Lollyellen
08-17-2009, 06:47 AM
A great way to occupy your preschooler's creative mind for 15 minutes-half an hour...color mixing!
"Heehee, colors!"
http://www.maternitycorner.com/lollyellen/colors1.jpg
"Check out this weird blue I made!"
http://www.maternitycorner.com/lollyellen/colors2.jpg
"This is FUN!"
http://www.maternitycorner.com/lollyellen/colors3.jpg
Charlie did this while I tackled the annoying-but-worth-it task of making homemade mashed potatoes to go with our meatloaf last night. :tup:
First, lay down some newspaper on the table, in case of spills.
Fill up an egg carton or about 10 clear plastic cups (you can use styro egg cartons; or in our case, I had a while plastic one that came in our refrigerator when it was new, which I saved and have used expressly for this purpose many times with preschoolers over the last ten years, LOL!) with clean water. Fill each cup up about 3/4 of the way full.
Add a drop of each primary (red, yellow, blue) color to several of the cups, so that you have two cups filled with red, two cups filled with yellow, and two cups filled with blue. Be sure to leave space between the colors, so the kids can mix their own hues with the primaries you've provided.
Provide instruction on how to make green (blue+yellow), purple (red+blue) and orange (yellow+red)...You can even make a "recipe card". Use markers and write out "recipes" for secondary colors such as:
Red + Yellow = Orange
Blue + Yellow = Green
Red + Blue = Purple
and so on...
For non-readers, just use blobs of color in the same formula, using the plus and equals signs. :)
Enjoy a fun science/art (even pre-math) activity!
"Heehee, colors!"
http://www.maternitycorner.com/lollyellen/colors1.jpg
"Check out this weird blue I made!"
http://www.maternitycorner.com/lollyellen/colors2.jpg
"This is FUN!"
http://www.maternitycorner.com/lollyellen/colors3.jpg
Charlie did this while I tackled the annoying-but-worth-it task of making homemade mashed potatoes to go with our meatloaf last night. :tup:
First, lay down some newspaper on the table, in case of spills.
Fill up an egg carton or about 10 clear plastic cups (you can use styro egg cartons; or in our case, I had a while plastic one that came in our refrigerator when it was new, which I saved and have used expressly for this purpose many times with preschoolers over the last ten years, LOL!) with clean water. Fill each cup up about 3/4 of the way full.
Add a drop of each primary (red, yellow, blue) color to several of the cups, so that you have two cups filled with red, two cups filled with yellow, and two cups filled with blue. Be sure to leave space between the colors, so the kids can mix their own hues with the primaries you've provided.
Provide instruction on how to make green (blue+yellow), purple (red+blue) and orange (yellow+red)...You can even make a "recipe card". Use markers and write out "recipes" for secondary colors such as:
Red + Yellow = Orange
Blue + Yellow = Green
Red + Blue = Purple
and so on...
For non-readers, just use blobs of color in the same formula, using the plus and equals signs. :)
Enjoy a fun science/art (even pre-math) activity!