Tot School: Color Green

We're on our second week of tot school, and we're still discussing different colors. (Milestone note: Even though we took a break over the weekend, Emma learned how to say yellow! So, even if you don't think your child is picking up on anything during a tot school lesson, don't worry - they're listening more closely than you think!) Today was all about green.

We got dressed in green clothes, of course. (I noticed the closest thing in Emma's wardrobe is mint green, which is odd because green is one of my favorite colors to wear. I'll have to fix that!) As we're past the primary colors, I taught her a new song today. The Rainbow Song reviews all the colors, which ties in nicely for this week. We then read all of our colors books on Emma's green blanket.

Today's Book of the Day was Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox. I've never heard of it before picking it up at the library, but it is super cute! Emma really enjoyed it too! I definitely recommend reading it to your children. After we were done reading, I printed out a sheep and had Emma color it with her green dot marker. She did so much better with it this time around.

 
After a while, she asked for the blue dot marker, so her sheep ended up being green AND blue. When she was satisfied with her colorful sheep, we played hide-and-seek with it! While she was in another room, I would set it down in a very obvious spot and then ask her, "Where's the green sheep?"

She didn't get too into it, unfortunately, and after a few attempts she wanted to just play with the dot markers again. So that's what we did until daddy got home - though she proudly showed him her picture as soon as he stepped through the door, so at least I know that she enjoyed herself!