Make different colors of jello and cut in
cubes. Serve one cube of each color in a clear plastic dish. --submitted by Jan Fitch
Make the animals in the book out of construction
paper using exact colors, purple cat, blue horse, etc; Then laminate
and attach a tongue depressor. After the children are familiar
with the story, pass out the animal sticks to the children. As
you read the story, each child will interact with their animal.
For example, the child with the brown bear will come up at the
line, Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see? I see a purple cat
looking at me, and then the child with the purple cat will come
up, continue this, until the end of the story. As children become
familiar with this they will take on the role of the questioning
and answering for his/her own animal. --submitted
by Kristal Petersen
Play the Teddy
Bear Game which teaches colors, learning names, and also the
concept of going to the store to buy something. --submitted
by Lois Paior in Australia
Make outline drawings of each animal in the
story. Make an obstacle course in which a child carries a piece
of paper through the course. At the end, the child sticks the
paper on the animal of the correct color. --submitted
by Jan Fitch
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