Make "Fireworks" In a Glass of Water

Oil and Water Fireworks
Supplies:

• 1 Tablespoon cooking oil
• 2 drops red food coloring
• 2 drops blue food coloring
• clear glass
• water

Drop the red food coloring and blue food coloring onto the cooking oil and  stir until there are drops of color spread throughout the oil. (Do NOT combine the colors. Drop them separately into the oil.) Pour this into a clear glass which has been filled with water and watch what happens.

This activity is a great way to
introduce the concepts of density
 and color mixing to your children.

The Black Book of Colors

When I saw this book on the shelf of my library I thought, "What in the world? Why would anyone read this." At first glance, it looked like a book full of black pages, with text on the left side and nothing on the right. And then I took a closer look.

 Above every line of text was a line of Braille. 

And on each "blank" page, was an "invisible"
textured print illustrating part of the text.

What a wonderful teaching tool!  The Black Book of Colors

Color Sorting With Paint Sample Cards {free printable}

Here is another activity I put together to keep the toddler busy during school hours. I found this idea at Walking By the Way, the blog written by Ami of Homeschool Share. She even created a grid that you can download. But I don't have any colored ink in the printer right now and I wanted to use different colors than she did. So I made my own.

All you need is some paint color sample cards, a scissors, a color sorting chart (and colored pencils if you print in black and white), and a laminator. I used some Scotch brand self-laminating pouches that I purchased a while ago.

Unfortunately, this activity is a bit too advanced for CJ. But his older sister had fun with it!  Maybe I should have tried the simpler activity I found on the Chasing Cheerios blog.

color sorting chart

black and white color sorting chart