Ice blocks

For a month or so the children and teachers have been collecting milk cartons to make ice blocks. We have been filling them with water and food colouring, then placing them outside to freeze.

We were finally able to open them up and explore them. 

The children started to pick up the ice blocks. 

"These are heavy." 

"I can't pick it up! It keeps slipping." 

The children enjoyed finding ways to pick them up and move them. One of the children went and got a truck and started loading them in. 

We continued to open up the ice blocks each day we went out and the play just kept growing. 

Some of the ideas that came up: 

A game of ice push hockey.

Naming colours and matching them. 

We can't wait to see what else the children come up with. 

 We also added some smaller ice cubes. 

If you would like to help us make ice blocks at home it  would be greatly appreciated.