Painting With Ice

After experimenting with ice and observing snow turn to water when warmed, water turn to ice when sufficiently cooled, and ice drip when temperatures rose, our preschoolers used science to create art!


What we did:

 

• Made Ice Sticks
• by partially filling paper cups with water and freezing them with popsicle sticks

• Donned our paint-shirts
• because it was about to get messy

• Gave the Kool-Aid packs a shake

• sprinkling colored powder across blank paper (and it sure smelled great)!

• Turned our sprinkled powder into liquid color
• by sweeping our ice-sticks excitedly across our sheets!

It's true; ice is nice!

Our finished products are fantastic, and all so very unique!  Look for your child's ice-art this Wednesday in their large envelope.

 

Feeding The Birds In January

Our Preschoolers know certain birds fly south for the winter.  They know some do not.  This past week we've discussed the different things animals do when cold weather arrives, and how finding food can often be troublesome.  Because our classroom is a peanut free environment, Mrs. Huber, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Williams allowed access to their speech room which enabled us to produce the most lovely bird feeders you ever did see!  Thank you Jodie for providing us with the many rolls, we were so sad Tory wasn't able to join us!

What We Did:

This is such a simple, messy, smelly, but oh-so-fun craft that does a great deal of good after its making.  With just toilet paper rolls, peanut butter, birdseed, and string, you can make your neighbors of flight quite sing-songy!

Step by Step:

• Smear your paper rolls with peanut butter
• Roll in birdseed
• Tie a loop of string at each roll's base
• Voila; in a tree it goes!