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Colors: a preschool theme week

Checked Oct 30, 2026 · Any time of year · September, January

One week on colors for twos to fours: a five-line circle time, 4 books (3 free to read on Peabody), one craft with 4 materials, “Lavender's Blue” with its words, a snack from the Kitchen and the letter C.

Plan this weekPrint the two sheets

Circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What is your favorite color, and where do you see it?”
  4. Sing: Lavender's Blue.
  5. Read: The Red Hat (level 3).

Threes and fours: ten to fifteen minutes; let a child hold the book.

Books

  • The Red Hat (level 3, free on peabody.kids): A red hat and the colors around it.
  • The Red Bus (level 1, free on peabody.kids): A red bus picking up animals, for color and counting.
  • Six Cats, Six Hats (level 1, free on peabody.kids): Hats to sort and count.
  • Red, Red, Red (read aloud, level 4): A pattern book all about one color.

Craft: Color sorting mat

You need (4): white card, crayons, colored paper scraps, glue stick.

  1. Draw four circles: red, blue, yellow, green.
  2. Sort the paper scraps into the right circle.
  3. Glue them down and name each color.

With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.

Song: Lavender's Blue

The words

Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green; When I am king, dilly dilly, you shall be queen.

Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Snack

Rainbow Fruit Cup from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Letter pack

CcC is for color. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

Threes and fours: trace C and c once, then find C in the room and in the book.

Outside: Color hunt

Call a color; children run and touch something that color.

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The books are Peabody's own open library, free with no sign-in. The song is public domain. The snack links to the Peabody Kitchen. Nothing here asks for a child's name.