Snowman Building
Directions:
- Cut out all of the parts for a snowman (white circles, orange nose, hat, buttone etc.) from felt and place them in a bucket. Have your work in pairs to take out the pieces and correctly construct a snowman.
Melting Experiments
Directions:
- Use several ice cubes to study ice melting patterns. Stick one ice cube outside, one ice cube in your classroom, one in a refrigerator (or ice chest) and one in a blender. Have your children predict the order in which the ice cubes will melt. Observe the ice cubes and compare the results to your children's predictions.
Snowman Line-up
Directions:
- Cut out several different sized snowman shapes from felt. Ask your children to line them up on the flannel board from smallest to largest.
Cold Palentologist
Directions:
- Freeze small toy dinosaurs (or other toys) into Ice cubes and then let your children use a small mallet to break them out.
Magnified Snow
Directions:
- Use a blender to crush some ice. Spread it on black paper sand have your children examine it with microscopes or magnifying glasses.