Jungle Colors

Jungle Colors by Julie Fletcher is a simple rhyming book that features colors and animals. Lauren and I have fun practicing colors and shapes while playing with this book.


The book has a pink flamingo, yellow lion, red ant, blue butterfly, and green crocodile. To match the animal colors, I made a pink heart, yellow star, red circle, blue square, and green rectangle and attached the shapes to craft sticks.

As I read each page Lauren matches the color. Then she names the color and the shape on her stick.

After we finish reading the book, Lauren holds up a stick and we sing about the shape:

For the star:
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

For the heart:
Love somebody, yes I do.
Love somebody, now guess who.
Love somebody, have you guessed
that your the one that I love best!

For the circle:
A circle is like a pizza.
A circle is like a pizza.
Round and round
it never stops.
A circle is like a pizza.

For the square:
A square is like a box.
A square is like a box.
Four sides and four angles all the same
A square is like a box.

For the rectangle:
A rectangle has four sides.
A rectangle has four sides.
Two are short and two are long,
A rectangle has four sides.