Water Coloring Activity

I came across this activity on a blog and decided to try it with Abram. We began by dying the three glasses of water with a few drops of food coloring each. Before Abram was able to dye the water, I had him predict what color it would change to (which was obviously the color of the dye bottle). We did this activity yesterday for the first time, but being that he did not ever go to sleep during his nap time, he was tired and he had a difficult time understanding which colors to mix to get particular colors (orange, purple, green). So day #1 of this activity was mostly spent exploring and experimenting with the water colors, water dropper, and plastic egg carton.

While I was doing the dishes this morning, Abram stood up to the counter again and was able to create orange, purple, and green from the primary colors by using this new chart I made him. The words and colors combined in the color combining equation was too difficult for him to understand, so the colors displayed alone was more helpful and readable as a guide for him. He loved this activity! This activity might just be prepping us for some Easter egg dying.
And just a bit random:
Abram is my dancer and he was showing off his "stand on my head with one leg in the air" move last night. He can stay like this for more than 10 seconds! Look at that form with just his toes and handstouching the floor!
And Chloé is such a big girl and likes to sit up and play for long periods of time now.