Skills learned: Counting, fine and gross motor skills, the concepts of 'cold' and 'slippery', animal sounds,
Age: 12m+
Rating (out of 4 stars): 3
Since the weather has been so hot lately, we decided to cool off today with some iceberg animals. What these are are just plastic toy animals (or any small toy you want to use) frozen into ice cubes. I picked farm animals because Izzy loves them and just put the smaller ones from the pack into a regular ice cube tray, poured some water over the top of them, and put them in the freezer over night. Then we were ready to play. There are a lot of things you can do with these at play time. We counted the ice cubes, talked about the animals inside the cubes and what sounds they make, practiced putting them in the container and taking them back out again, and of course Izzy tried to eat them. We played with them for about 10 minutes and then decided to have lunch. After we had lunch we returned to the cubes only to find that they had melted enough that when you threw them at the floor they would shatter and the animals would pop out. This added a fun new dimension to the game and we spent another 5-10 minutes throwing ice cubes around the kitchen. Cost: $3
Skills learned: Counting, fine and gross motor skills, the concepts of 'cold' and 'slippery', animal sounds, Age: 12m+ Rating (out of 4 stars): 3
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AuthorHi! My name is Cassity and I am the mom to a little 2 year old boy named Izzy and a baby girl named Sydney. I am lucky enough to get to be a stay-at-home mom to them and we have fun thinking of new activities to do together in the afternoons. We created this blog as an opportunity to share those activities with you. Archives
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