Exploring Colors In Nature
Nature For Kids held another outdoor playgroup this week. We focused on exploring colors in nature.
We started the fun event off with a magic trick! Check out the video below to see how to do it…
After the magic trick I asked the kids to point out the colors they could see outside. They listed every color in the rainbow including everything in between. Then I pointed out how the colors in nature magically change when it rains. Simply adding water can add depth and vibrancy to already beautiful colors.
ACTIVITY: Take a cup of water and a paintbrush on a hike with you. Let the kids paint rocks, leaves and anything else in nature with water. No paint is required to make the colors change. This is especially fun for younger kids.
The remainder of the time was spent doing unstructured playtime outside. We let the kids rummage over small boulders, plan their own races, climb to the top of hills and simply get up close with nature.
Each week I will be sharing our outdoor playgroup activities. Our hope here at Nature For Kids is that it will encourage you and others to easily start your own outdoor playgroup. Also if you have any playgroup ideas of your own to share I’d be more than happy to hear about them at shawna@natureforkids.net.
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Great idea. Its amazing what a little water can do!
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Loved the magic trick Cru!! You will have to do it at cousin camp this summer!
How fun! Water is truly amazing — we often like to look for ‘gemstones’ after a rain — when the water droplets beaded on leaves glow with a bright silver light. It seems that every different species of plant creates its own particular glow. Another fun water trick is to take a jewelweed leaf and hold it just under the surface of water — when you look at the bottom of the leaf, one immediately learns why it’s called ‘jewelweed’. In an effort to discover just what gives the leaf this property, we examined one under the microscope yesterday, but we couldn’t tell what might cause that effect. We may just need higher magnification to unravel the mystery . . .
I love this idea. I’m packing the paintbrushes in our camping activity kit this instant! We’re going to the San Juan Islands off the Washington coast tomorrow - I wonder what fabulous ‘water colors’ we’ll come up with there?
Thanks so much for all your wonderful suggestions.
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