Yellow and Pink ….. Evolution and Creation

In our Science lesson, we were to read the book “Yellow and Pink” by William Steig . But alas the book is out of print and a used copy is crazy expensive.

Thankfully Sonya Shafer at SimplyCharlotteMason.com offers a summary of the book and an activity that just may convey the point even more vividly than just reading the book.

Here’s a possible alternate activity: The book is about two wooden puppets who are lying on a hillside while their paint dries, one is yellow and one is pink. They begin talking about where they came from. One is convinced that someone made them and presents evidence for his point; the other persists in believing that they happened by chance and keeps coming up with more and more ludicrous explanations for how things might have happened. For example, there might have been two tree logs at the top of the hill that got dislodged and rolled down the hill. As they rolled they hit rocks and that shaped them into these puppet shapes. etc. etc. At the end of the book, the man who made them comes and takes them back into his house because their paint is now dry.

You could probably get the point across by making something with your child, then as the paint or glue is drying, discuss where it came from. You could try to think of silly explanations for how all the parts came into being and fit together, while your child shows you how obvious it is that he/she made it.

We so enjoyed this activity. It was a great interactive way to explain Evolution vs Creation.

So far we both really love our Science curriculum, 106 Days of Creation.