Do You Know The Colors Of The Rainbow?

You know the colors of the rainbow, right?

After today, Taidyn sure does! :)

We spent our Saturday doing a variety of rainbow-related activities, using paint, cornstarch, water and a flashlight, among other things, to show off the six colors of the rainbow for Taidyn. She had a lot of fun and, at one point, even asked to watch her Signing Time DVD that includes the signs for all the colors of the rainbow.

After breakfast, we launched our colorful day by using watercolors to paint rainbows. Taidyn needed a little assistance to paint the rainbow in the right order: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. But she did a great job!!!

Next, Cass prepared a unique concoction of cornstarch, sugar and water to create a gooey mixture for "Rainbow Stew." Once the stew cooled, Cass used food coloring to make batches of red, yellow and blue goo. We then divided the three mixtures into three baggies and played. The neat thing about "Rainbow Stew" is that you can use the three primary colors to make secondary colors like orange, green and purple. It was sort of like a fun science experiment! We'd certainly recommend this project for your children. It's simple and not messy!

We then ventured out of the apartment and headed to the library for a few rainbow and colors books. We found several good ones, highlighted by "Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stoll Walsh, "A color of his own by Leo Lionni and "The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister. Great books!!

After a nap, we made "Rainbow Music." For this project, we created the six colors of the rainbow (again, using food coloring) in six glasses of water. Each glass made a different sound because we varied the amount of water in each one. So, basically, we made a colorful, watery xylophone.:)

We ended the day by making a rainbow of our own! We dropped a small mirror in a glass of water and then turned off all the lights in the apartment. By angling a flashlight at the mirror, we were able to create the rainbow's six colors on the wall. Very cool! We're not sure what Taidyn enjoyed more: Turning the lights on and off or looking at the rainbow on the wall. ;) But she had fun, and that's all that matters.

We really had a lot of fun today. We're already looking forward to next weekend's big adventure: Pumpkin patch, here we come!!!!