We are learning all about snow and ice this week in my Preschool class something that my students are not very familiar with here in southern California!
For our science lesson i filled regular balloons with water until they are about the size of a large grapefruit and placed them in the freezer.
That was Monday, today Wednesday we got them out!
The children got to feel how heavy they were and how cold they were. I took off the balloons by placing them in some warm water for about 10 seconds.
Each child had their own shallow tray for their ball of ice. I passed around a bowl full if ice cream salt and the children took turns sprinkling "sodium " in their ice.
Next I handed out eye droppers and small cups of watercolor paint.
As the salt melted the ice it created channels and the children could see them when they squeezed out the colored paint in the ice.
This activity kept nine 3,4 and 5 year olds completely entranced for an entire hour!
They loved sharing their colors and watching the transformation taking place in their ice and their friends ice!
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