Color Mixing

We had fun learning all about colors today.  First we learned about the primary colors and sang the primary color song to help us remember them.  Next we got out three glasses of milk and discovered that you can make lots of different colors with just red, yellow, and blue.  Despite the facial expressions exhibited below, the kids were fascinated.

Next we worked on creating our very own color wheels.   I printed out the template from here, and cut them out and mounted them onto heavy paper plates.   Then we divided into groups of two (or three) and  I gave them each a squirt of yellow, red, and blue.   I had prelabeled the correct places on the wheel, so they just needed to "read" the right color (with a lot of prompts about which letter it started with).

Next we picked one of the primary colors to start with and went around the color wheel, mixing colors as we went.  I would squirt the new color onto the plates and they would mix them using their Q-tips.  Although it took about a half an hour before we finished, it was a smooth process and their enthusiasm remained high the whole way through.

They were quite proud of their finished color wheels and were starting to get the different color combinations.

 

Next we went to work creating our own edible color wheels with sugar cookies and brightly colored frosting.  We basically did it the same way as with the color wheels, except simplified to only three color mixes.

 

Don't mind the off the shoulder look here, she really didn't want to take her paint shirt off.

We finished up with some good old-fashioned running and jumping.

My favorite quote of the day from Gavin (a youngest child):  "I like Q-tips, because they're really CUTE and I'm the cutest one in my family."    Ellie (the other youngest child) eagerly chimed in that she, too, was the cutest in her family.   For some reason, no one else seemed to have the same notion.