innocence of childhood.
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni is a charming story about friendship, color, and identity. Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends who love to play together, but one day, when they hug, they turn green! As they try to navigate this new color, they learn about the beauty of mixing colors.
Embark on a kaleidoscope of learning with our Color Packet. Bursting with vibrant colors and endless opportunities for creativity, this printable resource invites children on an exciting educational journey.
- Blueberries
- Blueberry muffin or pancakes
- Berry Blue Jello
- Blue popsicles
- Blue Koolaid
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