Explore Color – 1.9MB PDF
Designed for early childhood classrooms, this exploration unit invites children to explore color in the world around them. Indoors, mix and sort colors. Outdoors, observe colors in nature and explore colored light.
Watch the featured PEEP videos
After watching, encourage children to make connections between their own color discoveries and those shown on the videos. What ideas did the videos give them for new color explorations they might like to try?
PEEP story
A Peep of a Different Color
Peep, Quack, and Chirp find pots of red, blue, and yellow paint and discover the joy of looking different.
Kids Explore — Live-action video
Mixing Paint
Kids are making a colorful map of a city. They have several colors of paint. How can they make purple and pink?
Family Science Letters
Extend the fun and learning with these take-home activity, book, and Web site suggestions.
Exploring Science with Kids – 131KB PDF
Explore Color with Your Child – 228KB PDF