Storytime: Green

by | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog, Kid's Corner, Story Time | 0 comments

Green is the color of grass, trees, and many leaves. It makes us think of nature, spring, and fresh things growing. Frogs, peas, and apples can be green too! Green is a calm and happy color that helps us feel peaceful and full of energy. It’s like a big hug from nature!

For a fun and creative way to explore the color green, make a “Green Collage” with your child. First, gather different green materials like paper scraps, magazine pictures, fabric pieces, or stickers. With some glue and a large sheet of paper or cardboard, arrange and stick all their green treasures to create a colorful collage full of different shades and textures. You can also use green crayons or markers to add drawings or designs. This activity will help your child recognize the color green while encouraging creativity and fine motor skills in a playful, hands-on way.

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Ages 2-5

Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play

Tip

Waiting is not easy, but it can be one of the most important concerts a child can learn. For some children, it comes naturally, and others, it’s difficult. Determine the waiting expectations for your child and find opportunities to hone their waiting skills.

Activity

Because repeating an activity helps children become more comfortable and responsive to it, try playing Red Light! Green Light! or Stop! And wait… with familiar games like If You’re Happy and You Know It.

Books Presented

Book cover for The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner

The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner

From the Okefenokee Swamp comes a frog with a wide mouth that he just loves to use. He’s particularly interested in the eating habits of other creatures found in the great outdoors, from the blue-feathered bird to a furry brown mouse. Until one day, he meets a big green animal with lots of teeth who finds wide-mouthed frogs simply delicious.
Book cover for The Box Turtle by Vanessa Roeder

The Box Turtle by Vanessa Roeder

Terrance the turtle was born without a shell, so he uses a cardboard box instead. Terrance loves his box. It keeps him dry on soggy days, safe from snooping strangers, and is big enough to cozy up with a friend. But when another turtle points out that Terrance’s shell is, well, weird, he begins to wonder whether there might be a better shell out there…
Book cover for Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

Die-cut pages through which bits of a monster are revealed are designed to help a child control nighttime fears of monsters.
Book cover for Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Green by Laura Vaccaro

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text explore the many shades of the color green.

Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays

I Had a Little Turtle

I had a little turtle,
His name is Tiny Tim.
I put him in the bathtub,
To see if he could swim.

He drank up all the water,
He ate up all the soap,
And now he’s home sick in bed
With bubbles in his throat!

Bubble, bubble, bubble,
Bubble, bubble, POP!
Bubble, bubble, bubble,
Bubble, bubble, POP!

Source: Jbrary

Five Green and Speckled Frogs

Five green and speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs – YUM YUM
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are four green speckled frogs – GLUB GLUB

Red Light, Green Light with music & actions

Play a fun twist on a classic game — “Red Light, Green Light” with silly in-place movements! From hopping like bunnies to flapping like birds, your preschooler can have a blast moving their bodies and practicing listening skills.

Crafts and Activities

Coloring page featuring many green things.

Green Coloring page created with Canva

 

 

Make a turtle or tortoise from a paper plate.

Paper Plate Tortoise/Turtle

Additional Books

Book cover for Little Blue and Little Yellow: A Story for Pippo and Ann and Other Children by Leo Lionni

Little Blue and Little Yellow: A Story for Pippo and Ann and Other Children by Leo Lionni

A little blue spot and a little yellow spot are best friends, and when they hug each other they become green.
Cover of Where is the Green Sheep by Mem Fox.

Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox

A story about many different sheep, and one that seems to be missing.
Book cover for Green on Green by Dianne White

Green on Green by Dianne White

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text highlight the animals, fruits, feelings, and colors that characterize each season of the year.
Book cover for Turtle Walk by Matt Phelan

Turtle Walk by Matt Phelan

A family of turtles goes for a long, long walk that has an unexpected and very fun ending

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