adventures with color

I continue to do a "PeeWee Science Group" at my house once every two weeks.  This week we focused on primary and secondary colors. We read a few books on color, the most informative being "Adventures With Color".  It talked about how we use colors with stop lights, sports teams, holidays etc.  Then we sang the song "Primary Colors" several times as we used their egg cartons (painted in in the primary colors) and gathered matching paper clips.  We stuck 2 popsicles (food coloring in water) into 3 separate cups to mix the primary colors into secondary colors.  Next we mixed the primary colors into our ranch dressing to make the secondary colors... which brought us our snack--- carrots and dip!  Last but not least, we made a color wheel by using red, yellow and blue paint.  Okay so it sounds like we did the same thing over and over.  I guess we did.  Hopefully the repetitiveness helps them remember what they were taught :)