White Rabbit's Color Book - A Color Mixing Project

Each day during our many reading opportunities, at least one child will ask a Morah to read White Rabbit's Color Book, a book all about mixing colors. This book has become very popular in the class, and the children enjoy guessing what color the rabbit will be after taking a quick dip in the different paints, which always makes for an engaging story time.

After reading the book several times, the children expressed interest in trying a color mixing activity. In conjunction with a reading of the book, the class used droppers to mix red, yellow, and blue-colored water. They were able to make the three secondary colors that appear in the book as well as a host of other shades by making all sorts of creative combinations with their initial mixtures and the primary colors.

The children also used paper towels to view the colors from a different perspective. The orange dye in the photo below looked red in the cup, but when the paper towel was dipped in the cup, everyone could see that red and yellow made orange! Other students chose to use their droppers and the different color mixes to blend the colors on the paper towels in front of them.