Teaching young children about colors can be fun if you get creative! Today I'm sharing a cute bunny-themed book of colors, plus 6 easy color activities for kids.
Follow bunny along the garden path as she discovers a rainbow of flowers. Since the text is written in rhyme, you can even prompt your child to guess the next color before you turn the page. With its vibrant illustrations and adorable character, babies and toddlers will enjoy learning from this book.
Be sure to follow up this story with one of these super simple color activities.
Repetition is one of the best ways for young children to learn new concepts, and presenting new concepts in different ways and in different contexts helps with the transfer of knowledge
from one situation to another.
6 easy color activities for kids
1. Play "I Spy" with colors. "I spy something blue."
2. Sing a song about colors. "Spaghetti sauce is red, spaghetti sauce is red...I can think of lots of things that are the color red." Then try other objects and colors.
3. Do the laundry. Sort the items by color {this is a great math skill builder too}.
4. Take a walk outside. Ask your child, "What do you see?" If he says "tree" - expand on that and respond, "Yes, a tree with green leaves and a brown trunk."
5. Create. Draw pictures with crayons, markers, or finger paints and name the colors as you go along.
6. Get moving. Play a game of tag by asking your child to run (or gallop, skip, or tip toe) to something of a particular color. Once they find and tag it, move on to another color.
If you are interested in trying a color mixing activity, check out this
post.
Longtime Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! producer Rebecca Eaton will publish her memoir with Viking in October. Making Masterpiece: 25 Years Behind the Scenes of Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! on PBS will be written with Patricia Mulcahy.
Eaton has been an executive producer on Masterpiece since 1985, working on adaptations of many classic novels. Since she joined, the show has earned 44 Emmy Awards, 15 Peabody Awards, four Golden Globes, and two Academy Award nominations. Here’s more about the book from the release:
Eaton interviews actors, writers, directors and producers, and shares personal anecdotes—as well as photos from her own camera—from her decades-spanning career. She reveals what went on behind the scenes during such triumphs as Cranford and the highly rated programs made from Jane Austen’s novels, as well as her aggressive campaign to attract younger viewers via social media and online streaming. Along the way she also shares stories about luminaries such as Alistair Cooke, Maggie Smith, Diana Rigg, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kenneth Branagh, Gillian Anderson, and Daniel Radcliffe, whose first TV role was as the title character in David Copperfield.
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Hello!
I am participating in a global blog tour to bring awareness to authors and illustrators about their books. A big thanks to the talented
Maggie Smith for asking me to participate!
To answer these questions-
What is the working title of your latest book? The lastest book that I can talk about because it has already been released is
Un Beso Antes De Dormir. Spanish for, A Kiss Before Bedtime.
Where did the idea come from for the book? I really only illustrated this book.
Teresa Tellechea, the writer who is also the editor, was the one who came up with the idea.
What genre does your book fall under? Board book.
©copyright Alicia Padrón 2013
What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition? That’s an interesting question! This book features babies kissing their mommies before going to sleep, so it would be lovely to have actresses playing themselves along with their babies. Since this board book has animals of all kinds living in their environments I would love for the actresses to be from all over the globe, in their native homes with their babies.
Juliette Binoche (
France), Salma Hayek (
Mexico) and Meryl Streep (
US) come to mind.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book? All kinds of baby animals gently kiss their mommies goodnight.
©copyright Alicia Padrón 2013
Who is publishing your book? Ediciones SM. First Spain then Mexico.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript? Teresa was in charge of that but I will answer this in the point of view of the illustrator. I took me about 2 weeks to roughly sketch these 10 spreads plus the cover.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre? There are a large selection of goodnight books like Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Baby, to name a few.
Who or what inspired you to write this book? What inspired me to illustrate this was the fact that I’m a mom and the strong love and affection I feel for my kids. I’ve mentioned this before, I feel I wouldn’t illustrate
the way I do, If I didn’t have children. Being a mom changed me to what I am today. This may sound a bit of an exaggeration to some, but seriously, I think the way I draw kids, babies (human or animals) and their parents are a reflection of how I feel.
©copyright Alicia Padrón 2013
What else about the book might pique the reader's interest? Well, here is a little secret.. I’m not sure I should say this but I know my editor Teresa wont mind, she is a sweetheart plus has complete trust in me for which I am forever grateful.
There is a tiny, little detail in one of the pages of the book that was drawn by my 11 year old daughter. She was thrilled to see the book come out with her own little illustration in it and I was even more delighted to see her face light up the first time she saw a printed copy. :o)
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The Next Big Thing Blog Tour continues next Friday with:
Make sure to visit her and check out these new super adorable books.
Just look at that mouse!! Hee.. too cute for words! :o)
Je viens de passer un très agréable moment en admirant vos merveilleuses illustrations puis vos écrits qui font que j'apprends à vous connaître davantage.
Votre monde est un monde BEAU.
Gros bisous
J'ai beaucoup aimé lorsque vous avez dit que votre fille avait participé à vos dessins...
Aww merci Martine! Will tell my daughter you thought so. :o)
alicia - your book looks so beautiful - i hope it will become available in the states some day. you are an inspiration in everything you do!