Animal ice rescue activity

Summer in Texas means one thing- water play! And when it’s really, really hot…we have to up our game with ice cube play! Related posts: Flower Potion Sensory Play Ocean Sensory Rice The secret recipe for getting kids to play outside 8 Simple Toys to Inspire Imaginative Play

Everything is possible in imagination, right? So lets say these animal got stuck and frozen in an ice age? Well..we need to save them! We had a lot of fun playing and discovering all the little animal

If you have a few plastic play animals laying around, freeze them in water for this easy ice animal rescue activity for kids! It's such a fun sensory play idea for toddlers and preschool students as they try to rescue the ocean animals from the ice, and it's also fun excavation project for older kids to figure out how to best break through the frozen pieces! #sensoryplay #icerescue #iceactivity #icesensoryplay

This is a fun summer activity! It's easy to set up and fun to go on the rescue mission to break the ice and free the animals! Try this fun activity with your kids today! #stemforkids #summeractivity #activityforkids #summerfun #stemathome #stemeducation #scienceexperiment #scienceforkids #ice #balloons

Something that my kiddos have gotten really into this summer is ice play. To be honest, I never thought about freezing toys before. Why would you put a perfectly good toy in a block of ice?! I just didn’t understand it… that is, until I did it. And, boy, let me tell you. It is […]

Gracen and I are lucky enough to have one of her little friends join us for an afternoon of play each Wednesday. They play quite well together, so I put a few things out for them to explore in advance, then step back to let them play, helping communication and sharing happen when needed. We…

Ice excavation activity is a fun sensory and fine motor activity for preschoolers. They will have a blast trying to dig through the ice and rescue the animals!

When it's SUPER cold outside, it's the perfect time to explore ice! There are so many ice activities and experiments you can do with it, too. Ice changes as you investigate it, which captivates their attention and gets them excited about science. Ice can melt, break, change color, and so much more.

Whether you are hot in the summer, want to talk about arctic animals, or are leaning into a cold winter, ice play is so fun! Here are tons of ice play ideas for kids!

Gracen and I are lucky enough to have one of her little friends join us for an afternoon of play each Wednesday. They play quite well together, so I put a few things out for them to explore in advance, then step back to let them play, helping communication and sharing happen when needed. We…