c is for chameleon - Preschool Day

c is for chameleon 

We started out with this silly song.
Do you Have Green Skin?
Do you shed the skin you're in?
Can you change the color,too?
Turn from green to red to blue?
Do you live among the trees?
Blending in with sticks & leaves?
Do you have green skin?


We read - 
Chameleon, Chameleon

This book has great photos, as well as great information.
The other chameleon books as cute.  
But, this one actually teaches facts, while being cool.
I highly recommend this book!
Did you know that chameleons do not change their color 
for camouflage protection?  
Rather the color changes express change in mood, 
temperature & hunger.

Chameleon's Colors

This book has really beautiful illustrations.  
My kids love it.
The chameleon is not happy about the way he is
always changing colors.
The other animals wish they could be new colors.
He paints all the animals, only to find, 
everyone now wishes they could go back to their 
old selves.

Our Bible Lesson was talking about how God made us each with a special plan & purpose.
He made us just the way He wanted us to be.

Psalm 139:14

"I praise You because I am fearfully & wonderfully made.

Your works are wonderful.  I know that full well."

The Mixed Up Chameleon

This is another silly book about a discontent chameleon.
He wishes he could be everyone else 
& gets a little mixed up.














We did a gluing project where we needed to use our imaginations.
You can get the clip art for the project for free through Along the Way.

We practiced counting & adding by one as we feed a hungry chameleon ten flies.  
Get free download for this from the same blog.


Since Chameleons are color changers, we are also studying color this week.  
We all worked on this color wheel puzzle.

(We got this from Pottery Barn years ago.  I don't see it on their web page any longer.)

We played a really fun game pretending to be chameleons eating flies.  
(This idea is from Along the Way, also!)
I cut out little pieces of black felt for the flies.
The kids all had party blowers for tongues.  
I had attached a piece of velcro to the end of their tongues.
They had to tried to get a fly caught on the end of their tongues.  
It was fun, until everyone blew our their blowers & they no longer worked!


We ate Chameleon Pops -

I colored yogurts green & golden & swirled it in dixie cups.

They froze in one day into tasty, healthy yogurt pops.

For our study of the letter "c", we have begun by talking about the hard sound.

Here are some words we came up with.

• Car
• Cat
• Computer
• Chameleon
• Calendar
• Cranberry
• Carrot
• Color

After coming up with words, the kids came to the white board & 

identified the letter "c" in the word context & circled it.

They also found the letter "c" in a Hidden Picture page (from Along the Way, again!)

We practiced penmanship as we carefully traced the letter c.

We read the book 

Color by Ruth Heller

I love Ruth Heller books.  They are so educational, while being
for approachable.  And, they are visually stunning.
This book shows how a printer is able to print vibrant, 
multi-colored pictures, using only 4 colors.
Some of the information is beyond preschool.  
But, they will still learn & be fascinated.








Lastly, we tried our hand at our own color mixing.  
We saw what colors we could get, using only 
Red, Yellow, Blue & White paints.

My friend Annie told me about this color mixing game to play online.

I think I'll let the kids give it a try.  

Although, up until now, the computer has been for adults only.  Hmmm....