Can I create new colors?

Instructions:

1. Invite your child  to explore with paint

2. Gather the three primary colors yellow, red and blue.

3. Let the child take the lead

4. Your role is to extend their exploration. 

InterACTions:

• Are you ready to be an artist today? 

• What do you know about mixing colors? 

• Show me how you can mix the three primary colors (yellow, red and blue).

• What are you observing? 

• What name will you give to the new colors?

• Wow interesting names, How did it come up with that name? 

• What do these new colors remind you of?

• I’m wondering what happens if you mix the new colors you made. Can you make even more colors?

• What are you thinking?

• What can you paint using these new colors? 

• Can we get these new colors back to their original colors? What do you think?