Celebrate Red

Red is the color of love. With Valentine's Day soon approaching you can have a lot of fun in your preschool celebrating the color red with these activities.

Make Things Red

Liquid Starch Finger Paint
1/4 cup liquid laundry starch
2 drops food coloring
or 1 tsp. tempera paint
Mix ingredients until blended.

Red Playdough
1 cup flour
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 cup water
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
Food coloring
Mix all ingredients in saucepan. Heat, stirring constantly until ball forms. Cool and knead until smooth.

Sing About Red Things

If Your Clothes Have Any Red
(Sung to: If You're Happy and You Know It)
If your clothes have any red, any red
If your clothes have any red, and red
If your clothes have any red, put your finger on your head,
If your clothes have any red, any red

Four Red Cherries...(Sung to: This Old Man)
Four red cherries on the tree,
Two for you and two for me.
So-o shake that tree and watch them fall.
One, two, three, four -that is all.

Red...(Sung to: Three Blind Mice)
Red, red, red.
Red, red, red.
What is red?
What is red?
Apples, cherries, and-me, oh my-
Tomatoes to bake in a pizza pie.
Red is the color, and that is why
We sing of red.

Make Red Treats

Red Fruit Dip
Whip one tablespoon of brown sugar into a container of strawberry cream cheese. Serve with cherries, strawberries and apple slices

Pink Toast
Mix milk with tiny bit of red food coloring, Kids paint bread then toast it.

Read About Red

Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? by Tana Hoban
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
Red Is a Dragon : A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong
Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell

Fun With Red

Apple Prints

Cut apples in half and let dry slightly. Provide a pan of red paint for the children to dip the apples in. Let them make apple prints on white paper or other painting surface.

Sand and Water Table

Fill the sensory table with shaving cream tinted red by using tempera paint. Add red glitter to the table.