Storytime: Purple
Grapes, lavender, eggplants, and purple crayons—oh, the fun things that are purple! They’re all waiting in a book, ready for you to discover. Mix blue and red playdough to create your own purple, then cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Don’t forget to try these activities:
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Purple Playdough Creations: Roll, cut, and decorate your playdough to make fun shapes and characters.
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Purple Collage: Use purple construction paper, magazines, and stickers to create a colorful collage.
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Purple Painting: Paint with purple finger paints or use brushes to make purple masterpieces.
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Purple Nature Walk: Go on a walk and find things that are purple, like flowers or rocks.
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Purple Storytime: Read books with purple illustrations and talk about the stories.
Have a blast exploring the world of purple!
Join us Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. or Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room.
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Be sure to read factual books with your children. Follow their interests, whether a particular animal, in how things work , in trains, or anything that piques their curiosity. The information in nonfiction books introduces new vocabulary words, and we learn right along with our children. Supporting their curiosity goes a long way in encouraging a love of learning. Many children who are less interested in stories are interested in particular topics, trains, dinosaurs, various animals, how things work, and so forth. ~Lambert
Activity
Check out a variety of junior non-fiction books on different topics. Place them in front of your child to see what he is interested in. Then read the book together, look at the pictures, and talk about the new things you learned.
Books Presented
Peanut Butter and Jelly: A Play Rhyme by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Sally and the Purple Socks by Lisze Bechtold
The Button Book by Sally Nicholls
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Slap! Slap! Clap! Clap!
Slap, slap! Clap, clap!
Where shall we look?
Is the purple crayon in the ______ book?
Let’s Put On Our Socks
(tune of Hickory Dickory Dock)
Hickory, dickory, dock, Let’s put on our socks
We’ll walk around without a sound
When we put on our socks
…We’ll tiptoe around and won’t be found…
…We’ll slide around the slippery ground…
…We’ll dance around and jump and bound…
Source: Storytime with Ms. Emily Library
Shake My Sillies Out
I’ve gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out
And wiggle my waggles away
I’ve gotta clap, clap, clap my crazies out…
I’ve gotta jump, jump, jump my jiggles out…
I’ve gotta yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out…
I’ve gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out.
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Peanut, peanut butter… and jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter… and jelly!
First you take the peanuts and you crunch ‘em, you crunch ‘em,
You crunch ‘em, crunch ‘em, crunch ‘em!
For your peanut, peanut butter… and jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter… and jelly!
Grapes… Squish ‘em
Bread… Spread it
Sandwich… Eat it
Source: Storytime Katie
Crafts and Activities
Purple Coloring page created with Canva
Yarn Art inspired by Harold and the Purple Crayon
Additional Books
The World Needs More Purple People by Kristen Bell
Invent-A-Pet by Vicky Fang
Harold's ABC by Crockett Johnson
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