Yesterday some of us wrapped up and went into the nursery garden to play in the snow.  They noticed that the water in the water tray had frozen and that the birds had left footprints in the snow (before the boys and girls left theirs!).

To extend this activity we brought some of the ice into the nursery to play with.

They managed to get some of the stones out of it and used them to help break the ice up.

Here are some of the children’s comments.

“It’s frozen water” – Chloe

“You have to carry it in a bucket or your hand will be cold” – Suman

“It’s so cold and slippery” – Marley

“Ice is frozen outside” – Noah

“The water is freezing” – Neve

“It is cold because it came from the ground” – Jenna

“It’s lots of different sizes” – Kayla (after it had been broken up)

Today we noticed that all of the ice had melted.  Nathan B. said it was because it is warm in the nursery.

We were pleased to see that there was more ice outside for us to use again!

Hopefully we will be able to make our own ice soon!  Watch this space!!