Lesson Plan-learning about colors/blends

Color Mixing Bottles
Submitted by:Elizabeth Wofford

An Activity for Preschoolers:Create a tool for learning about color mixing that can be used over and over to reinforce the concept.

Goals:
Learn what happens when you mix two primary colors.
Before You Start:
• Liquid Watercolor™ in primary colors
• You will need 16 oz. water bottles (one for each child)
• Water
• Vegetable Oil

Let's Begin:
1. Have the children fill a water bottle almost half way with water.
2. Add some blue watercolor.
3. In a measuring cup, mix oil and yellow watercolor.
4. Add the oil and yellow water color mixture to the bottle with the blue water in it.
5. Screw on cap and secure with masking tape.
6. Shake the bottle until the solution turns green!
7. The water will settle and the colors will separate back to yellow and blue.

Furthermore:Make other colors like purple using blue and red. The children can use this again and again to reinforce the concept of blending colors.