I like to start our preschool year off working on colors.....most of the kids know their colors, but it's fun to start learning what colors you can mix together to make a different color and I always think the repetition of things children already know is good as well.....helps them to not forget!
Today we filled some freezer baggies (stronger than regular baggies) with shaving cream and 2 different colors of paint (red, blue or yellow). Seal the bags and then reinforce with tape at the top.....this is also a good idea if you have kiddos that like to open the top.....prevents a mess!
Then have them squish the paint and shaving cream around and see what happens....what new color did you make (this can be done with just paint as well or food coloring and shaving cream works too).
Once they are done mixing the colors, you can practice writing letters in the mixture or just squish it around. We will save these for Thursday and practice "writing" our A's on the bags.
I love to make these bags.....there are so many possibilities with them.....you can add little objects or letters to find, add glitter, hair gel, jell-o, water and oil, pudding, etc. The nice part is there is no mess to clean up and they can play with it over and over again.
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