Primary and Secondary Colors Lesson for Toddlers

 What you need:

• Paper
• Three primary color paints (red, blue, yellow)
• plate to hold paint
• brushes
• cup of water for you to rinse
• paper towels for you to dry paint brushes between colors
• wipes

What you do:

1. pour the three primary colors on a plate at equal distance
2. explain the three colors, red, yellow, and blue
3. say "red and yellow make orange" as you mix those two colors together
4. continue for each combintation of color
5. after all primary and secondary colors are made, make an example of a rainbow on your paper
6. draw a rainbow starting with blue, then green, then , yellow, then orange, then red, then purple on your rainbow
7. students/children will copy each bow on their paper one at a time

tips: draw only one color of the  rainbow at a time, rinse and dry childrens' brushes, then hand the brushes back to the toddler for the next color

This is used with finger paints/acryclic

Bonus lesson: write students name and then have them trace their name to autograph their painting, which will most likely be a beautiful scribble