Books to read together:

Wee Sing and Learn Colors by Pamela Beall (P)

First Steps: Letters, Numbers, Colors, Opposites by John Burningham (P)

Food for Thought: the Complete Book of Concepts for Growing Minds by Saxton Freymann (P)

My Crayons Talk by Patricia Hubbard (P)

Favorite Colors by Marcia Leonard (P)

Teeny, Tiny Mouse: A Book About Colors by Laura Leuck (P)

Cleo's Color Book by Caroline Mockford (P)

Colorful Days DK Readers (F-PR)

Watch and listen on Videos, DVDs, and CDs :

Rock N Learn: Colors, Shapes and Counting (DVD) J 372.4 ROC

Crazy for Colors (DVD) J372.21 CRA

Guess that Shape and Color (DVD) J372.21 SES

Colors and Shapes Circus (DVD) J 535.6 COL

Get Ready, Get Set, Sing (CD) J 782.42 BAR

Color Wheel Cartwheel (CD) J 782.42 FRE

Links to Click:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/colors/

Tips to try:

Make one day of the week Color Day. Everyone in the house dresses in the same color,

     serve food of that color, etc.

Books to read together:

One Moose, Twenty Mice by Clare Beaton (P)

First Steps: Letters, Numbers, Colors, Opposites by John Burningham (P)

1,2,3 To The Zoo: a counting book by Eric Carle (P)

Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: a Counting Adventure by Doreen Cronin (P)

Food for Thought: the Complete Book of Concepts for Growing Minds by Saxton Freymann (P)

Each Orange Had 8 Slices by Paul Giganti, Jr. (P-123)

How Many Sharks in the Bath? by Bill Gillham (P)

Count and See by Tana Hoban (P-123)

On the Stairs by Julie Hofstrand Larios (P)

The M & M’s Counting Book by Barbara Barbieri McGarth (P-123)

Watch and listen on Videos, DVDs, and CDs:

Rock N Learn Colors, Shapes and Counting (DVD) J 372.21 ROC

LeapFrog Math Circus (Video/DVD) J 513 LEA

Meet the Numbers (DVD) J 372.7 MEE

Bumble Bee's 123s (DVD) J 512 BUM

It's Elementary (CD) J 372.4 ITS

Links to click:

http://pbskids.org/lions/printables/coloring/letters_numbers.html

Tips to try:

Let your child count out silverware, plates and cups for setting the table.

Books to read together:

Patterns by Karen Bryant-Mole (P)

Patterns on Parade by Joan Freese (J 510 FRE)

Patterns by Craig Hammersmith (J 152.1423 HAM)

A Pair of Socks by Stuart Murphy (J 510 MUR)

Patterns by Sara Pistoia (J 510 PIS)

Animal Patterns by Janet Reed (J 515.24 REE)

Watch and listen on Videos, DVDs, and CDs:

Rock N Learn: Getting Ready for Kindergarten (Video/DVD) J 372.218 GET

Number Sense (DVD) J 513.5 NUM

We Love Math with Miss Jenny (CD) J 510 WEL

Links to click:

Color Patterns

http://www.scholastic.com/earlylearner/parentandchild/math/pattern.htm

Tips to Try:

Use mixed foods (Chex Mix, M&Ms) to create patterns. Green M&M, Red M&M, Green M&M,

     Red M&M and so forth.

Do you know how to sort and make sets?

Books to read together:

Let’s Sort by David Bauer (J 511.3 Bau)

Sorting by Karen Bryant-Mole (P)

Sets: Sorting into Groups by Michele Koomen (J 511.322 Koo)

The M & M’s Counting Book by Barbara Barbieri McGarth (P-123)

Sorting and Sets by Henry Pluckrose (J 511.3 PLU)

Watch and listen on Videos, DVDs, and CDs:

Rock N Learn: Getting Ready for Kindergarten (DVD) J 372.218 GET

Real People Real Math: Sequencing, Sorting and Grouping (DVD) J 510 SEQ

Winnie the Pooh.  Shapes and Sizes (DVD) J 516 WIN

Richard Scarry's Best Learning Video Ever (DVD) Juvenile Feature Film

Links to Click:

Sorting Games

Tips to try:

Sort silverware after washing.

Sort socks and other laundry. Sort socks to match each other, sort all shirts into one pile,

     or sort laundry by person (mom’s clothes, my clothes).

Sort toys into different groups (all animals, all action figures, all art supplies) –

     turn this into a clean up game!

Books to read together:

How Big is a Pig by Clare Beaton (P)

Smooth and Rough: an Animal Opposites Book by Linda Bullard - J 573.5 BUL

First Steps: Letters, Numbers, Colors, Opposites by John Burningham (P)

Swing high, Swing Low by Fiona Coward (P)

Opposites by Anael Dena (P)

Food for Thought: the Complete Book of Concepts for Growing Minds by Saxton Freymann (P)

The Kitten Twins: A Book About Opposites by Marcia Leonard (P)

What is Opposite by Steven Swineburne (P)

Watch and listen on Videos, DVDs, and CDs:

Opposites and More (Video/DVD) J 372.21 OPP

Learn to Read with Phonics. Volume 3 (DVD) J 372.4 LEA

Winnie the Pooh. Wonderful Word Adventure (DVD) J 372.4 WIN

Bear in the Big Blue House: Everybody's Special (DVD) Juvenile Feature Film

Elmo's World: Opposites (DVD) Juvenile Feature Film

Richard Scarry's Best Learning Songs Video Ever (DVD) Juvenile Feature Film

Links to Click:

http://pbskids.org/jayjay/colr.opposite1.html

Books to read together:

Where’s My Teddy? by Jez Alborough (P)

Hippety-Hop, Hippity-Hay by Opal Dunn (NUR-P)

A Huge Hog is a Big Pig by Francis McCall and Patricia Keeler (P)

One Sun: A Book of Terse Verse by Bruce McMillan (P)

Play Day: A Book of Terse Verse by Bruce McMillan (P)

Barn Dance! by Bill Martin Jr. (P)

My Pop Pop and Me by Irene Smalls (P)

Sakes Alive!: a Cattle Drive by Karma Wilson (P)

Silly Sally by Audrey Wood (P)

Watch and listen on Videos, DVDs, and CDs:

LeapFrog Talking Words Factory (Video/DVD) J 428.1 LEA

Rock N Learn Nursery Ryhmes (DVD) J 398.8 NUR

Winnie the Pooh ABCs: Discovering Letters and Words (DVD) J 372.4 ABC

Leaping Literacy (CD) J 372.4 LEA

Singing Sounds (CD) J 372.4 BOL

Links to Click:

http://pbskids.org/sesame/elmosworld/index.html