connie sharp
Color Mixing Using Primary Colors
We read color mixing stories all week like Color Dance by Ann Jonas, Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh, Mix It Up by Hurve Tullet and White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Barker. Then in small groups we experimented with primary paint colors red, blue and yellow. We used q-tips cut in half as our paintbrushes to help with fine motor skills. I dipped their qtip in the paint and put it in the circle I wanted them to spread it around in. The would put it in one circle as well as the circle in the middle. By the end of the week many students were able to tell you what yellow and blue made green. Yellow and red make orange and red and blue make purple.
