Color Mixing!

We started learning about the primary colors at school. We did a science experiment and watched to see what would happen when we used six containers and put water and food coloring in three of the containers (water + red dye in the first, empty second container, water + yellow dye in the third container then an empty container, next we added water + blue dye then an empty container). A big long paper towel snake was made then dipped into all the containers. We watched the dye get absorbed by the paper towel and it created a rainbow when the primary colors mixed together. 

We then created our own color mixing papers. We have been reading lots of color books and we watched another color mixing experiment on YouTube. We will practice our color mixing skills next week when we explore more color mixing when we dye our own Spring eggs. 

This activity will be a nice way to culminate our Chick hatching/lifecycle unit and our color mixing exploration. We also read Rechenkah's Eggs and watched the author and illustrator, Patricia Polacco create her Ukrainian eggs. She used hot wax when she used the different dyes. We will use crayon resist when we explore this medium. It should be a fun time!