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BROWN COLLAGES
Give your children pieces of brown construction paper or cardboard.
Provide them with such materials as brown pictures cut from
magazines, brown paper bag and fabric scraps, and short pieces
of brown yarn or twine. Invite them to choose the materials
they want and glue them onto their brown paper or cardboard
pieces to make collages.
FUZZY BROWN
BEARS
Cut bear shapes out of brown construction paper or brown
paper bags. Let your children brush glue onto the shapes
and sprinkle on one of the materials below for fuzzy fur.
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Tiny pieces of brown yarn |
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Used, dried tea leaves |
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Used, dried coffee grounds |
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BROWN NUT SORT
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Set out a large bowl of mixed unshelled nuts, such as
almonds, walnuts, pecans, Brazil nuts, and hazel nuts.
On a large piece of cardboard, use a marker to draw five
vertical columns. At the top of each column, glue one
of the different kinds of nuts from the bowl. Then let
your children sort the rest of the nuts by matching them
to the nuts on the cardboard and placing them in the appropriate
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WHAT'S
IN THE BROWN BAG
Send each of your children home with a small brown paper
bag and a note asking parents to help the child find a
brown item to put inside it. At circle time, let each
child have a turn giving clues about what's inside his
or her bag as the others try to guess the answer. (Have
a few brown items on hand for any children who might need
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BROWN PICTURE BOOK FUN
Select a picture book that your group likes. Read the book
to the children, pausing to show them the illustrations. As
they look at each one, ask them to point to and name any brown
items they can spot in the picture. Continue as long as interest
lasts.
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BROWN
NATURE DISPLAY
Take your group on a walk to collect brown nature items, such
as pine cones, twigs, leaves, bark, seeds, nutshells, and dried
grasses. Or bring in a variety of brown nature items yourself.
Help the children sort the items into like groups on a large
square of brown cardboard and glue the items in place. Then
label each group of items and display the square in your science
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ROUND, ROUND WE GO FOR BROWN
Tune: "The Farmer in the Dell"
Oh, toast is colored brown.
Oh, toast is colored brown.
Round, round we go for brown.
Oh, toast is colored brown.
Oh, seeds are colored brown.
Oh, seeds are colored brown.
Round, round we go for brown.
Oh seeds are colored brown.
Hold hands with your children and circle round while singing.
Continue with more verses about other items that are colored
brown.
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BROWN
SNACKS
At snacktime, serve brown foods such as these.
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Pretzels |
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Cereal pieces |
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Wheat bread spread with peanut butter |
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Brownies |
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Cocoa |
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