Showing posts with label rainbow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rainbow. Show all posts

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Rainbows Galore

Since Tuesday was guaranteed to be a sunny and warm day, we talked about rainbows.

First we read a couple books and talked about what colors are in a rainbow and when we can see a rainbow.



We used fruit loops and cotton balls to make our own rainbows. The kids had fun eating the leftovers of a color once they had enough pasted on the paper.




(Hmm, notice Seth's mouth is full of something? =)



We made rainbow necklaces. The boys were feeling creative, so they didn't stick to just the rainbow pattern, but had lots of fun choosing different colors and patterns.




Time for a treat - yummy rainbow cupcakes! Mmmmm!



Then we took turns coloring water with food coloring and arranged the cups in the order of the rainbow.



We also had fun making our own rainbows with little prisms. I hung them on strings so we could dangle them in the light, but the boys quickly turned them into necklaces.

We enjoyed lots of play time and activities outside on this gorgeous day!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Learning About Rainbows

Learning about rainbows is one of my very favorite lessons of the whole year. In fact my older kids remembered how much fun we had last year and begged to stay home from school to "help" me.

First we read a few books about rainbows from the library including this cute book

which opens up on the last page to a big rainbow!

We made rainbows out of Fruit Loops

Then, we celebrated Eve's 5th birthday with this delicious cream-filled Danish that Eve's mom baked for us. We made tie-dyed t-shirts with all the colors of the rainbowand then saw how rainbows are made when sunlight shines through prisms.The kids LOVED making their own little rainbows.

Then we listened to a couple of fun rainbow songs

and did FREEZE DANCE!
The kids had as much fun as I did!