Rainbow Light Table Play

This post was contributed by Dyan of And Next Comes L. 

Making Rainbows on the Light Table

My boys have been making use of their new light table every day, spending hours upon hours exploring and playing on it.  J, in particular, is really fond of the light table.  So I set up this rainbow making activity for him using contact paper and glass stones in all the colors of the rainbow.  The light table is optional and you could easily substitute pom poms for the glass stones.

 

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How We Explored Rainbows on Our Light Table

I first drew a sketch of a rainbow and clouds on the non-sticky side of the contact paper using permanent markers.  I was originally going to write the names of the colors in each spot.  However, I wrote out “RED” only to remember that I needed to write it backwards in order for it to work.  So I quickly scribbled it out.  I then scribbled the other colors onto the rainbow.  Then I taped the sketch onto the light table with the sticky side facing up.

 

Before adding the colored glass stones to the rainbow sketch, J explored the stickiness of the contact paper by pressing his hands down on it.  Then he also leaned over to make his shirt stick, which resulted in many giggles.  The stickiness of contact paper never seems to get old!

Once he thoroughly explored the stickiness factor, J started assembling the rainbow.  J is very methodical, so it wasn’t surprising to see that he chose to finish one color of the rainbow before moving onto the next one.  After J placed all the blue stones onto the rainbow, he went back and counted how many he used.  He always manages to turn all of our activities into something math related.

The rainbow is almost complete.  Only the clouds are left to do, which he insisted I help him with.   And I have to say that the end is result is gorgeous.  It looks absolutely lovely!

Once the rainbow was completed, J spent nearly ten minutes just running his hands over the glass stones.  He loved how they felt against his hand.

Looking for more light table activities?  Be sure to check out all of my light table activities, including my sticky fall tree light table activity.

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