Let's Make Purple: Literacy & Art

I already use the story, Mouse Paint, by Ellen Stoll Walsh, to teach about color mixing.....

..... And I already use the story Little Blue and Little Yellow to teach about creating green from blue and yellow.....

 ..... But I needed a story about purple to go with this sweet, purple mouse, so here it is!

I'm so excited to introduce The Tale of the Purple Mouse.  

It's a mini book for students to complete about 3 little mice who have very unusual names:  One, Two, and Three!  :)  Click on the image to see these graphics a bit larger in my TPT store.

The focus of this mini book is:
Color words:  red, blue, and purple
Number words: one, two, three, four, and five
Elements of text:  characters, setting, problem, and solution
Art concept of color:  red and blue create purple

SO MANY SKILLS IN JUST ONE MINI-BOOK, RIGHT?  :-D

HOW TO MAKE PURPLE PAINT:
Put a little red paint inside a sandwich-size Zip-lock bag; down in the bottom corner.
Put a little blue paint in the other bottom corner.
Press out most of the air and seal.
Write each child's name on a "mixing bag" and let them squish the bag to mix the paint.
They may take it home to paint with a Q-Tip.

                     

ALL OF THAT IN ONE 7-page MINI BOOK!  :)

We also have a cute purple mouse puppet that goes perfectly with this story.