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January 12, 2015 | 14 Comments

Freeze & Free – Preschool Science Experiment

preschool scienceHave I mentioned we are getting super excited for our upcoming trip to Disneyland? Well we are. I am not sure who is more excited me or the kids but one thing is for sure is that we are using this excitement to drive our activities. This preschool science experiment was also driven by a fun day at school. I work upstairs in then 2-3 class while my daughter is downstairs in PreK and last week the older kids were melting ice to free objects under the ice. She had so much fun I decided to adopt the idea for even more fun at home the next day. Of course using our Anna Magiclip Doll just added to the fun. Fun isn’t all my daughter was working on either between squeezing the pipettes, and digging the beads out of the ice she managed to work on a bunch of fine motor skills too.

Gather your materials. You will need a plastic container, some fun beads ( these ended up being so important, you’ll see), some eye droppers or pipettes, an Anna doll ( or any big item you want to freeze), water, a container for the warm water, a tray, and some paper towel.science forpreschool

Start by pouring a little water into your container. Add most of the beads. Let freeze.freeze anna from frozen scicence experiment

Add the Anna doll face down more water and the rest of the beads. The reason I did this in two stages is so her body wouldn’t all be at the very top. I wanted to make my daughter work to free her!

Let freeze ( this took hours).freeze anna in ice science experiment for kids

Get some warm water, the pipettes, some paper towel, and an eager excavator ready.freeze and thaw science experiment for kids

Pop the ice out of the plastic, turn it over and place it on the paper towel so it doesn’t slide everywhere.

Start squirting it with warm water.frreze and thaw anna frozen science experiment for preschool

My daughter was determined to free Anna as Elsa and Olaf watched.thawing anna scicence for preschool

She got some beads first. Then part way through she stopped and looked at me seriously saying ” Mom this is the amazing part of life!” I took that to mean the activity was a major success.freeze and free science frozen

There was a hold made by a air bubble under Anna so my 4 year old started shooting the hot water into it!frozen science idea for kids

We refilled the water and kept going. freeze anna science experiment for kidsShe caught a bead on the end of a pipette!fine motor frozen activity science

Finally we freed Anna and Elsa gave her a hug but that wasn’t the end of the fun. anna frozen science

 

hug frozenShe informed me that she had to free the rest of the beads.

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Ice Activities, Preschool Activities, Science, Science Experiments | 14 Comments

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14 Comments

  1. Jeanine says

    January 12, 2015 at 11:04 am

    eeeekk!! We have just started a week full of Gelatin Learning Fun! I am so re-creating this in frozen gelatin! I have said this many times, you are such a creative genius mom Allison! Thank you SOO very kindly for all of the wonderful activities and resources you share!!!!!! TY!

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  2. Marnie says

    January 12, 2015 at 11:36 am

    Love it! We did this activity but with freeing Hans Solo! 🙂

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  3. Aaron says

    January 12, 2015 at 1:31 pm

    Wondering where pipettes can be purchased? This looks so fun!

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    • Allison McDonald says

      July 11, 2015 at 11:39 pm

      Amazon

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  4. Allison says

    January 14, 2015 at 7:01 am

    I can’t waitto try this with my little girl! Where did you get the pipettes?

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  5. Krystal says

    January 14, 2015 at 4:37 pm

    LOVE this and I’m so making it tonight lol. Your Anna and Elsa magic clip dolls look oooler than ours! Were they part of a set or something? We just have the individual ones but I love those! My son and daughter both love the magic clip dolls 🙂

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    • Allison McDonald says

      January 16, 2015 at 4:34 pm

      It was a set with Anna and Elsa as well as Olaf!

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  6. Dee says

    May 27, 2015 at 6:46 pm

    I really enjoyed the big reveal. What age do u think to start enjoying this?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      May 31, 2015 at 1:21 am

      I think 3.5 !

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  7. kerry says

    March 1, 2016 at 6:01 am

    I love your ideas, they are so much fun. I work with 3 and 4 year old. you have given me so many ideas.

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    • Allison McDonald says

      March 1, 2016 at 1:20 pm

      Kerry,

      I am so glad to hear that, it’s why I do it!

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  8. Tiffany says

    October 20, 2016 at 6:50 am

    How long did it take for the ice to melt?

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