On cold, winter days, we love to warm up with a cup of hot chocolate. Today, we turned one of our favorite beverages into one of our favorite sensory activities for kids and made Hot Chocolate Goop. What is Goop? It is a non-Newtonian fluid. It acts like a liquid when it is being poured and acts like a solid when it comes in contact with something. You can grab Goop with your hand like it is a solid, but it will ooze out like it is a liquid. Ingredients: 2 Cups of Corn Starch 1 … [Read more...]
How To Make Snow Ice Cream
It's snowing... again! Since this will probably be one of the last snowfalls of the year, (I hope!) I decided it was the perfect day to make snow ice cream. You know what they say... when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. So... when life gives you snow, you make ice cream. Making snow ice cream is one of my favorite activities for kids. Children will simply mix a few ingredients together with a bowl full of snow to create a surprisingly delicious ice cream. … [Read more...]
How To Create A Snowball Painting
It is way too cold to go outside and play because of the record-breaking, low temperatures. Today, my son put on his mittens and wanted to go outside. It gave me an idea. I filled a bowl full of snow and brought it inside so my children could play. As they were squishing their hands in it, I thought about all of the ways that we could use snow to play. Winter is the perfect time of the year for indoor activities for kids. Snowball Painting is a fun art project where children use colored … [Read more...]