February Monthly Activities

Science Day!

Do you know the colors that make the rainbow?
R- Red
O- Orange
Y- Yellow
G- Green
B- Blue
I- Indigo
V- Violet
Also known as the Color Spectrum! Draw a rainbow using those colors.

Make a giant heart for your library or librarian. Take it to them the next time you visit and tell them why you love your library!

Today's color is red.

Get your heart rate up by doing jumping jacks! Have your child spell their name or count while they jump.

Today's color is yellow.

Think of all the flowers that might be yellow or have yellow in them. Now think of all the fruits that might be yellow. How many fruits and flowers did you think of?

The color of the day is gray.

Castles are often gray and made of stone. Can you draw a castle and then make up a story about the family that lives in the castle?

The color of the day is blue like the sea.

Sing A Sailor Went to Sea and use hand motions.
A sailor went to sea sea sea
To see what he could see see see
But all that he could see see see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea.

Visit Your Library!

Find as many books with colors as you can.
Check out some of the books from this months ‘Books to Read' list!
If you need help finding the titles, ask a librarian!

Make some paint from yogurt and food coloring! If you don't have yogurt, use shaving cream. Read I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! when you are finished with your painting.

The color of the day is white.

Make little snow men out of cotton balls and practice your counting.
What are your favorite things that are white?

Make Valentine cards together.
Give them to people in your family or to your friends.

Today you get to pick the color of the day!
Point out things that are your color. Help your child write their name using their color. Cut it out and hang it up!

Today's color is plum.

Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner
Eating his Christmas pie.
He put in his thumb
And pulled out a plum 
And said 'what a good boy am I!'

Today's colors are black and white.

Share Kitten's First Full Moon with your child.
There are no words and all the illustrations are black and white. Ask your child to tell you the story and talk about the pictures.

Color Craft

Make some yogurt paint, put it into sandwich ziplock bags, and seal them with as little air in them as possible. Your child can practice writing their letters on the bag.

Today's color is brown.

Can you do the Teddy Bear action rhyme?  For young ones, try bouncing them up and down and clapping hands.

Today's color is tan.

Try saying this tongue twister five times:
She sells sea shells by the sea shore!

The color for the day is navy blue.

Spend some time looking through magazines or books and seeing all the things that are navy blue. What is your favorite? Talk about how this shade of blue is called navy blue.

The color of the day is lime green.

Talk about all the things that grow! How many are lime green?

Today's color is gold.

Let's make a baggy fish!
Take a brown paper bag and fill it with newspaper. Tie the end of the bag with a twist tie or rubber band. Cut the end part into two fins. Decorate your fish using gold and your other favorite colors!

Make bubbles with dish soap and water.

What colors are your bubbles?
Sing a song about bubbles while you pop them!

Today's color is pink.

Do "This Little Piggie" on your child's fingers or toes.

Today's color is black.

Read Little Black Crow. Go outside, or look out your window and see what kinds of birds you can see. Do any of them look like the little black crow?

Today's colors are pastels.

Rose, peach and lavender are a few examples of pastels. What time of year do we usually see pastel colors? If you want to make your own pastel eggs:
Boil the eggs and once they are cool dip them in a cup with vinegar and a few drops of food coloring. Maybe you can make your own shade of pastel!

The colors for today are silver and gold.

Do you know the friendship song?
Make new friends but keep the old,
Some are silver, the other are gold.
If you have several people, try singing the song in a round.

Today's color is orange.

Read Mr. Tiger Goes Wild! Talk about his feelings throughout the book. How did the book make you feel?

Multi-color day!

Can you think of an animal that has many colors? If one doesn't come to mind, create your own animal and make up a story about where it lives. Draw the animal and all the colors that make it beautiful.

The colors today are black and white.
Spend time cutting up a newspaper or magazine looking for black and white letters. Glue them onto paper or a paper plate for your very own name plate.

Gather all the books and magazines around your house and pretend that it's a library. Sign up family and friends for library cards and let them check out books. Have a story time for family and stuffed animals.

Today's colors are neon- which are very bright shades.

Can you think when you might see neon colors? Can you make up a rhyme about neon colors? For little ones, try bouncing them on your knees to the rhythm of all the neon colors you can think of!

The color of the day is dark green.

Talk about all the different trees you can think of and what trees do for us. If you can, talk a walk outside and look at the trees. If you are indoors, think of all the words that can rhyme with trees and make up a story using those words.

Write out the names of different colors. Have your child trace the words in the matching color. For little ones, use specific colors when talking about objects today, like green tree, red ball, or blue shirt.

Can you make a butterfly out of shades of purple? Try making different shades of purple paint and then paint some butterflies.

Primary colors

The three basic colors that make up every other color are: red, yellow, and blue.
Mix the paint of two primary colors to create secondary colors!

Flip through the calendar and ask your child to point out their favorite colors. Throughout the day look for those colors!

An Alphabet of Colors!

Starting with A, go through the alphabet and see if you and your child can name a color for every letter!