THE RAINBOW BOOK & Rainbow Mosaic Collage

This was the second rainbow project I did with Kindergarten to reinforce the order of a rainbow. Reading THE RAINBOW BOOK also gave us chance to talk about the way colors can relate to feelings.

After a demonstration on the document camera students began by folding, drawing and cutting a heart for the center of their collage. I always ask students to check with me before cutting since hearts can be tricky! Then, students used strips of paper from orange to purple to cut into different shapes for their mosaic. We reviewed rainbow order and also talked a bit about symmetry. I love the way each student interpreted this differently, but all the variations were beautiful and successful. I'm publishing these on ARTSONIA as my Mother's Day fundraiser.

Rainbow Windsocks

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!