We learned all about colors today. The first "colors" activity we did was sing a little song. I held up a color, and then we all sang, "Who is wearing red today, red today, red today, who is wearing red today, red to-ooday?" The child who had that particular color then jumped up and did a dance for us. We did this with various colors, so everyone had a turn. I was surprised at how crazy these kids of ours are at dancing! Next, I gave each child a color and they had to race to Annie's bedroom and come back with an object that was that color and share it with all of us. We then read two books, one titled Elephants Can Paint Too! and the other one was titled Mouse Paint.
Elephants Can Paint Too is the story of an art teacher who works with both children and elephants and how she teaches both groups how to paint. The pictures are really cute, colorful, and funny, and the kids seemed to like it since the idea of elephants painting is silly. :) I like Mouse Paint since it shows what new colors can originate from the primary colors of red, yellow, and blue. To further illustrate the mixing of colors, we did a little painting and made our own color wheels. Here are some pictures of the activity:
It was fun for me to quiz the kids from the color wheel. "If you mix red and yellow together, what color do you get?" I would ask. The kids used their color wheels to help them determine what color it would be. We did this with the other colors as well. We had fun adding more or less of a color to give us varying shades of that color. On the back of their color wheels, is a great song for teaching the primary colors and the new colors that are created from these primary colors. Then, after snack, we colored white frosting and frosted Vanilla Wafers. We did a little bit of mixing with the colored food dye, and made very colorful cookies. I hope they weren't too hyper at home. :)
It was a good day at our place. I look forward to next time at our home!
Elephants Can Paint Too is the story of an art teacher who works with both children and elephants and how she teaches both groups how to paint. The pictures are really cute, colorful, and funny, and the kids seemed to like it since the idea of elephants painting is silly. :) I like Mouse Paint since it shows what new colors can originate from the primary colors of red, yellow, and blue. To further illustrate the mixing of colors, we did a little painting and made our own color wheels. Here are some pictures of the activity: 
It was fun for me to quiz the kids from the color wheel. "If you mix red and yellow together, what color do you get?" I would ask. The kids used their color wheels to help them determine what color it would be. We did this with the other colors as well. We had fun adding more or less of a color to give us varying shades of that color. On the back of their color wheels, is a great song for teaching the primary colors and the new colors that are created from these primary colors. Then, after snack, we colored white frosting and frosted Vanilla Wafers. We did a little bit of mixing with the colored food dye, and made very colorful cookies. I hope they weren't too hyper at home. :)
It was a good day at our place. I look forward to next time at our home!
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