Orange is a Carrot Color Poem

Orange is a Carrot color poem is a fun activity to do with your preschool, PreK, or kindergarten students. Practice rhyming, vocabulary, and colors while reinforcing everyday skills like using glue sticks, liquid glue, scissors, stickers, pushpins, paint, and paper tearing. Be sure to add this to your teacher lesson plan!

I have the printables for this activity in my TPT store. You can grab it here! However, you can still make this activity without the printables.

Orange is a Carrot

Print or trace the shape of a carrot onto half a sheet of white construction paper. Have your students paint the carrot orange. Cut it out and glue onto a half sheet of white construction paper with the line from the poem.

Yellow is a Pear

Print or trace the shape of the pear onto a piece of white paper and cut yellow squares out of tissue paper.  After your students glue down the tissue paper, have them go over the top with another layer of glue.  After it dries, cut out the shape, add a green leaf, and glue it to a half sheet of construction paper with the line from the poem.

Green is the Grass

Cut a piece of green construction paper, and add a line. Have your students cut up to the line to make the grass and learn the word fringe. Glue the paper to a half sheet of construction paper with the line from the poem.

Brown is a Bear

Print or draw the shape of a bear on brown construction paper and have your students poke out the bear. Add googly eyes and draw a smile. Glue to half a sheet of white construction paper wwith the line from the poem.

Purple is a Plum

Print or draw a plum on white paper and tear strips of purple construction paper. Have your students tear the paper and glue it inside the plum. Cut out the plum and add a leaf. Glue to a half sheet of white construction paper with the line from the poem.

Blue is the Sky

To make the sky, cut a piece of blue construction paper and have your students pull apart cotton balls to make the clouds. Add to a white piece of consruction paper with the line from the poem.

Black is a Happy Cat

Print or draw a cat on white construction paper and have your students use a black crayon to color. The TPT resource also has pages for black is a Witch’s Hat.

Red is Cherry Pie

Print or draw a slice of pie on brown construction paper and add red stickers for the cherries. Cut out the pie and glue it to a half sheet of white construction paper with the line from the poem.

Orange is a Carrot Cover

Make a fun cover; you can print or draw a rainbow.

Stable or bind each of your students’ pages to make the book!

I love using this bookbinder. It was an investment, but it has held up and has been in constant use each year!

Also included in the resource

Orange is a Carrot – Coloring Pages

Pocket Chart Activity

Add the poem to a pocket chart!

Color Word Matching Activity

Practice color words with this matching activity.

Make this a coloring book with ready-to-print printables.

I have created a resource to help teachers and parents extend this activity, which is available in my TPT store here. It is a fun activity and poem for your students to learn!