For this lesson about colors you'll need a copy of the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. You'll also need tissue paper in a variety of colors, glue, scissors and pieces of white paper with the outlines of different animals from the book on them. Start with just three or four animals, such as a bear, a bird, a dog and a horse, for the students to choose from.
Gather the students on the carpet in front of you for a story. Show them the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" and tell them that you are going to read it to them and that they should listen for any colors in the story. After reading the book, ask the students what colors they heard in the story. As they tell you the colors, talk about what other things they might find that are each color.
Next, play a game of "I Spy" with colors. To go along with the book, you can call on a student and say, "Mary, Mary what do you see?" She would respond, "I see some thing blue." Let a few students guess what she sees and then have her tell it if no one guesses. Call on other students and continue to play for a few more minutes.
After the game, tell the students that they are going to make their own color animals like the ones in the book. To prepare for this, cut or tear the tissue paper into small squares. Also, make seven or eight copies of each of the four animals you have chosen, depending on how may students you have. If you don't want to worry about deciding who gets which animal, just choose one, and the whole class can make the same animal.
Give each toddler a copy of the animal and let him choose a color of tissue paper. Show the students how to glue the tissue all over the animal. It's OK if they overlap and cover the lines, because you will be cutting them out. After all the students have made their animals, put the animals somewhere to let the glue dry. When it is dry, cut them out. You will want to do the cutting, since toddlers aren't ready to use scissors. Hang them up for a colorful display!