Mixing Colors in the StudioToday in the studio, children revisited tempera paints and explored mixing colors for the first time. Rachel and Brigitte introduced the idea of mixing colors during morning meeting. When making plans, Rawls was very interested in mixing colors right away. He hypothesized, "...and purple make brown!" The first group to visit the studio and experiment with mixing colors included Charlton, Ellie and Rawls. Charlton: What color is a strawberry? Red! What color is lava? Red! Rawls: (mixing red and white) It's going to make light blue. Later, he made orange and noticed it: Orange!! Rachel: How did you make orange? Rawls: Yellow! Charlton: What color is a strawberry? Red! What color is lava? Red! Rachel: Does your color have a name? (asking about the red/slightly orange mix that he had created). Charlton: (my color is called) Great White (Like the shark)! Ellie enjoyed painting red all over the white paper. She mixed a little bit, adding yellow, but not enough to change the color.
Exploring Light with the Overhead ProjectorThe children have explored light and how it transforms materials at the light table, but today they had the opportunity to try out the overhead projector with a variety of translucent materials. Ford and Rawls explored how the light from the projector and the materials became part of the classroom environment. Emma observed the design that she created on the projector as it shown on the screen: Look! Revisiting Some Familiar MaterialsThe children also had an opportunity to revisit some familiar materials upon returning from the winter break:
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