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"ROSE-TINTED
GLASSES"
The children were given coloured lenses and coloured sheets to play with and were asked to spend some time looking at different objects, both inside and outside the classroom in silence.
After some time, the class sat together and made some coloured drawings, using different shades of the same colour.
COLOUR POEMS
After
experimenting with colours in some drawings, the children shared some of their
different thoughts and feelings as well as some of the things they associated
with the different colours. Together, the class made 2 colour poems:-
Red
Blood red, earth red, rose red, apple red,
Bright
Red Ribbons, flowing in our hair,
Walking to the temple,
Our sacred dress
we wear.
Blue
Light
blues, dark blues, different shades, different hues.
Deep blue sea, flowing,
jumping, splashing, rippling.
Ink blue sky embracing the world, clouds playing
hide and seek.
Blue bangles, jangling on the way to school.
Blue boxes,
blue bags, blue chapels,
Flip-flopping, keeping feet nice and cool!
MAKING RAINBOWS
The
children were asked to fill a shallow tray with some water. A piece of paper was
propped up with chapels to create a screen and a mirror was placed in the water.
The children were amazed with what they saw and these are some of their observations:-
1.
If there is no sunlight, we can't see the colours.
2. Even when the mirror
doesn't move, the colours are moving.
3. As the sunlight gets brighter, the
colours also get brighter.
4. The rainbow is moving because the sun is moving.
5.
The mirror has a blue frame; therefore the rainbow is a blue colour.
6. When
the mirror is in the water, we can see the colours in the classroom.
7. When
there is no mirror, we cannot see the colours.
8. When there is no water, we
cannot see the colours.
9. The colours seem to be moving because of the movement
[reflection] of the water.
10. The colours in the rainbow look like a flame.
11.
When you look in the sky, it looks as if the colours are really far away, but
here they are really close.