Color Turtles Cut turtle shapes out of light green construction paper. Give each child a turtle shape and help the child use crayons to draw one dot of red, black, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, white and orange on the turtles back. Then recite the poem and have the children point to each color on the turtles back as you name it. I can name these colors, All so very bright, Red, yellow, blue, purple, Green, brown and white. Turtle Races Make three to five turtles and let the children race them.
Cut turtle shapes out of green poster board, number or name each one.
Punch a hold just above the center of each turtle and put a five to eight foot long piece of string through it. Get one chair for each turtle. Tie one end of each piece of string to one of the legs of a chair. Line up the chairs along the finish line. Have the children who are racing their turtles stand in a row at the starting line.