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Mixing Painting

Color Mixing Magic

Day 94of 180
Week 19of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how two colors can blend together

2

Practice using paintbrushes to mix colors

3

Explore creativity through color discovery

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:31

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

— Genesis 1:31 (WEB)

Just as God creates beautiful things, we can create beautiful art by mixing colors

📦 Materials Needed

  • Red paint
  • Yellow paint
  • Blue paint
  • White paper
  • Paintbrushes
  • Paint palette or plate
  • Water cup
  • Paper towels
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Today in BibleMouse, we're going to be color explorers! Remember how we made green yesterday with yellow and blue? Now we'll see what other magic colors we can make!

💭 Review Question: What color did we make when we mixed yellow and blue?
2Teaching (7 min)

Let's watch how colors can dance and play together on our paper! We'll put two colors side by side and see what happens when they touch.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Colors are like friends that can play together
  • When colors touch, they can make new, exciting colors
  • God loves creativity and made so many beautiful colors
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What colors do you see around you?
  • What's your favorite color?
3Activity: Color Blending Adventure (8 min)
hands-on

Carefully place two different colors on the paper and watch them mix and swirl!

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put a dot of red paint on one side of the paper
  2. Put a dot of yellow paint near the red dot
  3. Use a clean brush to gently touch and mix the colors
  4. Watch the magic happen as orange appears!
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child mix colors with guidance

Challenge: Try mixing three different colors together

4Closing (3 min)

Look at our beautiful color creation! God made colors so we can enjoy making art!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What new color did we make today?
  • Did you have fun mixing colors?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll make a rainbow of all the colors we've learned!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Color mixing helps develop fine motor skills and introduces basic art concepts

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use smock or old shirt to protect clothing
  • Supervise closely to prevent paint mess
  • Praise effort, not just results
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might get frustrated if colors don't mix exactly as expected

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Excitement about color discovery, willingness to experiment

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a color mixing journal in BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Sing a color mixing song from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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