Turkey Feathers
Turkey Feathers is a fun felt sets for singing about colors. I found three songs to sing about colors. They create interactive engagement during circle and story time. A great resource for Thanks Giving and for farm and color story times.
Did You Ever See a Turkey?
Sung to the tune of "Did you ever see a Lassie?”
Did you ever see a turkey, a turkey, a turkey,
As he struts around the barn yard with feathers so bright?
With red ones and orange ones and yellow ones and brown ones,
Did you ever see a turkey with feathers so bright?
As he struts around the barn yard with feathers so bright?
With red ones and orange ones and yellow ones and brown ones,
Did you ever see a turkey with feathers so bright?
As you sing each color—Add the feathers that match
Turkey Wore his Red Feather
Tune “Mary Wore Her Red Dress”
Hold up a red turkey feather, ask children what color it is? Then sing:
Turkey wore his red feather, red feather, red feather.
Turkey wore his red feather all day long.
Turkey wore his red feather all day long.
Place a red feather behind the turkey body.
Repeat adding a new color feather each time.
Additional Verses - Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple
Finish with “Turkey wore his rainbow feathers.”
Tommy the Turkey
Written by Jessica from Storytime in the Stacks
Tune: Alice the Camel
Tommy the Turkey has no feathers
Tommy the Turkey has no feathers
Tommy the Turkey has no feathers
And Poor Tommy’s cold.
Hold up a feather—naming it eg Red
Tommy the Turkey has red feathers
Tommy the Turkey has red feathers
Tommy the Turkey has red feathers
But Tommy’s still cold.
Repeat with other colors until
Tommy the Turkey has lots of feathers
Tommy the Turkey has lots of feathers
Tommy the Turkey has lots of feathers
Now Go Tommy Go.