More with Poems: Color Poems

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Poems are fun to read with children.  Here are some color poems to read with your child.  You can even extend the activity by making your own or collecting things in your home that are the color of the poem. 

Point to the words as you read the poem.  By doing this you are modeling what is called "voice to print matching".  This shows your child that every time you move your finger to a new group of letters (actually a word) you say a word; when you are done saying that word you move your finger to a new word.  Children learn that the black squiggly lines, or letters, make up words you can read.

  Here is a poem about the color red:

Red

Red is an apple 

Red is a rose 

Red is the color of 

My frozen, icy nose!

 (poem from: http://www.songs4teachers.com/colorpoems.htm )

Here is one I wrote with my preschooler:

Red

Red is a heart

Red is a strawberry

Red is the color of

the stop sign.

Here is another poem about the color blue:

Blue

Blue is the ocean
Blue are my eyes
Blue is the sky where
The lonely eagle flies.

 (poem from: http://www.songs4teachers.com/colorpoems.htm )

Brown

Brown is the mud
Brown is the bear
Brown is the color
Of my brother's hair.

 (poem from: http://www.songs4teachers.com/colorpoems.htm )


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