- paper circles (blue, green, orange, purple, red, yellow)
- color
- mix
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation: Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Sing Together: “Mice Mix Colors” #2
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STEM Key Concepts: Recognize that two or more colors can be combined to make a new color
ELA Focus Skills: Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary
Invite children to sing and act out the words to “Mice Mix Colors.”
For the first verse, give one child a red circle, another child a yellow circle, and another child an orange circle.
- Instruct each child to hold up their circle as you sing about their color.
- At the end of the verse, have children "mix" the color circles. Have one child put the red circle on the table, then another child put the yellow circle on top of it. Finally, have the third child put the new "mixed" color orange on top of the other two circles.
Repeat with the other verses, choosing a different group of children.
Mice Mix Colors
(sung to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus”)
Three little mice mix red and yellow,
Red and yellow,
Red and yellow.
Three little mice mixed red and yellow;
Red and yellow make orange.
Three little mice mix yellow and blue,
Yellow and blue,
Yellow and blue.
Three little mice mixed yellow and blue;
Yellow and blue make green.
Three little mice mix blue and red,
Blue and red,
Blue and red.
Three little mice mixed blue and red;
Blue and red make purple.