Week of 11/06/23 - UTK, K and 1st grade - Color!

 UTK, K and 1st graders worked on color this week!

I used the book "Little Blue Little Yellow" by Leo Leonni and had a class discussion with UTK and kinders about what they thought the book was about just by looking at the front cover. It was interesting to hear their answers as they were being "investigators" and giving me answers based on clues they saw on the front cover. This story is great to introduce color theory to 4-6 year olds!

I gave all students transparent shapes in red, yellow and blue. We held 2 colors against the light at a time to see what color it was making. I introduced the word "primary colors" and secondary colors".  

UTK students traced 6 shapes using pencil using the ones from the above activity. They traced each with black Sharpie and added line patterns around the shapes. I gave each student a paper plate with tempera paint in primary colors. They used a different colors in each of the 3 shapes. I then added a different primary color to each primary color already in the plate that students mixed to create secondary colors that they painted into the remaining 3 shapes to complete their works.

Red+Yellow = Orange

Yellow+Blue = Green

Blue+Red = Purple

 Kinders engaged in the same activity as UTK  students but worked on a different lesson. They create vertical and horizontal lines on their paper and traced then with black Sharpie marker. They added lines patterns to some of them and then used primary colors to paint inside 4-5 boxes per color, mixed paint to create secondary colors and paint them inside 4-5 boxes per color.

1st graders used the book "Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stoll Walsh as their inspiration and created ladybugs. They used circular lids to create 3 ladybug bodies, added wings, branches and leaves with pencil first and then black Sharpie marker. Each student painted a primary color on each wing and the corresponding secondary color in the middle.

 I loved the reaction from students in each grade level as they mixed 2 primary colors to create the secondary color - it was magical and filled with joy!!