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Do you want to learn a fun way to teach your child about different colors? Read on!

This activity is quite the hit in our class. It’s very simple to make and children love it!

Direct Aim: Teaching children about the primary and secondary colors

Indirect Aim: Concentration, Fine Motor Movement, Coordination

Materials:

A small tray

3 small containers w/ eye droppers each containing the colors red, blue, and yellow

A small sponge

A small mixing tray

Invite the child to do a presentation on color mixing.

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Here is a sample  dialogue:

Directress: Hello Billy. Would you like to do a work on color mixing?

Child: Sure.

D:  (Directress puts a red drop on the mixing tray). What color is that?

Child: It’s red.

D: Yes, it’s red. What do you think will happen if we mix yellow with it?

Child: I don’t know.

D: Let’s find out. (Directress puts a yellow drop on the red drop) Wow the colors are changing. What color do you see now?

Child: Orange

D: Yes, it’s orange. Sometimes when we mix two colors together, we make a new color. Let’s see what else we can make with red. (Directress drops another drop of red).  Can you give me the blue bottle?

Child: Sure

D: (Directress puts a blue drop on the red drop). The colors are changing again. What do you see now?

Child: I think purple.

D: Yes, this is purple.Sometimes people call this color violet as well.

and so forth…….

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For more advance learners, you can go more into depth about primary and secondary colors.

PRIMARY COLORS: RED, YELLOW, BLUE

When you mix two primary colors, you get a secondary color.

SECONDARY COLORS: ORANGE, GREEN, VIOLET

PRIMARY + SECONDARY COLORS=BASIC COLOR WHEEL

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