Teaching primary colors

First students identified and labeled a 12 part color wheel using crayons. Then they painted the primary, secondary and intermediate colors onto a larger color wheel paper which they divided into 12 equal parts using a ruler. After their papers dried, students cut out a large white circle for the sclera, their color wheel for the iris, and a small black circle for the pupil. Then “skin” was glued on top with the addition of black eyelashes.

@amymcreynolds on Instagram: "This week my students are exploring COLOR THEORY as they make painted paper. We of course are using the story, Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh to reinforce how primary colors mix to make secondary colors. This lesson is one example of what the students have created in the past from the fabulous textured painted paper they made. My students created painted paper collages in honor of Lois Ehlert who contributed so much to children’s literature. I have always…

I have done many different Piet Mondrian inspired art activities. But this one is now my absolute favorite and so easy to do! These were all done by Kindergarten and Grade One students. The childr

This preschool color wheel art activity helps students learn all about colors! It also makes a fabulous display for the classroom.

Here is a simple lesson to introduce your students to the primary colors. We started out by reading the book Mouse Paint, which is a fun story to teach about primary colors. My kindergartners, while I love them dearly, were having difficulties lately with classroom procedures. We needed to go back to the basics with simple materials until they understood how and why to clean up. I pulled out this idea that I got about 11 years ago when I first … Read more... →

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Piet Mondrian was known for white canvas with horizontal and vertical lines, and rectangular shapes filled with primary colors. There are so many ways to explore the art process of line and color, we've come

This has been my go to beginning of the year lesson with first graders. I first saw the idea on pinterest but have tweaked it a few times based on classroom experience. It took me a few tries to get...

FREE printable activities for preschool and kindergarten kids to learn about primary and secondary colors, color mixing and color words while having fun with paint! Also includes coloring pages, puzzles, color charts and word tracing.