COLOR FOCUS: Pink,
Gray
COLOR FOCUS: Pink,
Gray
Science
Experiments: Provide the materials and let the children be the "Scientists"
on their own:
1. Allow them to create a new color (gray)
by mixing tiny amounts of black and white tempera
paints.
2. On another day, allow them to create a new color (pink)
by mixing tiny amounts of red and white tempera paints.
3. On other days,
provide all the above colors for experimentation (black,
white, red, pink, and gray).
To make things
even more interesting:
Provide water colors
one day, tempera paint colors the next. You can even let the children add
their own amounts of water to dry powdered tempera. Obviously, some supervision
is needed, but allow as much freedom as possible and you'll see budding scientists
blossoming.
Extended Science: What Is the Color of Silver? If children in your classroom aren't too young, and they know primary and secondary colors confidently, you may want to introduce them to the color word "silver." Show them silvery colored objects using pictures, as well as real objects like coins, metal, jewelry, or silvery colored crayons and markers. Provide black, white, and light and dark shades of gray paint for them to experimentally create silvery shades of gray. Provide them with silver glitter for adding to their paints too for a little shine and shimmer.
Science/Food Project: Pink Frosting:
Have children add red food coloring to white frosting to get pink and then frost
sugar cookies for your Valentine's Day party.
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