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Science · The activity desk

Sunshine and raindrop rainbow

Draw the ingredients of a rainbow.

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What you need

Paper and large child-appropriate crayons.

Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.

Let's make it happen

  1. Draw raindrops and a sun on your paper.
  2. Add a rainbow with the colors your child chooses.
  3. Explain that sunlight and water droplets can make a rainbow, and invite your child to tell the picture's story.

Look at a drawing or a window view without ever looking directly at the sun.

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