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Hi, I'm Paula.
This week my son Gabriel and I
are going to keep exploring color.
We're going to do experiments with colors and light.
We're going to do things together
to get Gabriel excited about the science of colors.
We're going to play and explore together,
ask questions, and talk about ideas,
explore more.
At the end of the video,
I'll show you all the ways we did this.
(Quack speaking indistinctly)
What happens to him when he was behind the bottle?
GABRIEL: He gets greenish.
PAULA: He turns greenish.
And they're looking what color to each other?
GABRIEL: Um... they were looking green.
Do you think we could try something like that here at home
with the green bottle?
GABRIEL: Mm-hmm.
Okay, that's enough.
PAULA: That's enough.
One, two, three, four, five.
PAULA: Okay.
Shake it! (water sloshing)
What did Peep, Chirp, and Quack notice when they were looking
through the green bottle?
GABRIEL: They noticed that it was green
and they can see themselves.
PAULA: Okay, can you see your hands?
GABRIEL: Yeah.
PAULA: What color do you see your hands?
GABRIEL: Green.
PAULA (gasps): Okay, ready, look.
I'm going to hold it up.
Hold it up to the light.
Look, see, you can see-- oh, I see green fingers.
GABRIEL: This one is... Light, light, light, light.
PAULA: Okay.
GABRIEL: This one's a bit dark than this one.
And this one's darker, and darker and darker, and darker.
PAULA: Look at that!
And look, the water's moving a little bit.
Look, when the water moves, what happens?
GABRIEL: It gets shaky.
PAULA: And the light ch...
and the light moves.
Not too much.
Look at the light move.
GABRIEL: I'm trying to make the thing move.
PAULA: Do you want to try
shining the light through the water onto the paper
and see what happens?
(Gabriel gasps)
What do you think is happening right now?
GABRIEL: When you're shining it, this thing is going onto
on the paper so it's...
And look, when you move it, that thing moves.
PAULA: Yes...
And when you move it closer, what happens to it?
It gets like a rocket ship.
PAULA: It looks like a rocket ship?
GABRIEL: Mm-hmm.
Let's try like this.
PAULA: What are we doing?
GABRIEL: This, and then...
PAULA: And what what do you see?
What are the differences that you're seeing there?
GABRIEL: When you... when you put on the light it glows more.
When you put it on the foil paper it doesn't really glow,
but when you put it in front like--
like that it glows really much.
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PAULA: Thank you!
Look what we did, Elana.
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Now let's rewind so I can show you what I did
to get Gabriel excited about science.
Play and explore together.
Gabriel loves it when I play along.
If he's got my attention and I'm right there by his side,
Gabriel will keep exploring.
GABRIEL: Let's try like this.
Trying to make the thing move.
PAULA: Ask questions and talk about ideas.
The more Gabriel and I talked together about what we're doing,
the more he learns about color.
When I ask questions, it makes Gabriel think more
about the activity we're doing.
And you bring in the light close?
And you... and you bring the light close.
PAULA: And the light is shining through the cup?
GABRIEL: Yeah. PAULA: That's awesome.
Explore more.
When we get creative and explore colors in different ways,
Gabriel learns even more.
We explored more by making
more colored bottles and telling his big sister
what we learned about colors.
And we played a fun game exploring more.
By finding things around the house,
we could see colors through.
As a parent, you don't need to know all the answers.
All you need is to be curious and willing to join in the fun.
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