The final week of the My Father’s World curriculum was a study of color. We learned about primary and secondary colors and the colors of the visible spectrum. I used the acrostic name, “ROY G BIV”, that Mr. Bunch taught me to help them learn the 7 colors of the rainbow. We learned about prisms, and reflection/absorption of light. We learned about tinting and shading. It was a full, fun week. For an outing, we took a camera and drove to the park, taking pictures of different colored items. Then we came home, printed out the pictures and made a rainbow out of all the things we had photographed. 
One day we made a Rainbow Stick, which is much like a Rainstick, but more colorful. We used a paper towel tube, tons of toothpicks, and a handful of lentils. We painted the tube the colors of the visible spectrum, and then we poked the toothpicks through every-which-way and taped shut the ends with beans inside. Then we covered the pointy tips of all the toothpicks with hot glue “raindrops”. For the finishing touch, we glued cotton ball clouds on each end to cover up the tape. When we tilt the stick back and forth, it sounds like rain gently falling.
We also found two books of children’s poetry—one entirely describing colors, and the other describing seasons (including spring and rainbows). Since our Bible lesson was “Thank you God, for this beautiful world” we decided to write poems about things in nature. You can read the kids’ poems on their blogs. Huyler's Blog / Ardara's Blog I was surprised at their chosen subjects. On the last day of school we made a rainbow dessert with every color of Jell-O (in the proper order of course!) and a whipped cream cloud on top! Hooray! 
One day we made a Rainbow Stick, which is much like a Rainstick, but more colorful. We used a paper towel tube, tons of toothpicks, and a handful of lentils. We painted the tube the colors of the visible spectrum, and then we poked the toothpicks through every-which-way and taped shut the ends with beans inside. Then we covered the pointy tips of all the toothpicks with hot glue “raindrops”. For the finishing touch, we glued cotton ball clouds on each end to cover up the tape. When we tilt the stick back and forth, it sounds like rain gently falling. We also found two books of children’s poetry—one entirely describing colors, and the other describing seasons (including spring and rainbows). Since our Bible lesson was “Thank you God, for this beautiful world” we decided to write poems about things in nature. You can read the kids’ poems on their blogs. Huyler's Blog / Ardara's Blog I was surprised at their chosen subjects. On the last day of school we made a rainbow dessert with every color of Jell-O (in the proper order of course!) and a whipped cream cloud on top! Hooray! 
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