29 Mar, 2024

Colors

40 mins read
  • Board BooksDurable titles on sturdy pages designed for little hands that introduce numbers and simple color concepts. 
  • Picture BooksA selection of picture books for all ages with different colorful adventures. 
  • World Language MaterialsA selection of picture books for all ages in various languages. 
  • Children’s NonfictionA selection of titles exploring simple colors and art concepts designed for younger readers. 
  • Theme BackpacksHost a storytime at home using these backpacks, which include books, manipulatives, and other resources related to a particular theme. 
  • STEAM KitsExplore concepts using these kits, which include books and manipulatives to encourage hands-on exploration. 
  • LaunchpadsPre-loaded tablets with games and educational activities to help young learners practice their colors. 
  • WonderbooksPrint books with pre-loaded audio content bound into the cover. Enjoy hearing your favorite color stories read aloud as you turn the pages. 
  • DVDsA selection of DVDs related to learning your colors. Many titles are based on picture books. 
  • eContentElectronic books, audiobooks, free streaming videos, and similar resources related to colors. 

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Children’s Nonfiction 

The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow 
Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world’s most beloved toys. 

Theme Backpacks 

Colors 
Includes five picture books about colors and three finger puppets. 

STEAM Kits 

Preschool Science Color and Vision 
STEAM Kits are prepackaged learning topics. Each kit is geared for a particular age range and includes a hands-on component, books and DVDs to learn more about the topic. 

Launchpads 

1, 2, 3. Play With Me! 
An interactive world comes to life in these stories and activities designed to introduce kids to a world of imaginative play and help them develop creative thinking skills, develop reading and writing skills, practice numbers 1-10, listen to popular children’s songs, and learn shapes and colors. 

Built to Learn! 
These interactive games and learning tools will help kids explore the world through science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Practice numbers. Explore color identification, mixing, and more. Develop creativity and problem-solving skills. Learn about building and construction. 

Color Buddies! 
Preschoolers are invited to let their imaginations shine while they draw, color, build, and create in a world all their own. Open up your imagination, practice art skills, explore familiar objects in a creative way, and develop hand-eye coordination. 

Red Triangle! Yellow Square! 
Kids will learn to think differently about their surroundings and develop spatial sense as they explore shapes and colors in the world around them.  Learn basic geometry, discover shapes in real-life context, trace letters, numbers and shapes, and put your imagination and creativity to work. 

Van Gogh Go Go!: Painting and Drawing 
The world is a blank canvas that children can color all their own while playing games and interacting with stories that engage the imagination and encourage creative thinking. Explore color sense, learn the alphabet, practice drawing and painting, and express creativity. 

World of Wonder 
Kids will draw, color, and paint their way through this creative playground filled with tools to boost creativity, motor skills, and more. Improve number and letter recognition, explore colors and create art, strengthen hand-eye coordination, and dive into interactive stories. 

Wonderbooks 

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. 
Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them. 

DVDs 

Baby Van Gogh: Exploring Colors Through Art, Music and Video 
Baby Van Gogh is an enriching new approach to learning colors through the context of painting by Van Gogh. The Digital Board Book features interactivity, multimedia programming capabilities and digital playback quality. In the Video Board Book, join puppet host Vincent Van Goat as he creates six colorful masterpieces. Treat your child to a concert of classical favorites by Bizet, Rossini, Strauss, Tchaikovsky and others. 

Meet the Colors 
Designed to teach babies and toddlers to identify colors. 

Rock ‘n Learn: Colors Shapes & Counting 
Join Rollie Roundman, Trollie Triangle and Rockford Rectangle for an animated learning adventure. Cool songs and colorfu action teach 3-5-year-olds about colors, shapes and counting. Kids love this cool video featuring entertaining performers and colorful action. The first songs use fun objects to teach the concepts, then kids try to beat the performers by solving facts with delayed answers. 

Sky Color 
When Marisol sets out to create a sky for the class mural she discovers the blue missing from her paints. This story celebrates the creative process and what it means to be an artist. 

So Smart! Colors 
Colors uses images and original music to present colors to children in a way that is tailored to their level of learning. 

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