Lesson 1: Rainbows
Let's learn about Rainbows with books, art and cooking! Pair this lesson with our Adventures in Ireland 2 and Life Cycle of the Clover Unit Study, and our Color Wheel Lesson in January's Friendship & Art Learning Pack, AND M is for MOSAIC from The Masterpiece Alphabet!
Read:
The Magic School Bus Makes A Rainbow by Joanna Cole
My Color is Rainbow by Agnes Hsu
Chasing Rainbows by Tish Rabe
End of the Rainbow Fruit Salad by Eluka Moore (read this again when you make the Leprechaun Fruit Salad!)
If Kisses Were Colors by Janet Lawler
Rainbows Never End And Other Facts by Hannah Eliot
How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow by Monica Sweeney
Raindrops are Rainbows by Valerie Bassette (all ages) Illustred by Kelly Grettler! (Find another book from her, included in this pack too! It’s about Sheep!)
Additional Books about Rainbows We found after release: (if you find more rainbow book titles your kids loved, please let us know!)
Ava and the Rainbow (Who Stayed) by Jed Adamson
What Makes a Rainbow by Betty Schwartz
Children's Novels:
Rainbow Magic “The Rainbow Fairies" Series by Daisy Meadows
Water is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle by Paul Miranda (6-10)
A Ray of Light by Walter Wick (Educational)
Educational Videos about Rainbows and the Water Cycle:
Paint:
Bubble Wrap Rainbow Art, Watercolor Rainbow Art, Clay Rainbow Wall Hanging Art
Find the tutorials in our learning pack!
Art Appreciation of a selection of Rainbow Masterpieces from Kandinsky, Chagall, and Robert Scott Duncanson.
Cook:
Rainbow Mosaic Jelly Cake (recipe included)
This recipe is really easy, and created the most beautiful effect. It goes by many different names, such as Rainbow Jelly Cake, or Cathedral Window Jelly Cake, or Jelly Dessert. Depending on the pan you use, the shape of the slice of the mosaic cake will determine the name. You can simply use a 13” by 9” pan, and create squares (as per our recipe) but if you have a bunt pan, you can use that too. Have fun making this one, its so yummy, and really brings the rainbow concept to life!
