Theme: snowman
Math Concepts:
-sizes: big, medium and small
-Shapes: circles, square, rectangle and triangle
Science: solid-liquid-gas
Sensory Tub:
Materials: "Instant Snow," styrofoam balls in three different sizes: big, medium and small and tooth picks (cut in half).
**{You can get the snow and a bag of the styrofoam balls at the Dollar Tree}**
First, I showed E how to build a snowman with the styrofoam balls and tooth picks. Then we built one together. By the third time E wanted to do it all by himself! He did really a really good job!
As he played with the "snow balls" we talked about the different sizes: big, medium and small.
As he built a snowman I would ask him which size he would need first? (big)...second? (medium)...then last? (small).
I had him point and identify the different sizes.
Art project:
With this Shapely Snowman we again reviewed sizes and shapes. E glued the big, medium, and small circle to make a snowman. He then glued the brown square and rectangle for the hat. And lastly the orange triangle for the nose.
Science:
I filled up some ice cube trays and small plastic bowls with water. I had E touch it and asked him, "what is this?" He said, "water!" I responded by saying,"Yes, it's water and water is a liquid." I asked him to say the word "liquid."
I then placed the trays and bowls in the freezer. I asked him what his prediction would be ; what he thought would happen to the water. It was too cute, his response was, "burr, cold." :)
That evening we took out the trays and bowls and took a look at what happen to the water. I opened the freezer and ask him, "what happen to the water?" His response was, "it's ice!"
I shared with him that the water turned into ice! The freezer is so cold that the water turned into hard cold ice and that ice is a solid. The water was once a liquid and now it's a solid.
I placed the ice in a tray and E got to touch, observe and play with it. I added some salt, in a salt shaker, and E loved pouring the salt over the ice. We observed the ice melt and started to become a liquid again!
When E was done playing I rinsed off the salt and placed the ice back in the tray. We will go back and check to see if all the ice melts.
Once the ice melts, I will place it in the sun and hopefully it will eventually evaporate! We will see how long it will take with this weather! :)
Thank you for your support and stopping by! Hope these activities inspire you!
Blessings,
Erica
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