Color Poems and Songs - The Reading Lady

Color Songs

Songs sent in by record at cyberportal

R-E-D (Tune of Three Blind Mice)
Red is the word
Red is the word
Apples and strawberries both are red
Tomatoes and cherries both are red
R-E-D spells
Red, red, red

Anyway, we sing the song (musical), we sign the song (kinesthetic), we read the song on a chart (visual/linguistic), we make up new words (interpersonal).

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Green (Song London Bridge Is Falling Down)
G-R-E-E-N spells green
Like a frog
Or a tree.

G-R-E-E-N spells green
just like broccoli.

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Blue (Row, Row Row Your Boat)
B-L-U-E spells the color blue
The sky, the ocean and some birds
Are all a beautiful blue.

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Brown (The Farmer in the Dell)
B-R-O-W-N
B-R-O-W-N
B-R-O-W-N
That's how you spell brown.

The gingerbread man is brown.
The gingerbread man is brown.
B-R-O-W-N
The gingerbread man is brown.

And chocolate chips are brown.
Yes chocolate chips are brown.
B-R-O-W-N
That's how you spell brown.

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Orange (The Wheels on the Bus)
The pumpkins in my garden are orange, orange, orange,
O-R-A-N-G-E.
The oranges on my tree are orange, orange, orange,
O-R-A-N-G-E.

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Yellow (If' You're Happy and You Know It)
Y-E-L-L-O-W spells yellow.
Y-E-L-L-O-W spells yellow.
Yellow is a pretty color
And because you're a nice fellow.
I will tell you 'bout some things that are yellow.

Corn, lemons and the sun are yellow.
Corn, lemons and the sun are yellow.
Yes, all of these are yellow
And I always will remember
Y-E-L-L-O-W spells yellow.

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Black (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
B-L-A-C-K spells black
Black like a cat,
Black like a hat.
B-L-A-C-K
Black like a big black bat.

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Purple (This Old Man)
P-U-R-P-L-E
Spells the color purple you see
Like the grapes on a vine or some plums in a tree
P-U-R-P-L-E

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White (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
W-H-I-T-E spells the color white for me.
Like the big clouds in the sky
Or the whip cream on my pie.
W-H-I-T-E spells the color white for me!

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I use a song in my class that probably comes from a book or tape you may be able to find. Very easy, and everyone can participate:

If you're wearing red, stand up, If you're wearing red sit down,
If you're wearing green stand up, if you're wearing green, sit down,
If you're wearing blue stand up, If you're wearing blue sit down.
What are you wearing, what are you wearing, what are you wearing
Today, today,
What are you wearing, what are you wearing, what are you wearing
Today?

Repeat using other colors of clothing the kids are wearing that day.

There are lots of other color songs- Little Red Caboose, Little Red Wagon, Yellow Bird, Orange is a Carrot, Black is the Color, Lavender's Blue.

More Songs

Songs sent in by sarasong18

Rainbow Song (Tune: Hush, Little Baby)
Rainbow purple
Rainbow blue
Rainbow green
And yellow too
Rainbow orange
Rainbow red
Rainbow shining over head.

Come and count
The colors with me
How many colors
Can you see?
1-2-3 on down to green
4-5-6 colors can be seen

Rainbow purple
Rainbow blue
Rainbow green
And yellow too
Rainbow orange
Rainbow red
Rainbow shining over head.

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I Love Colors

CHORUS:
I love colors, yes I do!
Red and orange and green and blue!
I love colors, dark or bright,
Yellow, purple, black, and white!

What is red? Juicy Beets!
What is brown? Chocolate treats!
What is white? A shiny moon!
What is gray? A big baboon

CHORUS:

What is orange? Carrot sticks!
What is yellow? Baby chicks!
What is gold? Bright goldfish!
What is black? Licorice!

CHORUS:

What is green? Grass so high!
What is blue? The open sky!
What is purple? Eggplant shells!
What is silver? Silver bells!

CHORUS:

Color Poems

Poems sent in by sarasong18

Yellow
Yellow is a star.
Yellow is the sun.
Yellow is the moon,
When the day is done.

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Orange
Orange is an orange.
Orange is a carrot.
Orange is the color
of the beak of a parrot.

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Blue
Blue is the ocean.
Blue is the sky.
Blue are the blueberries
I put into the pie.

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Color Song
Orange is a carrot,
Yellow is a pear,
Green is the grass,
And brown is a bear,
Purple is a plum,
Blue is the sky,
Black is a witch's hat,
And red is cherry pie.

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Green
Green is grass,
String beans and peas.
Green are the branches
on Christmas trees.

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Red
Red is an apple.
Red is a cherry.
Red is a rose.
And a ripe strawberry.

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Purple
Purple are grapes.
Purple are plums.
Purple is a violet.
And the bruise on my thumb.

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Paints
by Ilo Orleans

When I put YELLOW
Paint on RED,
The colors change
To ORANGE instead.
And, mixing BLUE
And RED, I get
A pretty shade
of VIOLET.

Another trick
That I have seen:
YELLOW and BLUE
Turn into GREEN.

There's magic when
My colors mix.
It's fun to watch them
doing tricks.

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Crayons
by Dee Lillegard

Sticks of colors
Orange, red,
Yellow, green,
And brown like bread.

Blue like water
In the sea.
Purple like bruises
On my knee.

Black like night
When I'm in bed,
Dreaming in yellow,
Orange, and red.