Craft Lesson 10

Martin: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Topic:
Color Maker

Discussion: Children love to learn through the use of art and hands-on activities, therefore, making their own "customized" colors will provide them with an incredible learning experience.

How to Teach it:
Read the children the book. Have the children review the colors. Then, explain to the children that some colors, when mixed, make other colors. (demonstrate to them-ex: blue and yellow make green, also explain to them that dark colors mix better with lighter ones) Allow the children to then make their "own color" by mixing whatever paint they choose and then have them describe their creation.

Martin, Bill. Brown Bear. Illustrated by Eric Carle. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Co., 1992