Kids learn by doing! With this simple science experiment, your little on will have fun while exploring color mixing. Use food coloring to tint water. Pour the water into an ice cube tray and freeze. Practice saying "Hypothesis" and explain that hypothesis is a fancy science word meaning a guess. Have the child make a hypothesis or guess about what will happen when yellow and blue are put in the baggie together.
Help the child put a small piece of yellow ice in a plastic zip bag with a small piece of blue ice. Your child will use her hands to warm the ice and help it melt. The yellow and blue ice melt into green. Read White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker about a silly rabbit who jumps into buckets of different colors of paint.
As an Alphabetologist (someone who does fun and silly activities to learn the letters of the alphabet and early phonics) use this project for...
Letter G: mix yellow and blue to make green
Letter P: mix red and blue to make purple
Letter O: mix yellow and red to make orange (the "o" in orange doesn't make the aw sound as in "octopus" but it's okay to use as a fun project)
Letter B: red, blue, and a bit of yellow to make brown.
Letter H: Talk about the science word "hypothesis" and what it means. Mix different colors after making a hypothesis about what the outcome will be.
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