I'm working
on a color lesson for my art classes next week and wanted to share.
You will
need: 3 little plastic cups filled about half way with water, food coloring, 3
spoons, and gloves if you don't want to risk getting food coloring on your
hands.
Do this with
each color individually:
Start with
the 3 primary colors, red, yellow, blue.
Place a
couple drops of food coloring in the cup and stir to watch the color form.
Once you
have all three colors formed, have your little one predict what will happen if
you mix the colors?
Add drops of
food coloring to form the secondary colors:
red with yellow to form orange
blue with red to form purple
yellow with blue to form green.
I'm going to
tell my curious little minds they are scientists for the day and we are doing
an experiment. My book World of Color , available at Amazon, talks about color and how they are formed.
I will be reading this to them after we perform the project. For an
older child, let them experiment with the colors and record their discoveries.
If you give
it a try, I would love to hear how it went and feel free to post pictures. If this inspires them to want to color, here is one my illustrations from World of Color that they can color all their own.
Have fun! Happy Experimenting :)
Rebecca Lyndsey
