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9-15-00When working with colors and we get to the color green I get blue Jell-O and yellow Jell-O. After it's set up I take a small zip lock bag and put a few scoops of yellow on one side and a few scoops of blue on the other. I then give each of the kids a bag and ask them what they think will happen when they squish it together. After they guess, they squish it and once it's mixed to green, I cut the corner off the bag and let them squeeze it into their mouth. Warning: this can be very messy but fun.
9-4-00I usually take one week to stress a particular color. Friday is our food/cooking day. I have used tinted cream cheese (the children love spreading this on crackers or toast), tinted Cool Whip, marshmallows (you can use toothpicks to build figures), Kool-Aid, and Jell-O. I am still looking for other things we can tint.
7-13-00I have made rainbow's in cup for the colors theme. Purchase the clear plastic cups. Make all six colors of Jell-O: cherry, orange, lemon, lime, berry blue, and grape. After the Jell-O has set spoon one spoonful of each flavor into clear cup. Top with a garnish of whip cream as a cloud and viola you have a rainbow to eat. I also have a prism on hand to demonstrate the color spectrum in a rainbow. The kids can't wait to tell their parents they ate a rainbow and the parents are impressed to hear their explanations about prisms and the color spectrum.
6-8-00Green Bean Marzine: mix canned o fresh green beans with marzines and 1 tsp. honey, serve spread on whole wheat toast (best) or bread if toaster not available.
Date: 3-26-00We did a unit on The Colors of the Rainbow. For part of our cooking lesson each day we made Jell-O. On the first day, we made red Jell-O and each child poured some Jell-O liquid in a clear, plastic cup. The next day, we added orange and every day, we just added the next color of the rainbow. Finally, on Friday we were able to eat our yummy, Jell-O rainbow. White whipped cream tasted great on top! Daylene Keebler has put out a product called Rainbow Vanilla Wafers. The wafers come in lots and lots of different colors. This would be a very easy snack for your color theme :)
ideaColorful Toasted Bread What food you need: ; Fresh white bread ; Milk ; Food coloring What things you need: ; Cookie cutters ; Bowls ; Paintbrushes ; Toaster Oven What to do: 1. Pour milk into bowls. 2. Add food coloring 3. Cut bread with cookie cutters. 4. Paint bread with colored milk. 5. Toast painted bread. 6. Eat & enjoy! Date: 10-11-99Versatile activity; any shape cookie cutter may be used (i.e. train during "Transportation", dog during "Pets", pumpkin during "Halloween", etc.). Contact_FullName:
ideaGive each child a small pile of Fruit Loop cereal. Have each student sort the colors, then string onto a yarn necklace to wear the rest of the day, and eat! YUM! Date: 8-24-99
Date: 7-29-99When studying the color blue (or Oceans), make blue Jell-O (place gummy fish/shark in before chilling), put whip cream on top for waves. Serve in individual clear cups. 10-21-98 Name: Maureen This idea comes from my friend Barb who does home day care. Each child is given a small paint brush. the size used for model painting. Provide assorted colors of food coloring in small bowls. Each child is given a slice of bread to 'paint' using the food coloring. When the children have finished painting, toast the bread as usual, butter and voila...edible art!
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