Purple

Read "Harold and the Purple Crayon" and mixing colors

Encourage a child to take a red crayon and make any design with lines on the paper.  Let the child talk to you while drawing with the red crayon. Let them take a "walk" like Harold and describe what they are drawing. Now, on the same paper take a "walk" with a blue crayon and again tell you a story about what they are drawing.  Together, look and see if the red and blue crayons cross each other and make the color purple. If not, draw some lines where red and blue do intersect to show the color purple.

Use dabs of other paint on fingers to find new colors;

yellow and blue (green).  yellow and red (orange). 

QUESTIONS FOR CHILD

Can you tell me about a time that you felt lost? 

Name some animals that are colorful.