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Mouse Paint
One day three white mice discover three jars of paint--red, blue, and yellow. Both parents and children alike will appreciate this lighthearted presentation of a lesson in color. “Walsh’s cut-paper collage illustrations have bold colors and just the right simplicity for the storyline. A real charmer that’s great fun as well as informative.”--School Library Journal
Board Book, 16 pages
Published
October 31st 1995
by HMH Books
(first published January 1st 1989)
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I chose for my "concept" book Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh. This book is about three white mice that are trying to escape a cat and along the way learn about mixing different colored paints. This book found a really creative and cute way to teach mixing primary colors into secondary colors. Teaching colors is always a fun thing to teach because there are so many ways to teach colors. However, I never thought of reading a book to teach primary and secondary colors. When I think of teaching mi...more
“Mouse Paint,” is a story about three little white mice that discover the magic of mixing colors. After taking a dip in three jars of paint that are blue, red, and yellow, the mice create puddles of these colors on a white sheet of paper. Since the puddles look fun, each mouse decides to splash around in a puddle whose color is not the one that they are covered in and they end up creating new colors. The author and illustrator Ellen Stoll Walsh uses very simple and repetitive language throughout...more
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh follows three white mice who discover the world of color and mixing colors.
One day three white mice discover three jars of paint: red, blue, and yellow. As the mice each climb into a jar of paint and emerge, they leave puddles of paint. Since the puddles looked fun, each mouse picks a color different from that they crawled into and dance in the puddles. By mixing colors they create new colors: orange, green and purple. They wash off the sticky paint and then pain...more
One day three white mice discover three jars of paint: red, blue, and yellow. As the mice each climb into a jar of paint and emerge, they leave puddles of paint. Since the puddles looked fun, each mouse picks a color different from that they crawled into and dance in the puddles. By mixing colors they create new colors: orange, green and purple. They wash off the sticky paint and then pain...more
Genre: Children’s, Concept - Color
Summary:
Three small mice discover the world of color and mixing colors as they delve into three jars of primary colored paint. White to begin with they are a perfect canvas to adopt their color, red, blue, or yellow and then explore the colors they can make when combining them. They discover orange, green, and purple, using their creations to decorate their world.
Critique:
The introduction of the concept in a very repetitive fashion helps the reader to predict co...more
Summary:
Three small mice discover the world of color and mixing colors as they delve into three jars of primary colored paint. White to begin with they are a perfect canvas to adopt their color, red, blue, or yellow and then explore the colors they can make when combining them. They discover orange, green, and purple, using their creations to decorate their world.
Critique:
The introduction of the concept in a very repetitive fashion helps the reader to predict co...more
1. Concept Picture Book—Colors
2. Three white mice leave the comfort of their white piece of paper to find three jars of paint. When each climb into a jar, they come out different colors, and when the colors start mixing a whole new world of colors come to light.
3. A. Illustrations
B. According to Kathleen T. Horning in From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books, collage is often used to create a “three-dimensional quality” (2010, p. 105). However, Ellen Stoll Walsh manages to...more
2. Three white mice leave the comfort of their white piece of paper to find three jars of paint. When each climb into a jar, they come out different colors, and when the colors start mixing a whole new world of colors come to light.
3. A. Illustrations
B. According to Kathleen T. Horning in From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books, collage is often used to create a “three-dimensional quality” (2010, p. 105). However, Ellen Stoll Walsh manages to...more
1. Concept book specifically colors, primary colors, how fun!
2. The book begins "once there were 3 white mice on white paper..." and then the mice discover something wonderful. They begin experimenting with red, yellow and blue. What happens next will delight your little ones, especially if they're just learning about primary colors. One mouse covered in yellow paint gets into the blue paint, and suddenly the mice discover that together they can make different colors. Little ones will delight at...more
2. The book begins "once there were 3 white mice on white paper..." and then the mice discover something wonderful. They begin experimenting with red, yellow and blue. What happens next will delight your little ones, especially if they're just learning about primary colors. One mouse covered in yellow paint gets into the blue paint, and suddenly the mice discover that together they can make different colors. Little ones will delight at...more
This concept book by Ellen Stoll Walsh is about three little mice who hide from a cat by standing against a white sheet of paper so the cat can't see them. Then, one day while the cat was sleeping, they found three jars of paint. One red, one yellow, and one blue. They thought this paint was for them so they called it 'mouse paint'. They all three hopped into separate jars to make one of them red, one blue, and the other yellow. They noticed the puddles they were dripping onto the white paper an...more
Summary:
Three white mice are standing on a piece of white paper, hiding from the cat. They discover three jars of paint-one red, one yellow, and one blue (the primary colors). Thinking that it is "mouse paint",
they each jump into a different jar. After emerging from the jars, they drip puddles of paint onto the paper. The puddles look like fun, so they decide to jump and play in them. The red mouse jumps in the yellow puddle which makes orange, the yellow mouse plays in the blue puddle which ma...more
Three white mice are standing on a piece of white paper, hiding from the cat. They discover three jars of paint-one red, one yellow, and one blue (the primary colors). Thinking that it is "mouse paint",
they each jump into a different jar. After emerging from the jars, they drip puddles of paint onto the paper. The puddles look like fun, so they decide to jump and play in them. The red mouse jumps in the yellow puddle which makes orange, the yellow mouse plays in the blue puddle which ma...more
This is the perfect book for young children (it's recommended for ages 1-6) to learn about primary and secondary colors, as well as creating three-dimensional art with cut-paper collage. In this story three very white mice jump into three different jars of paint, red, blue and yellow. Each one leaves a little puddle behind and inevitably, they mix colors. Every page features a primary color, as well as the secondary colors they create: orange, green and purple. In the beginning of the story the...more
Summary:
3 white mice, who use their white fur the their advantage to hide from the cat by standing on a white piece of paper, one day find themselves curious to explore 3 jars of paint while the cat is asleep. They each hop into a different colored jar. One jar is red, one is blue, and one is yellow. After their fur is each covered in a different color, they decide to start making colored puddles on their white paper. They begin dancing and playing in these puddles, and soon realize that hoppin...more
3 white mice, who use their white fur the their advantage to hide from the cat by standing on a white piece of paper, one day find themselves curious to explore 3 jars of paint while the cat is asleep. They each hop into a different colored jar. One jar is red, one is blue, and one is yellow. After their fur is each covered in a different color, they decide to start making colored puddles on their white paper. They begin dancing and playing in these puddles, and soon realize that hoppin...more
3 white mice try to hide from a cat by blending in on a white piece of paper. 1 day while the cat's sleeping the mice make a discovery of 3 jars of paint - yellow, blue and red. They dive into the jars and play with colors on the white paper. They discover by mixing colors they can create new colors. They clean themselves up and began painting leaving part of the paper white. So they can stay safe from the cat.
Idea of the story was to learn primary colors. Plus mixing colors to make new ones. Th...more
Idea of the story was to learn primary colors. Plus mixing colors to make new ones. Th...more
Mouse Paint starts off as 3 plain white mice blending into the white background so the cat could not find them. They then find a red, yellow, and blue jar of paint and assume it was intended for them to jump in. After jumping in, the three white mice were no longer white. One was red, one was blue, and one was yellow. The mice dripped all over the floor and when the blue mouse touched the yellow drips, he became green. This happened for all the mice, they all turned from primary colors to second...more
Review: This is a great book to introduce colors to children. It shows if you mix one color with another color a different color comes out. The illustrations on the page are simple and the print is easy to read for children. There are not a lot of words on each page. It is a good concept book about colors. The children will have to use their imagination for this book – mice would not color themselves and play around with colors.
Learning Experience: This book teaches primary and secondary colors...more
Learning Experience: This book teaches primary and secondary colors...more
Main Characters: 3 white mice
Point of View: 3rd person
Plot: Three white mice hide from a housecat by blending in with a white peice of paper. One day, while the cat sleeps, the mice find three jars of paint; one red, one blue and one yellow. The mice dive into the jars and begin plaaying with the paint on the paper. The mice soon discover that the colors can be mixed to create new colors. They clean themselves up and begin painting on the paper, leaving a section white to remain safe from the ca...more
Point of View: 3rd person
Plot: Three white mice hide from a housecat by blending in with a white peice of paper. One day, while the cat sleeps, the mice find three jars of paint; one red, one blue and one yellow. The mice dive into the jars and begin plaaying with the paint on the paper. The mice soon discover that the colors can be mixed to create new colors. They clean themselves up and begin painting on the paper, leaving a section white to remain safe from the ca...more
Mouse Paint is a fun, and cute way to introduce the concept of primary and secondary colors to children. This book tells the story of 3 little white mice who are hiding form a cat. They see 3 differnt cans of paint, one being yellow, one being red and the other is blue. Each mouse jumps into the cans of paint, which turns them into a different color. After the mice begin to step in the different paints they realize different colors can be formed! Orange, green, and purple can be created from the...more
I had heard of this book but never had the chance to read it. I was missing out! This book is an absolute MUST for any teacher who wants to introduce color mixing! Using the mice to stumble upon this concept was absolutely genius! I love it! The pictures are very clear and engaging. The colors are just beautifully rendered, and adding the cat into the mix gives the story a nice humorous touch for the children.
Learning Experience:
After reading this book together of course we would have to experi...more
Learning Experience:
After reading this book together of course we would have to experi...more
Mouse Paint is a really good book that does a great job at teaching children about primary and secondary colors but its also very entertaining. I like this book because of its simplicity, sometimes there are some concept books who are good teaching a subject but are way to complex so what is good about this book is that it uses white mice as the main focus and then has them dip in and mix paint to make new shades of colors.
LE: After the story you can take the children to the art center where you...more
LE: After the story you can take the children to the art center where you...more
I think that "Mouse Paint" is a great book that teaches children the concept of mixing primary colors to create a secondary color. This book is great for young children because it has simple print and fun colorful pictures. I would recommend this book to any teacher. I myself have this book in the science center of my classroom.
Extension Activity: After reading the book mouse paint I will allow the children to explore mixing thier own primary color paints. I will gather a small group of childre...more
Extension Activity: After reading the book mouse paint I will allow the children to explore mixing thier own primary color paints. I will gather a small group of childre...more
Three white mice find paint jars and see what happens when they take a dip. What is even more fascinating is what happens when they start mixing those colors. This is a fun way to teach children primary and secondary colors. Watch out for that cat!
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Mouse Paint is a book about primary and secondary colors. It starts by the mice hopping into the primary colors of red, blue, and yellow. When the mice started playing in the puddles of the other mice, they realized they made secondary colors. This book is great for teaching primary and secondary colors. The illustrations of this book accurately show how when the colors are mixed together they can make new colors.
Learning Experience:
The learning experience for mouse paint would be to have the ch...more
Learning Experience:
The learning experience for mouse paint would be to have the ch...more
This book is good for kindergarten children because it teaches about color mixture.It make children to understand that when we combine red and yellow together, they will give orange color. Yellow and blue when mix together will give green and blue and red will make purple color. The book is interesting because children will want to try the experiment and see if it is really true. We can use different colors to make more colors by mixing the colors together.
Learning extensions: Teacher and childr...more
Learning extensions: Teacher and childr...more
This book is perfect for introducing patterns and mixing colors to grades pre-k and kindergarten. The story starts out with three white mice who jump into buckets of paint with different colors. The students are able to make predictions of what color will be next based on a reoccurring pattern. I used this book in a pattern lesson for my kindergarten during their math time. They loved the fun colors since they had recently done mixing colors in their art class. The students for very creative whe...more
"Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stoll Walsh is a wonderful concept book for children to read to focus on primary and secondary colors. This book tells the story of three mice hiding from a cat. They see three different things of paint--blue, red, and yellow. Each mouse jumps into the cans of paint and turns different colors. After the mice step in the different colors of paint, they realize that different colors can be formed by mixing colors--orange, purple, and green can be created from the primary col...more
This playful, lucidly-written fantasy about three mice will entertain and amuse young readers while introducing them to a bit of color theory. In the story, three white mice discover three pots of paint on the white paper where they live. They first dive into the paint to color themselves, then splash in paint puddles and discover that primary colors, when combined, make new colors. Finally, they wash themselves clean (in the cat's water bowl) and paint the paper with all the available colors --...more
I think this book is a great one for very young children learning colors and basic concepts. The illustrations are very clear and straightforward so as not to distract the reader. The books does a great job of presenting the three primary colors and introducing the idea of mixing colors to create secondary colors. The other aspect of the book that I really like could have easily been overlooked. I really enjoyed the dynamic between the mice and the cat. In addition to colors the books introduces...more
Ellen Stoll Walsh has come up with a very fun and inventive way to teach children about mixing colors. Three white mice start out hiding from a cat by blending into a white piece of paper. When the cat is asleep, the mice each jump into a cup of paint. They jump around each other’s puddles and form new colors. Some humor is added by having the mice wash themselves in the cat’s water bowl.
The three mice in this book clearly demonstrate the process of two different colors mixing to become one new...more
The three mice in this book clearly demonstrate the process of two different colors mixing to become one new...more
Jun 29, 2010
jacky
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
babies - primary school
Shelves:
picture-books,
lib-lew
This is a cute book that teaches about mixing colors. I found the mice very cute, especailly the fact that they play in the paint puddles. It goes over the mixing of the primary colors twice, once on the mice and once when the mice paint. Seeing the mice colors in paint with different colored feet was a plus. I especailly liked the parts that dealt with the cat, like the mice leaving some white paper to hide and the mice cleaning themselves off in the cat's water.
An art teacher could make great...more
An art teacher could make great...more
Who doesn't love these crazy mice? They are a simple way to introduce even very young children to the joy of colors, identifying them as well as mixing and matching them.
Review
This is a perfect book, to teach children about primary and secondary colors and how by mixing two colors we can get a new color. The book has beautiful bright pictures.
Learning Experience
*Divide children into groups of three like the three mice in the story.
*Tell students they get to be the mice in the story as you make "puddles" of yellow, blue, red paint on large pieces of white paper.
*Explain that their two fingers are mouse feet and they should "dance" in the puddles like the mice in...more
This is a perfect book, to teach children about primary and secondary colors and how by mixing two colors we can get a new color. The book has beautiful bright pictures.
Learning Experience
*Divide children into groups of three like the three mice in the story.
*Tell students they get to be the mice in the story as you make "puddles" of yellow, blue, red paint on large pieces of white paper.
*Explain that their two fingers are mouse feet and they should "dance" in the puddles like the mice in...more
This book teaches young children about primary colors and how you can mix these colors to make secondary colors. I love how the author took this concept and put it into a story.The colorful illustrations make it interesting to young children.I would rate it 5 for the excellent way the concept was portayed in the story with the three mice.
Learning Experience:I will make ice cubes in red and blue ( with food coloring).I will put the blue ice into yellow lemonade to show the children how it turns t...more
Learning Experience:I will make ice cubes in red and blue ( with food coloring).I will put the blue ice into yellow lemonade to show the children how it turns t...more
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