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Preschool Ice Theme
This Preschool Ice Theme page includes preschool lesson plans, activities and Interest Learning Center ideas for your Preschool Classroom and links to specific weather activities!
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You can either scroll down through this page to see all of the preschool activities for your theme or click the link below to go to specific preschool activity types you are looking for.
Preschool Ice Theme Art
Glow Painting
I saw this done once and it was beyond cool!
The teacher made a block of ice (she made several using small, clear bins that you store toys in!).
At the art table, she placed short, flat flashlights on the table, turned on, facing up to the ceiling.
She then place a clear bins over the flashlights.
She then placed a block of ice on each bin.
She provided the kids with paint brushes and cups of watered down paint that had salt mixed in.
She turned off the lights and let the kids paint!
It was AMAZING!!!!!
I'll see if I can find a picture of it on Pinterest! Check my pinterest link at the bottom of this page to find it!
Ice Marble Painting
Materials needed: shallow trays or box covers, white paper, cornstarch, water, food coloring, small water balloons and a hand pump (like a hand soap pumper).
Make several colors of water.
Mix equal amounts of water and cornstarch.
Fill balloons with it and tie off. (Use the hand pumper to get the solution into the balloons)
Freeze.
Once frozen, remove the balloons and let sit at room temp until they begin to melt.
Place white paper in the shallow trays or box covers.
Add a few Ice Marbles and let the children move the tray/box cover around to make the marble move around on the paper for a cool design.
NOTE: If you use a LOT of food coloring, the colors will still come out a pastel color.
I morphed this and just froze water colored with lots of food coloring in the balloons and the colors were much more vibrant.
Perhaps you could use both!
Preschool Ice Theme Block Center Ideas
The Dollar Store and other stores have plastic ice cubes...add water freeze them and add to your block area with trucks this week!
Preschool Ice Theme Circle Time Ideas
Circle Time is such a great time for children to learn the social skills of being together as a large group AND to learn more about your theme!
Where Did That Come From?
How does ice form on the outside of the windows in winter?
Show the children this at circle time!
Materials needed: Clean, empty metal can (like a veggie can), crushed ice, salt and water.
Fill the can about 1/2 or so with crushed ice.
Add salt and water.
Watch the ice form!
Just like outside, there is a lot of water in the air, even when we can't see it! When this air (called vapor) meets cold air (like we made in the can), it freezes!
Which Will Melt First?
Materials needed: 3 trays or bins of the same size; ice cubes, snow and icicles from outside.
Let the children feel each of the three materials.
Talk about what they are, how they feel, where they came from, etc.
Ask what will happen if you leave these trays inside?
Write down their answers on a paper near each tray.
Leave in the classroom and observe!
Remind the children that we won't touch them for the rest of the day, just come over and observe, which means look and watch!
Snack Recipe Ideas to Cook Up for Your Preschool Ice Theme!
Cooking with children helps develop their math skills and helps them to learn how to follow directions. It also allows for some great conversation! Ask many questions while cooking with your children to encourage conversation! Be sure to ask specific themed questions while making these fun snacks!
Let's Get Warm!
Materials needed: 5 cups cranberry-apple juice, 1 1/2 cup orange juice, cinnamon stick.
Have the children help you to pour the ingredients in a pan. Drop in the cinnamon stick.
You warm it on the stove.
Remove cinnamon stick.
Serve and enjoy!
Preschool Ice Theme Ideas to Transform Your Dramatic Play Area
Brrr...It's Cold Outside! Dress for it!
Provide snow pants, boots, mittens and gloves for the children to practice putting on by themselves!
You could also provide babies and baby winter clothes for them to dress as well!
Preschool Ice Theme Ideas for your Easel--
More Than Just Painting (Although that is always THE favorite in our classroom!)Icy Scene
Materials Needed: hot water, table salt, black construction paper and brushes
In advance, add salt to hot water. Dissolve. Let water cool.
When the children paint with it on paper, it is a very cool effect that looks like ice!
Preschool Ice Theme Large Group Games to Help Your Preschoolers Build Their Muscles While They Have Fun Together!
Skating Indoors!
Kids just love this! You just need a floor and the children take off their shoes and skate in their socks.
Or, for a carpeted area, give them squares of wax paper to skate on.
Preschool Ice Theme Ideas for Your Library and Literacy Activities for your Preschool Classroom
Book Suggestions for the Library
(I LOVE Amazon, and some of the links below will take you to the Amazon website. If you do choose to purchase yours through Amazon, they do send me a few cents--which supports my coffee habit! )
Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice by Steve Metzger
Ice Is Nice!: All About the North and South Poles (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) by Dr. Seuss
Flip-a-Word: Ice Mice by Harriet Ziefert
The Little Polar Bear by Hans De Beer
Slip! Slide! Skate! by Gail HermanPreschool Ice Theme Activities to help your Preschoolers develop those small muscles in their hands!
Ice Cream Sorting
In advance, make pairs of "scoops of ice cream" shapes. Laminate.
The children sort by pattern, count, etc.
Don't Break the Ice!
This is a GREAT game for your math table!!!
Preschool Ice Theme Music and Movement Activities and Ideas to get your Preschoolers Movin' and Groovin'!
Ice Music
Provide children with a plastic container that has a cover.
Provide ice cubes and crushed ice in bowls.
The children scoop a bunch in their bowls and cover.
Now, play music (different types....fast, slow, quiet, loud, etc.) and the children shake to the beat!
Preschool Ice Theme Activities for the Senses!
Ice Art
In advance, fill round balloons with water and freeze.
Remove balloon and place ice balls in your water table.
Sprinkle with salt (this will crack the ice)
Give children pipettes and cups of colored water to drip on...it looks so very cool!
Preschool Ice Theme Science Activities--for your Preschool Scientists in Training!
Ice Melting
I know, this sounds as exciting as watching grass grow, right? Wrong!
Have your children help to fill ice trays with different colors of ice. Do this by either filling with water and letting the children drop food coloring in each compartment or by providing cups of water that are already colored and they use pipettes to fill each compartment.
When frozen, provide lots of empty, clear cups.
The children choose 2 or three different colors of ice cubes to put in each cup.
On an index card, write the colors they chose and what color they think this will make.
Wait for melting and observe!
Writing Activity Ideas for Your Preschool Ice Theme!
Icy Things
Place a large piece of paper at the writing table. (Place the chart paper from the Circle Time Activity "Icy Chart" in Circle Time Activities on this page).
The children draw pictures and print, as best they can, Icy Things!
You can tell them how to spell the words or print the words for them. Be sure they are with you when you print the words! Hearing and seeing spelling are pre reading and writing skills!
For example, if they draw ice cubes, print the letters and say each one as you print it for them such as "I-C-E That spells "ice". Now, C-U-B-E That spells "cube". There. It says (point while reading) Ice Cube!
Looking for More Ice Related Themes?
Click Here for the Winter Theme Page!
OR
Click Here for the Main WEATHER THEME Page!
Go to MAIN THEMES Page for more theme ideas!
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