Teaching the color wheel is an excellent way to really help your student get a great understanding on the importance of color.
A basic color wheel would be best for your younger children, and the tertiary color wheel is more advanced.
When teaching about color to first graders once, I went into the class with glass jars and mixed colors in them for the whole class to see. I used the teachers overhead projector to enable all the students to see what colors could be made. It was really beautiful. This idea came from the book How to Teach Art to Children on page 33. In that same book there is both color wheels for you to copy so that each child could fill out their copy with you as you mix colors.
I also have wanted to try to teach color mixing with students by using play dough. It would be really fun to see them have a tangible experience on how color can change in their fingers. (I have a great homemade play dough recipe if you need it.)
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