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Objective: To have children create a fan based on the secondary colorwheel.
Objective: To have children create a fan based on the secondary colorwheel.
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
color - The way that we describe an object based on the way that it reflects light. The most common colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, black, white, brown, and gray.
color wheel - A chart that shows primary, secondary, and sometimes tertiary colors in order.
primary colors - The colors red, yellow, and blue. They are mixed together to make other colors on the color wheel.
secondary colors - The colors orange, green, and violet. Each one is created by combining two primary colors.
Balloons for a Dime by Jonathan Green
Colors Work Together
Colors Work Together
Can you find a red hat, a yellow shirt, and blue balloon in Balloons for a Dime by Jonathan Green? Red, yellow, and blue are primary colors. What other colors do you see?
Primary colors can be mixed to make secondary colors - orange, green, and violet.
A color wheel shows the order of colors. What two colors make orange? Green? Violet?
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh - Harcourt, 1989. In stock: curriculum inventory and read-aloud
Studio Time: Rainbow Fan
Studio Time: Rainbow Fan
Materials:
Materials:
White Square Paper, Scissors, Tempera Paints (Red, Yellow, Blue), Paint Brushes, Glue Stick, Brad, Drinking Straw
Create
Create
Fold and cut the paper to create the fan.
Create a different design, pattern, or motif for each color.
Color and outline.
Fold and tape into final product.
Challenge: Mixing New Colors
Challenge: Mixing New Colors
Paint a picture using primary, secondary, and tertiary colors or create your own color wheel.
Challenge: Secondary Pinwheel
Challenge: Secondary Pinwheel
Draw an "X" from corner to corner-to-corner on a square paper.
Mix colors an paint them in color wheel order.
Cut from each corner. Fold in the middle. Glue
Put together pinwheel with straw and brad.
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