Sweet-Pea, the scientist!

Sweet-Pea must still be in school-mode. She has been bugging me the past few days to do fun science experiments with her. She loves working with color, so anything with food coloring rates right up there!!

Today we did the Rainbow Experiment....it teaches young children all about color. It's a great modern take on the color wheel and it's oh-so-easy to do!

Here's what you do:

Line up 6 clear glasses in a row and fill 3 of them with water (preferably the 1st, 3rd and 5th glasses...ours aren't lined up correctly yet)


Add 6-7 drops of food coloring to each of the 3 glasses. Red in the first one, yellow in the third one and blue in the fifth one. Stir them well and set the spoons aside. Teach your child that these are the 3 primary colors. They will make the other colors in the rainbow by using only these three.


Next pour 1/3 of the red into glass #2, and then 1/3 of the yellow into glass #2. Explain to them that red + yellow = orange


Now pour 1/3 of the yellow into glass #4, and then 1/3 of the blue into glass #4. This time you will explain that yellow + blue = green


You're almost done. Now pour 1/3 of the red into glass #6, and 1/3 of the blue into glass #6. This time you'll tell them how red + blue = purple


Now we did not create indigo like in the rainbow...you can certainly try, but these are the main colors of the color wheel. It's so much fun learning this way. Our little Sweet-Pea learned her color wheel very early all because of simple experiments like this. Try it with your kids, it's fun!