A little while back on Boy Get Crafty I stumbled across this
wonderful “ice colour experiment”. Being a huge fan of arts and
crafts, I have taught Red Ted all about how yellow + blue turns
into green… (The Englishman once doubted that if you mix blue
and yellow play dough it would go green.. of course it did). But
I saw this ice experiment over at The Preschool Experiment blog
and LOVED it.. waiting for a day to have a go. Well, the play
challenge at Hands On As We Grow and The Imagination Tree, as
well as the topic “ice” at Red Ted’s preschool were just that
excuse! The experiment: freeze red, blue and yellow icecubes
(use food colouring). Then place yellow/ blue, yellow/ red and a
blue/ red ones into seperate jars and let defrost. What colours
do you end up with? (can you see the green already forming in
the yellow/ blue jar?) The fun bit was “afterwards”. Pip Squeak
LOVED the ice. She loved holding it, touching it, melting it
onto a big sheet of paper, sticking it back in the jar.. she
just adored the whol