The Color "Blue"

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Crafts & Activities

Make a Collage
Create a blue collage using all different textured items

Color Mixing
Experiment with tints and shades by adding black and white to the colour blue

Pasta Necklaces
Create a blue necklace with dyed pasta and blue beads on blue wool.

Make blue coloured playdough.

Modelling Clay
Sculpt objects using blue coloured clay.

Colour blue on blue
Try using different shades of crayons and markers on blue paper

Blue Spray Pictures
Make a picture with pieces of blue crepe paper on white paper. When finished, use a spray bottle filled with water to wet the paper. Let dry and remove the crepe paper (it will just fall off) leaving the picture behind.
Ideas submitted by Ruth (ruthjrc)


Songs

Circle Game - Bluebird, Bluebird
You will find the tune to this song on Sharon, Lois and Bram's Cassette "Mainly Mother Goose"

Bluebird, Bluebird, through my window,
Bluebird, Bluebird, through my window,
Bluebird, Bluebird, through my window,
Oh, Johnnie, I am tired!

Find a little friend and tap him on the shoulder,
Find a little friend and tap him on the shoulder,
Find a little friend and tap him on the shoulder,
Oh, Johnnie, I am tired!

Children stand in a circle with hands raised to form arches.
One child, the bluebird, skips in and out of the arches, and
chooses another child to be the bluebird for the second
verse. This is repeated until all the children are bluebirds.
In the end, they all fall down to rest!

Version Two - Bluebird, Bluebird Song
Bluebird, bluebird through my window
Bluebird, bluebird through my window
Bluebird, bluebird through my window
Won't you be my darling

Find a little bird and tap him on the shoulder
Find a little bird and tap him on the shoulder
Find a little bird and tap him on the shoulder
Won't you be my darling

Blue...
Sung to the tune of "Are you Sleeping"
B-L-U-E
B-L-U-E
That spells blue!
That Spells blue!
Buttons are blue
Eyes are too
Blue Blue Blue
For me and you!

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


Recipes

Blueberry Muffins
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup butter/margarine
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
1 tbsp. all purpose flour (for blueberries)

In large bowl put flour, baking powder and salt. Stir together thoroughly. Make a well in center. In another bowl cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg until quite smooth. Mix in milk and vanilla. Pour into well. Stir just to moisten. Batter will be lumpy.

Stir blueberries with flour lightly. Fold into batter. Fill greased muffin cups (or use paper cup liners). Bake in 400oF oven for 25 minutes until nicely browned. Makes 16 muffins

Blueberry Pancakes
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tblsp. granulated sugar
1 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
2 tbsp. cooking oil
1 1/2 cups milk
3/4 to 1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in medium size bowl. Beat egg slightly in small bowl. Mix in Oil and milk. Add to dry ingredients. Stir(a few small lumps are fine!). Fold in blueberries (coat with a bit of flour first!) Add more or less milk to have thicker or thinner pancakes. Drop batter by spoonful onto lightly greased hot pan 380oF. Makes 12


Stories to Read Aloud

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? by Tana Hoban





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