Book Seed: A Rainbow of My Own

Several years ago, I purchased several "book seeds" from Blossom & Root, and we've been slowly working through them over the years. I always enjoy these when we need a homeschool pick-me-up, so when we hit a February slump, I decided it was time to pull out another book seed. This theme was based on A Rainbow of My Own, by Don Freeman, and took about two weeks to explore all the activities.

Here are the books we read:

A Rainbow of My Own, by Don Freeman

The Hidden Rainbow, by Christie Matheson

Rainbows, by Martha E.H. Rustad

Rainbow Shopping, by Qing Zhuang

Isabel and the Invisible World, by Alan Lightman

Colors in Spanish, by Daniel Nunn

Rain Before Rainbows, by Smriti Prasadam-Halls

Katie Woo and Pedro Mysteries: The Rainbow Mystery, by Fran Manushkin

Among many other activities, we experimented with mixing colors.

We learned about the science of rainbows, and created our own with a mirror and glass of water.

We created a "rainbow of gratitude."

And of course, painted our own rainbows. 

Overall, a unit study that involved chasing sunshine and embracing color was just what we needed at the end of winter!