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Orange Surprise

Mixing Color Magic

Day 16of 180
Week 4of 36
35Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how red and yellow mix to create orange

2

Create a painting using mixed orange colors

3

Appreciate God's creativity in color design

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:31

“God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.”

— Genesis 1:31 (WEB)

Celebrating the beautiful colors God created in His world

📦 Materials Needed

  • Tempera paint (red, yellow)
  • White paper
  • Paintbrushes
  • Mixing palette
  • Water cup
  • Paper towels
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse art adventure! Let's remember how we mixed colors last time.

💭 Review Question: What two colors did we learn about yesterday?
2Teaching (12 min)

Today we'll discover how red and yellow make a wonderful new color - orange!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Red is a warm, bright color
  • Yellow is like sunshine
  • When we mix them, we get orange!
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Where do you see orange in God's creation?
  • What things are orange?
3Activity: Orange Color Exploration (14 min)
hands-on

Mix red and yellow to paint orange pumpkins or sunsets

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put a small amount of red paint on your palette
  2. Add yellow next to the red
  3. Use your brush to slowly mix the colors
  4. Watch the orange color appear!
  5. Paint a picture using your new orange color
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use pre-mixed orange paint with parent guidance

Challenge: Create different shades of orange by changing paint ratios

4Closing (3 min)

Show your beautiful orange artwork and talk about what you created

📝 Review Questions:
  • What colors did we mix today?
  • What did you paint with orange?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about mixing green!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Color mixing is a foundational art skill that develops spatial reasoning

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Let child experiment with mixing
  • Praise effort over perfection
  • Use gentle guidance
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might get frustrated if colors don't mix perfectly

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Excitement about color discovery and willingness to try

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Take a nature walk and find orange things
  • Read BibleMouse storybook about color creation
  • Make orange play dough at home

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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