Kinder students have been learning about colors and the order they are in to make a rainbow. Later this will help them understand the color wheel and color mixing!
Our first color project was to experiment with color mixing by having some free choice painting time, then we were ready to try creating a rainbow for these cute windsocks.
We read the magical book, WHAT MAKES A RAINBOW to learn the ingredients (rain, sun, and color!) Students painted their rainbows on paper I had already folded as a "hot dog" using standard watercolor trays (which are already in rainbow order).
Next class we read A RAINBOW OF MY OWN, by Don Freeman (author of CORDUROY). This is a cute story, although we talked about how the rainbow is a little mixed up. Then, students glued strips of tissue paper in rainbow order inside their folded paper to make a color "sandwich." Finally I stapled them into windsocks. They loved dancing around with their own rainbows!
