On page 319 under the "variation" section of the book, it states that providing colors such as red, yellow, and blue is a good idea because children can learn about primary and secondary colors. Before we began the activity, my niece helped me organize the materials. She picked white construction paper, decided which cookie cutters we were going to use, and we made the soapy water together.
I began to pour the red, yellow, and blue paint into three separate pans. I asked my niece to name the colors as I poured them. Before I let my niece begin the activity, I told her that I was going to show her how each color looked on the construction paper. I told her that I wanted to use red, so I asked her to point to the red paint. I got some red paint and created a red circle on the construction paper. I told her that I wanted to use blue, so I asked her to point out the blue paint and I repeated the circle process again. We also did this with yellow. …show more content…
After she used each of the three colors, I told her that those colors (red, yellow, and blue) are called "primary" colors. She wanted to know why they were called that and I explained that when you mix the primary colors together, you get a different color. Eagerly, she wanted to see what I meant. So, I took red and yellow paint. I combined the two colors and she was surprised that they made yellow. After this, I took red and blue paint to make purple; yellow and blue to make green. I told my niece that orange, purple, and green are secondary colors since they are made by mixing the primary colors. She got more cookie cutters and was excited to try out all of the