Ann Harris Smith had a passion for early childhood education. She spent close to 30 years teaching in several Pennsylvania schools, mostly Kindergarten students. Ann aspired to offer a loving and memorable year for the children and to spark a love of learning in them. As she often mentioned, “The Kindergarteners enter my classroom as babies in September and leave as confident young children by the end of the year.” The Color Rap Book was a tool that Ann created to bring rhymes together with colorful pictures and song to help the children learn their colors.

The Color Raps were a tool that Ann created to bring rhymes together with colorful pictures and songs to help children learn all about colors. Ann was an avid runner and combined her love of teaching and running to create the color raps. Wanting to come up with a fun way to introduce colors, the rhythm of her feet hitting the ground provided the beat …red, red, red spelled R-E-D. As she introduced the color the children were also enveloped with her love of cooking. Goodies like blueberry pancakes, spaghetti sauce and sweet potato muffins were cooked and eaten. Learning was fun and delicious!