Mouse Paint

Students in my 2nd grade class have been learning about color theory this week.  I read to them a favorite book called Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh.  It is a great book for introducing color mixing to the little ones.  I love books like this that are short and sweet, but also fun for reading to the kids.  Last year we did an activity where the students drew the mice with payons (crayon and paint combined) They work like water color pencils, the students drew and colored 6 mice using only the primary colors, but this year I wanted to switch it up.  Since model magic comes in the primary color packs I thought this would be a fun way to get them to learn about color theory.  each student started with  red, yellow and blue Model Magic. We mixed one color at a time, first we swirled two colors like red and yellow together and set it aside.  Next we combined the rest of the red and yellow together to make a smooth orange.   We then placed the swirled colors on top of the orange to make it look like the mice were mixing the color, just like the book.  My students LOVE playing with model magic, and i love it too because it mixes so well, and is not messy to clean up! A huge plus with the little ones! Lots of fun but no fuss:)