Story Time - April 28, 2020 (Little Blue and Little Yellow)

Story Time

Color Experiment from the Video

It just takes water, food coloring, and paper towels.

The PreK Pages website has an activity for extending the story by mixing colors with play dough.

https://www.pre-kpages.com/little-blue-little-yellow-exploring-colors-play-dough/

Homegrown Friends blog shares a lot of great extension activities for the story.
https://homegrownfriends.com/home/little-blue-and-little-yellow-activities/

Color mixing using ice cubes and food coloring
shared by Learning4kids.

The blog below has many good ideas inspired by the book.  Children enjoy color mixing with water and food coloring.

http://frogsandsnailsandpuppydogtail.com/little-blue-and-little-yellow-color-mixing-activity-for-kids/

Shaving Cream is a favorite activity in Ganon.
Adding food color to shaving cream is a great way to experiment with color mixing.


Check out this blog for a no mess way to play with shaving cream and food coloring.
https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2011/08/color-mixing-with-a-toddler-preschooler.html

Photos from our Zoom Color Hunt

Indiana Learning Foundations 
SC5.1: Demonstrate scientific curiosity
CA3.1: Demonstrate creative expression through the visual art process
CA3.2: Demonstrate creative expression through visual art production
M3.1: Demonstrate understanding of classifying
ELA1.1: Demonstrate receptive communication
ELA1.2: Demonstrate expressive communication
ELA2.4: Demonstrate comprehension
ELA3.1: Demonstrate mechanics of writing

ELA3.2: Demonstrate ability to communicate a story