Dear Reader;
My preschooler is in full question mode this week (or month.. or lifetime…) and has been constantly asking what colors make when they mix together, so I borrowed these cool paddles for a week!
After we tried them out I looked up where to get them and you can find them at Oriental Trading for much cheaper than I would have expected (No perks for me, I’m not an affiliate or anything)! And don’t feel obligated to buy them. There are a million ways to talk about mixing colors, these were just loaned to me so they were nice and easy. Plus, they’re not messy like paint or food-colored water.
I started out with handing the paddles out to my kids (there was 1 set for each of them, so it worked out). Even though my littlests don’t really know their colors (to them, everything is green. Sometimes pink). This time is as good as any to learn, and really, they just want to be like big sis. While they just played around, I read the book Freight Train, by Donald Crews. When the colors came up, we talked about the colors in their hands. Obviously my preschooler knew this one, but a) it’s such a beautiful book! One of the first ones I ever bought as a mom; b) it was easy to start and made it fun for her; and c) her toddler sisters had an easy time following along while they wanted to do what she was doing.
Then I read Mix It Up! by Hervé Tullet and Mouse Paint, by Ellen Stoll Walsh I had her hold up her colors as we were talking and had her tell me what colors were created when they mixed. I really like the mouse book. first of all, it’s a cute story that is easy to follow along (brains love stories), and second, it keeps it simple to just the basic colors that she can make with the paddles.
What other books to you love about color mixing? Hit me up in the comments or send me a message via our contact page.
