Location: indoor or outdoor
Materials: food coloring, water, clear cups, eyedroppers or pipettes
Fill three or more cups with water and add in a few drops of food coloring Provide additional empty cups that the children can fill with water. What happens when they mix certain colors together? Can they make green?
Children may get excited and impatient and want to pour the cups of color together. If you want to focus on fine motor skills, remind children to use the eyedroppers. The practice with pouring is also good practice, but of a different sort.
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