There’s An Arc in a Rainbow I SEE RAINBOWS Oh Rainbow (Tune: “There’s a Hole in My Bucket”) Jean Warren (Tune: “Oh Christmas Tree”) Meish Goldish (Tune: “Frere Jacques” ) Oh rainbow, oh rainbow, There’s an arc in a rainbow, I see rainbows So pretty, so pretty, How lovely are your colors. There’s an arc in a rainbow, I see rainbows Oh rainbow, oh rainbow, With colors you see. Way up high How lovely are your colors. The sun after rain In the sky. Red, orange and yellow bright, Makes the colors, the colors. Green, blue and purple light! The sun after rain They are red and orange Makes the colors you see. Yellow, green and blue. Oh rainbow, oh rainbow, How lovely are your colors. There’s red and there’s orange Purple, tool.] And there’s yellow so pretty. What a view! There’s red and there’s orange IF YOU WANT TO SEE A RAINBOW And there’s yellow you see. I see rainbows, (Tune: If You”re Happy and You Know It”) If you want to see a rainbow, There’s green and there’s blue I see rainbows, And there’s purple so pretty. Way up high Check the sky. There’s green and there’s blue And there’s purple you see. In the sky. Just as it is raining, They are made from sunshine, Look up high. There’s an arc in the rainbow, With the sun behind your back, So pretty, so pretty. Shining through the rain. With the sun behind your back, There’s an arc in the rainbow, What a view You will see the colors stacked. With colors you see! In skies so blue! Oh I love to see a rainbow in the sky! Make a Rainbow THE RAINBOW Artfelt set #301 One day the sun was shining bright. (Hold up right hand fist for sun) Teaching about the rainbow, fruits and vegetables! But clouds cam along, it was dark as night. (Hod up left hand for clouds) With the 6 arcs of the rainbow already hidden in the pot in the correct order for (Wiggle both hands for rain coming down) smooth presentation (Red - Orange - Yellow - Green - Blue - Purple), act out The rain began to sprinkle down. the rhyme: as each fruit or vegetable is mentioned, put it into the pot and stir. Soon it was raining all over town. Remove the associated colored arc from the pot and put it onto the felt board. But when the clouds had pass on by, (Move both hands to the right) Children will be transfixed by the “magical” transformation! A beautiful rainbow crossed the sky! (Left hand makes arc overhead from left to right) FRUITS VEGETABLES Take an apple ; put it in the pot. Take a tomato ; put it in the pot. Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot! Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot! Take it out now; what will it be? Take it out now; what will it be? The prettiest RED you ever did see! The prettiest RED you ever did see! Take an orange ; put it in the pot. Take a carrot ; put it in the pot. Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot! Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot! Take it out now; what will it be? Take it out now; what will it be? The prettiest ORANGE you ever did see! The prettiest ORANGE you ever did see! Take a lemon ; put it in the pot. Take a squash ; put it in the pot. Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot! Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot! Take it out now; what will it be? Take it out now; what will it be? The prettiest YELLOW you ever did see! The prettiest YELLOW you ever did see! Take a pear ; put it in the pot. Take some broccoli ; put it in the pot. A RAINBOW FAIR Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot! Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot! RAINBOW COLORS Take it out now; what will it be? Take it out now; what will it be? Vicki Claybrook The prettiest GREEN you ever did see! The prettiest GREEN you ever did see! Rainbow purple, rainbow blue, Take some berries ; put them in the pot. Take a potato ; put it in the pot. When the rain falls from the sky. Stir them, stir them, stir them a lot! Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot! Rainbow green and yellow too. (Flutter fingers downward.) Take them out now; what will they be? Take them out now; what will it be? Rainbow orange, rainbow red, The prettiest BLUE you ever did see! The prettiest BLUE you ever did see! Don’t forget to look up high. (Cup hand above eye and look up.) Take some grapes ; put them in the pot. Take an onion ; put it in the pot. Rainbow smiling overhead. Stir them, stir them, stir them a lot! Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot! If the sun is shining there, Take them out now; what will they be? Take it out now; what will it be? Come and count the colors with me, (Form circle with arms.) The prettiest PURPLE you ever did see! The prettiest PURPLE you ever did see! How many colors can you see? You may see a rainbow fair. Red and orange and yellow and green Red and orange and yellow and green (Sweep arms in arc above head.) Blue and purple colors are seen! Blue and purple colors are seen! Put them together; what will they be? Put them together; what will they be? One, two, three, up to green, Red, orange, yellow, green and blue, The prettiest RAINBOW you ever did see! The prettiest RAINBOW you ever did see! Four five, six colors are seen! And you’ll see there’s purple, too! g Use to introduce colors. A Rainbow Riddle g Use to introduce the wondrous rainbow. Helen H. Moore GREAT BIG RAINBOW g Use to teach simple shape (silhouette) recognition. g Use to introduce different fruits and vegetables. Red, green and delicate blue, Jean Warren g See how many other fruits or vegetables the children can name. Orange, yellow, violet too. (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”) g Be sure to grab this nutritional teaching moment and tell the Indigo s there, a deep, dark hue. There’s a great, big rainbow children that a colorful diet full of a variety of foods is the most In the sky, I ’see, but can t touch it! 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healthful! ’ And neither can you! Way up high. What is it? When it starts to rain A rainbow And the sun comes out- ! A beautiful rainbow Will pop out!