Colors and Color mixing. Primary colors produce secondary colorsSupplies needed: The primary colors (red/yellow/blue) can either be playdoh or paint. The book to use is called Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh. I suggest taking the book and reproducing or drawing the black and white pictures to help the visual learner participate and actually physically produce the colors. For play doh use the paper underneath the play doh and fill in the figures with the playdoh or clay.
Red, yellow and blue are primary colors and mixing these colors together produce the secondary colors, Purple, Orange and Green. I have found that giving the colors in either paint or playdoh helps the child to physically see and create the secondary colors of green, purple and orange.You begin by reading the clever story of three white mice as they venture into paint and learn about the colors. Acting out the actions of the three mice of mixing and stirring with paint in cups or on the paper. For the playdoh version, create little mice out of the clay and when you mix (smush) the colors red and yellow together - it will actually produce the color orange. Your help will be necessary to really mix the colors well.
I have found that this lovely story combined with acting and participation has helped to teach mixing and creating colors.
Other ideas to extend play: Depending on level of student you could extend color concept to matching mouse colors with pecs cards, creating flashcards, or writing and coloring/shading letters.
I strongly suggest to keep the project simple with not too much academic activity. Art is about creativity and expression, most of all have fun creating and get messy with color!
Other Sources:
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/books/animals/wild/mouse-paint.htm
Printable color mouses and various links to extending project. Color charts, flashcards, coloring letters. Depends on student level. I find somtimes less is more. May be too stimulating to extend project visually.
Jax Chachitz
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