Magnetic tiles are life, and so is this magnetic tiles color mix exploration!
This magnetic tiles color mix has my boys discovering all sorts of new color combinations.
Invitations to explore can be silent set-ups that naturally engage a preschooler to play and discover.
This particular preschool activity explores the mixing of primary colors.
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Setting up this magnetic color mix is very simple.
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Begin by showing your preschooler the three primary color tiles red, blue and yellow.
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Allow your preschooler to look through each primary color.
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Pro Tip: It is helpful to look towards the window.
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First, pick your magnetic tiles.
Next, allow Your Preschool to Explore Each Primary Color.
Finally, explore the different color combinations using magnetic tiles.
For this activity, I prompted my preschooler’s thinking with these phrases. However, watch and see what happens! I bet your child will come up with some epic discoveries on thier own as well.
- What color do you think you will see if you look though red and blue?
- Have you tried combining blue and yellow?
- What color do you think you will see if you combine red and yellow?
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Full disclosure, my preschooler thought of this idea himself. – Children often make the best discoveries and this is a reminder to sit back and watch what happens.
Many times, watching your preschooler is more rewarding than taking a break. It is AMAZING what you will learn about your preschooler’s personality and how they learn.
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I’ve never heard of Picasso Tiles.. these are pretty darn cool!! 🙂
I love that you include how this will help their cognitive development and readiness for kindergarten!! It sounds like when I was writing lesson plans for 8th grade English classes–"after this lesson, the student will be able to…" etc. haha. They seem so so fun!!