Materials
18" lengths of orange, purple, and green silk or ribbon, one length per child
game board spinner with the same colors
Instructions
l Pour red, yellow, and blue paint (primary colors) into shallow pans or dishes.
What to Do
1. Encourage the children to put one hand into a dish of primary colored paint
and the other hand into another dish. Ask the children what color they think
the two colors will make.
2. Then the children can rub their hands together to discover the new secondary
color that resulted. Allow the children to press their hands onto paper to
make prints.
3. Use one sheet of paper for each child or put all of the children's handprints on
a large mural.
4. After the children wipe off their hands, they may wish to dip their hands into
primary paints again and rub another child's hand to make a new color.
Teacher - to - Teacher Tip
l Substitute magenta for red and turquoise for blue. Experiment to see how
your paints blend best.
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Talk with the children about how blending colors makes different colors. Ask
them to describe how the colors mix. It is not important that the children
memorize what colors they form when they mix two colors, just that it is fun
to experiment and discover on their own.
