Use this simple song 'If You're Wearing Blue Today' to help the children in your setting develop their colour recognition skills as well as their singing skills.
Step by step
* Gather the children in a circle and teach them the song below, 'If You're Wearing Blue Today'. Sing it to the tune of 'Have You Seen the Muffin Man'.
'If you're wearing blue today,
Blue today, blue today,
If you're wearing blue today,
Stand up and say Hooray!'
* Add other verses with different colours - for example, 'If you're Wearing Green Today', and so on.
* When the children are familiar with the lyrics of the song, invite them to join in the actions at the appropriate verses depending on the colours of clothes they are wearing.
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