- card (light blue)
- paper red/green hat
- pom pom
- world map or globe
- color
- folktale
- light
- shade
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening: SL.PK.MA.2: Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Language Development/Expressive Language: Uses language to express ideas and needs.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 2: Participate actively in discussions, listen to the ideas of others, and ask and answer relevant questions.
Watch Together: “It’s Red! It’s Green!” #2 (BTL show)
STEM Key Concepts: There are many different colors
ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing, Speaking and Listening, Story Comprehension, Vocabulary
Before You Watch
Tell children they will watch the video Between the Lions “It’s Red! It’s Green!” again. Explain that “It’s Red! It’s Green!” is a type of story called a folktale, or a story that has been told to people for many, many years. Say, The two friends in this folktale lived a long time ago in a place very far away called Africa.
- Ask children to share what they know about Africa or if they know anyone who lives in Africa.
- Draw attention to the map and point to Africa on the map.
- Help children build map skills by showing them where they live so they can see where they are in relation to Africa.
After You Watch
Discuss the lions segment of the video with children.
- Mention that Leona says the bag is light. Say, I thought light was a shade of color! Why do you think Leona is using the word light to describe the weight of the bag? Talk about how some words, like the word light have more than one meaning.
- Demonstrate by holding up a light blue card and say, That card is light blue. Now pick up something light in weight, such as a pom pom, and say, This pom pom feels light. Have children offer other objects that are a light shade of color or light in weight.
- Discuss how Leona learned that things aren’t always what they seem. The big blue bag looked like it would be heavy, but it turned out to be light. Ask, Do you think the two friends in “It’s Red! It’s Green!” learned the same lesson about the red and green hat? Why do you think that?
Social Emotional Tip: Help children define the differences, similarities, and traits of friends that make them unique as they gain knowledge and confidence in realizing that people and things are not always what they seem to be at first.
