Dear Sis,
Science: Flower Dying
We placed our flowers in our dyed water before bed last night, so we could observe the changes in the morning and throughout the day.
Materials
- white flowers
- scissors, to shorten stems
- 7 small jars water
- food coloring
Our discussion went something like this…
“What do plants eat?”
“Sunshine.”
“What do plants drink?”
“Water.”
“If we put color in the water, what will happen when the plants drink it?”
“I don’t know Mama.”
“You’ll know soon.”
Balloon Color Matching Mat
Parent Preparation
- Print Balloon Color Matching Mat by Busy Hands and Minds, on white card stock. Place in a sheet protector.
- Provide color coordinating pom-poms, large craft buttons, or play doh.
Our Process
- Have student name colors as they work.
- Clean up, by requesting certain colors by name.
Our Daily Reading
Today’s fiction selection is The Color Kitten by Margaret Wise Brown. These little kitties start the story with only three colors: blue, red, and yellow. In a quest to make green, they learn how to make a lot of different colors:)
Today’s hands-on book is Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet. William enjoys this very engaging book about how secondary colors are made from primary colors. It was a great segue to our next activity!
Paint Mixing Shape Activity
Parent Preparation
- Melissa and Doug Chunky Shape Puzzle
- supply 8 sandwich bags, with shapes drawn on with permanent marker
- supply blue, red, white, and yellow paint
Our Process
- Review shape and color names of each puzzle piece.
- One bag at a time, ask student to identify the shape, find the corresponding puzzle piece, and name the color.
- Add a bit of paint to the bag to make the color and let the student mix and/or spread it inside the shape.
- Once we had paint in all the bags we moved to the floor and matched the puzzle shapes with the bag shapes again.
- Then I called out a shape name and William retrieved it and told me what color it was and whether it was a primary color or a mixed color. For mixed colors, I had him tell me which colors were used to make it.
Snack: Rainbow Fruit Kabobs
Just before we could head to the kitchen to make our snack, baby sister woke up and crashed our lesson. So we ended up having fruit kabobs with our lunch instead:)
Love,
b