RAINBOW FUN

RAINBOW ART
THREE CRAYON DRAWINGS
Take three colorful crayons and tape them together.

Give the taped crayon to you child along with a large piece of paper.
Show your child that when she colors with the large crayon, it makes tri-colored lines.
Let your child color with the crayon however she wishes to create a design filled with rainbow like lines.

RAINBOW SCIENCE
WATER SPRAY RAINBOWS

On a nice sunny day, take your child outside and make a water spray with a hose.
See if your child can spy the rainbow in the water droplets.
Explain to your child that rainbows appear when the sun shines through raindrops.
 
BUBBLE RAINBOWS
Take your child outside and blow some bubbles.
See if your child can spy the rainbows in the bubbles.
 
MIRROR RAINBOWS
You will need a small mirror for this activity.
Take a clear glass and fill it three-fourths full of water.
Place the mirror in the water and set the glass in a spot in your house where the sun can shine through the glass and hit the mirror.
Move the mirror until you see a reflection of a rainbow on a nearby wall or ceiling.
RAINBOW MOVEMENT FUN
RAINBOW STREAMERS
You can make your child a fun rainbow prop to use while dancing around the room. For this activity you will need a small margarine or cottage cheese plastic lid and some tissue paper strips or ribbons.
First, take the lid and cut out the center, leaving a plastic ring.
Next, cut 1´x 24” streamers, one red, one orange, one yellow, one green, one blue and one purple or purchase small colorful ribbons.
Tape or glue the streamers or ribbons around the rim on one side of the plastic ring.
Give the ring to your child and have her hold it on the side of the ring without the streamers.
Have your child notice how the streamers fly out behind her as she runs or dances around.
RAINBOW SNACKS
RAINBOW JELLO ® TREATS
Here is a fun snack for a large group.
Make a variety of Jello’s in different rainbow colors.
In a clear glass, layer the different colors of Jello.
Give children spoons to eat the rainbow Jello treat.
 
RAINBOW FRUIT
Make a rainbow fruit salad for your child.
Add red and blue berries, small cantaloupe pieces, banana slices, green and purple grapes (cut in two).
 
RAINBOW RHYMES & SONGS

PRETTY RAINBOW
Rainbow, rainbow in the sky,
Pretty colors up so high.
Oh, I wish that it would stay
Bringing color everyday.
                          Jean Warren
 

RAINBOWS IN MY BUBBLES
Tune:  “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round The Mountain”

I’ve got rainbows in my bubbles, yes I do.
I’ve got rainbows in my bubbles, yes I so.
When I blow up towards the sun,
They have rainbows, every one.
I’ve got rainbows in my bubbles, yes I do.
                                                Jean Warren
 


 

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