Rainbow Prism Busy Bag

Everything’s coming up rainbows here this week.  We’re making Rainbow Slime.  And we’re splitting apart light into all of it’s glorious ROYGBIV-ness.  We’re playing with a Rainbow Prism Busy Bag.  This post contains affiliate links.

Kids can experience how prisms turn light into rainbows with a Rainbow Prism Busy Bag. It's an educational way to keep your little STEM-ist busy.

ROYGBIV Colors of the Rainbow

My childhood education had a major gap in it.  I never learned the acronym ROYGBIV.  I had learned the colors of the rainbow, even about that pesky indigo, but never called them ROYGBIV.  I remember chatting with someone my freshman year at MIT and I had to ask what it meant.  And so began the taunting.  (Yes, nerds can bully too.)  So I’m on a mission to make sure that my daughter learns it.  And what better way than through song?  And you know who sings about ROYGBIV the best?  They Might Be Giants :)  They have a whole album for kids called Here Comes Science {affiliate}.

Rainbow Prism Play

Now that my daughter and I had sung about it, it was time to create our own rainbows…  She tried it a few different ways for different effects.

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I had put up some white foam core board for the teardrop prism to shine it’s rainbows on.  Then she pulled out the crayons and drawing her own rainbows.  I think the combo of the light, rainbows and large format were a huge hit. (Btw, I had nooo idea how hard it is to capture the rainbow from a prism with a camera. So the pictures definitely don’t do this activity justice!)

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Then she took the triangular prism and flashlight into the dark.  Here the rainbows are a little more subtle but the play seemed more fun.  Probably because it involved a flashlight.  Are your kiddos as flashlight-loving as mine? But it also involved trial & error to figure out how to hold to flashlight to create different patterns of light.

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Rainbow Busy Bag Blog Hop

Like the prism busy bag?  A few blogger friends of mine have some great rainbow busy bag ideas, too.  Pop on over to see what makes them so colorful.17 Awesome Rainbow Busy Bags

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Rainbow Popsicle Stick Patterns // Playdough to Plato

Rainbow Color and Shape Match // Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

Clothespin Rainbow // Adventures of Adam

Quick and Easy Rainbow Busy Bag // The Educators’ Spin on It

Sort and Count Rainbow Puzzle // Powerful Mothering

Rainbow Prism Busy Bag // Left Brain Craft Brain

Rainbow Bubble Wrap Busy Bag // Lalymom

Rainbow Color Sort  // Sugar Aunts

Weaving Rainbows // Best Toys for Toddlers

Toddler 4 – in – 1 Rainbow Busy Box // Lemon Lime Adventures

Rainbow Color Sorting Busy Bag // Coffee Cups and Crayons

Pipe Cleaner Rainbow Busy Bag // Still Playing School

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  6. The ROY G. BIV song was quite catchy but in the video
    Indigo was definitely purple . Kind of confusing : (

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