Farm Animals In Ice

Last week I put the animals from our small farm set in containers of water and froze them. Today I got them out and let Michael and Hunter play with them. This kept them occupied the better part of the morning.

At first the tried to dig the animals out of the ice. That didn't work very well and we talked about how water freezes and becomes hard when it is very cold. I told them that as the ice got warm it would melt but it would take awhile.

Then they played with the cubes, putting them in and out of the small containers they were frozen in.

Stirring the ice cubes around in the water was fun too.

Their hands got cold so I gave them dry washcloths to dry their hands with. They decided to wash dishes with the washcloths.

They finally left the table but kept returning to check on the ice cubes until they were melted and the animals were free.

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Green Water

Water play is one of the favorite parts of summer but we really haven't done much of it yet this year. So I decided it was time to dive in - so to speak. Monday evening Austin and I mixed food coloring into water and put it in muffin tins in the freezer so we could have some colored ice. And today we had fun playing in water with these ice cubes. We used blue, green and yellow food coloring, so in the end we had some bright green water.

They played with the ice and watched it melt sparking some discussion about how water freezes and thaws. We also talked about how blue and yellow mixed makes green.

And then the filling and pouring began.

Oh look! Green hands!

Empty cups float but when filled they sink.

And when the water is not in a container it begins to drip through the cracks in the table.

Who new green water could be so much fun?!?!

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