Summer Color! - Storytime Online
- Leanna Chappell
- Jun 2
- 4 min read
Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for Summer Color! by Diana Murray.
Michelle and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting today, Monday, June 2, the kits are available to pick up for our online storytime this month!
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book and more!
"Summer Color!" by Diana Murray.
"In this celebration of the outdoors, two rambunctious children take off on an adventure from their own backyard. In each new scene they discover the wondrous details – and beautiful colors – of nature. Even when a little summer rain threatens to dampen their grand adventure, the fun continues as woodland scenes come to life in a whole new way."
Visit https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=318925459510604 to watch the Southworth Library’s read aloud. Enjoy the activities! Everything is yours to keep!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of Summer Color!
information page
colors game (5 colored frogs)
rhymes/song pages with weblinks (instrument included)
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
flower bouquet craft
3 magnets from the story
summer stickers
Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included frog handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the yellow frog?
Yellow frog, yellow frog?
Can you show me the yellow frog?
And wave it in the air?
Brown… green… blue… red
Hold It High – Choose one frog from handouts
Hold your frog high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your frog below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your frog against your nose
Now touch the frog to your toes
Touch your frog to the ground
Now wave that frog all around!
Hold your frog in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your frog and jump up high!
Now let your frog fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Sing a Song of Flowers by The Kiboomers
Summer Song for Kids by The Singing Walrus
Fun Summer by JunyTony
Sunny Day (Come And Play With Me) by Super Simple Songs
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
When It’s Hot
(Tune: “Farmer in the Dell”)
In the summer it is hot
In the summer it is hot
Oh, when it’s hot,
I swim a lot
(move child’s arms like swimming)
In summer when it’s hot.
I jump a lot… (bounce child)
I eat ice cream a lot… (pretend to lick cone)
(Any other activities?)
ACTION RHYMES
Mr. Sun Song
Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Please shine down on me.
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Hiding behind a tree
These little children are asking you
To please come out so we can play with you.
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Please shine down on,
please shine down on,
Please shine down on me!
Splash and Kick
(Tune: “Down by the Station”)
When the sun is shining,
I like to go swimming.
Swimming in a lake,
Swimming in a pool.
Splashing and kicking,
Water all around me.
Splash, splash. Kick, kick.
Keeping cool!
Five Green and Speckled Frogs finger play
Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
(hold up five fingers)
Eating some most delicious bugs – YUM YUM!
(put one finger down)
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were four green and speckled frogs.
(hold up four fingers)
Four green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs – YUM YUM!
(put one finger down)
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were three green and speckled frogs.
(hold up three fingers)
Three green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs – YUM YUM!
(put one finger down)
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were two green and speckled frogs.
(hold up two fingers)
Two green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs – YUM YUM!
(put one finger down)
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there was one green and speckled frog.
(hold up one finger)
One green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs – YUM YUM!
(put down last finger)
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool
Then there were no green and speckled frogs.
(hold out fists)
EXTRA LINKS!
Diana Murray’s site:
Illustrator Zoe Persico’s site:
We hope you enjoy these activities and would love to hear what you thought of the book! We also hope you enjoyed the extra links. Remember, you can comment here on this website, email us at swantonpl@gmail.com, or come in and turn in a physical copy!
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