St. Patrick's Day: Day Five

Rainbows

Books:
All the Colors of the Rainbow--Allen Flower
The Night Before St. Patrick's Day--Natasha Wing
The Crayola Rainbow Book
Any book with the colors of the rainbow

Talk about leprechaun legend of leaving a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

Songs:
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue.
Don't forget there's Purple, too.
Rainbow colors for me and you!

Rainbow Colors
(This Old Man)
Red and Orange
Yellow and Green
Blue and Purple
on the scene.
It's a rainbow of colors
way up in the sky.
After a rain storm,
look up high.

I'm a Little Rainbow
I'm a little rainbow
way up high.
After it rains,
you'll see me in the sky.
Red, orange, yellow, green, and blue--
and a pot of gold at the end, waiting for you!


Activities:
Tape 2-3 crayons together to draw in a rainbow or melt down broken crayons to make your own rainbow crayons.

R is for Rainbow--color, fill in with fingerprints, practice cutting up colored paper and glue in.



Rainbow Shaker--paper plate painted like a rainbow, fold in half and fill with rice.


Rainbow Bingo Dauber Coloring Page

Coloring Pages and here

Rainbow Crafts--handprint rainbow, 3D rainbow, lacing project, etc.

Catch a Rainbow Science Experiment--use a shallow bowl, milk, food coloring, and dish soap to discover what happens when colors mix!
M&M Sorting

Jello Scented Rainbow

Fruit Loop Rainbow


Snacks:
Rainbow Recipes--Rainbow Cake and Rainbow Cookies

Rainbow cups: Use cut up pieces of fruit in the colors of the rainbow to make layers in a clear cup: strawberries/raspberries, mandarin oranges, pineapple, kiwi/green grapes, blue berries, plums/purple grapes. Top with a "cloud" of yogurt and sprinkle with golden raisins for the pot of gold!~

Milkshakes of rainbow colors

jello rainbow

RAINBOW KABOBS

	Cut red strawberries, orange oranges, yellow bananas, green melons, blue blueberries, and purple grapes into bite-sized pieces.
	Have your child thread the fruit onto wooden skewers to make a rainbow kabob.