View

• Jay Jay the Jet Plane - "Snuffy's Favorite Color"
  Snuffy if frustrated because he can't decide on a favorite color, but later realizes that his favorite color is blue - for Brenda Blue.
• ZOOM - "Episode #410"
  The ZOOMers play the clapping game "The ZOOMers Cat." In a cool ZOOMdo, Aline shows how to mosaic a flowerpot. In ZOOMsci, "Coloring Flowers." Eric and Rachel discover how to use food coloring to change the color of a flower. Z, Y, X...the ZOOMers compete in the "Backwards Alphabet Race." And the ZOOMplayhouse presents the classic tale Jack and the Beanstalk--in Ubbi Dubbi!

Do in Class

• Clifford: Colorful Language - Provide opportunities to build self-esteem and language acquisition skills by introducing new "colorful" words.
• Dragonfly TV: Color Round-up - Do an experiment to find out what happens when many colors reach your eyes at the same time. (Advanced Activity)
• Jay Jay The Jet Plane: Let's Think About...Change - Explore change with activities on mixing colors.
• Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Water Play: Mix Colors - Mix colors to see what happens.
• Teletubbies: Lovely Colors - Make glasses with different colors of cellophane or colored plastic wrap for lenses.
• Teletubbies: Painting Fun - Fill spray bottles with paint and spray on large sheets of paper. Make a big rainbow of different colors!
  
• ZOOM: ZOOMsci: Coloring Flowers - Learn how to change the color of a real flower.
• ZOOM: ZOOMphenom: Paper Towel Chromatography - Separate different colors from a marker by using water and paper towels.

Play or Watch Online

• Barney: Colors, Shapes, and Numbers Matching - Practice matching colors, shapes, and numbers in this online game.
• Between the Lions: Spicy Hot Colors - View and animated version of this colorful book.
• Clifford: Slide - Match the color of tubes and swimsuits to see who gets a ride on Clifford.
• Clifford: Clifford Kisses - Match the color of T-Bone's balloon to earn a kiss from Clifford.
• Curious George: Mix and Paint - Explore how to make new colors by mixing paint primary colors to create new colors and add white to lighten the tint.
• Sagwa: Paint and Color Pages - Mix colors in this online game to paint your own picture.
• Sesame Street: Color Me Hungry - Learn to distinguish colors by matching vegetables to their color.

Read

• Dog's Colorful Day: A Messy Story about Colors and Counting
  By Emma Dodd
  Published February 2003 by Puffin
  Dog is white with one black spot on his left ear. At least that's the way he starts his day. Soon he starts collecting additional spots: jam red, paint blue, chocolate brown. By the time he gets back home he has ten different color spots. Young readers can practice counting and naming colors.
• Mouse Magic
  By Ellen Stoll Walsh
  Published March 2000 by Harcourt
  A mouse named Kit meets a wizard crow that makes colors "move" by placing different color shapes side by side. Children 4-8 will learn about the relationship of primary and secondary colors and the illusion of motion created by complementary colors. Refer to the color wheel at the end of the story to clarify color relationships.

*As most PBS children's programs offer one year extended taping rights for teachers, please feel free to tape them now and save them for use in your classroom during the school year.