Hot Cocoa Day

Today at one center the children experimented with ice.  They were each given a direction sheet.  They rolled a die and followed the corresponding direction.  Sometimes they had to shake salt on their ice, while other times they had to hold it in their glove/mitten.  The purpose of this activity was to observe the reaction to warmth on ice.  Through this experiment the children learned about solids and liquids.

We couldn't talk about ice and winter without mentioning cocoa.  Today during snack the children taste tested hot cocoa with marshmallows.  The reason we do taste tests in 4K is so that we can graph the results.  Being able to analyse information and make comparisons is a life skill.  Both the morning and afternoon classes had the most votes for liking hot cocoa.

Today the children also cut out and colored a hot cocoa mug.  They then decorated it with a shaving cream and glue mixture and real marshmallows.