First off, this post is not a 'how to' on making homemade snow. This post is about a preschooler's self directed science experiment in a quest to make snow.
"Mom, I have an idea! If I add water and glitter glue to ice cube and chop it, I can make snow.", explained Nidhi in an excited voice while on our vacation.
"This is my recipe to make snow. I would like to write it down before I forget it.", she said.
Here is her written down recipe.
Half cup of water
1 Ice cube
Half glitter
Chop
In the road
In the house
As soon as we returned back home, she set to work on her recipe.
"You say you need Ice cube, how can we get one?"
"Can we get one from the cold pack?"
I suggested she think of another way.
"We can freeze snow to make ice cube, but we need the ice cube to make snow!", she pondered.
Then we both agreed to freeze some water to make ice cube.
She learned how to read half (1/2) on measuring cup and followed her recipe.
"When I add water to ice cube and chop, it melts.", she observed. I suggested she record her observation on a paper and she did.
Though she learnt that her recipe failed to make snow, she persevered. She tweaked her recipe a bit.
"I will just add the glitter glue to the water, mix it and freeze it. I think it will make snow."
She did the experiment and was happy looking at the end product. "This does look like snow flakes. I think I made snow.", she declared.
Here is her recording of the experiment. This is the lengthiest write up she has done till date.
Here are her key takeaways from this whole experiment.
1. When you get an idea, try it out.
2. When your ideas fail, persevere.
3. Practicing literacy
4. Recording observations.
That's a good experience for a four year old!
"Mom, I have an idea! If I add water and glitter glue to ice cube and chop it, I can make snow.", explained Nidhi in an excited voice while on our vacation.
"This is my recipe to make snow. I would like to write it down before I forget it.", she said.
Here is her written down recipe.
Half cup of water
1 Ice cube
Half glitter
Chop
In the road
In the house
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| Snow recipe |
"You say you need Ice cube, how can we get one?"
"Can we get one from the cold pack?"
I suggested she think of another way.
"We can freeze snow to make ice cube, but we need the ice cube to make snow!", she pondered.
Then we both agreed to freeze some water to make ice cube.
She learned how to read half (1/2) on measuring cup and followed her recipe.
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| Learning to measure |
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Chop! Chop!
Though she learnt that her recipe failed to make snow, she persevered. She tweaked her recipe a bit.
"I will just add the glitter glue to the water, mix it and freeze it. I think it will make snow."
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| Trying out the tweaked recipe |
She did the experiment and was happy looking at the end product. "This does look like snow flakes. I think I made snow.", she declared.
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| Looks like snowflake! |
Here is her recording of the experiment. This is the lengthiest write up she has done till date.
Here is her write-up.
When I put water on ice cube it melt. If I put the water, glitter it become snow. When I put in the freezer it become cold. We put our Jacket and our Gloves and we put our hat and put our muffler and then we would be ready.
Here are her key takeaways from this whole experiment.
1. When you get an idea, try it out.
2. When your ideas fail, persevere.
3. Practicing literacy
4. Recording observations.
That's a good experience for a four year old!
“The future belongs to the curious.The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it, and turn it inside out.” – Anonymous
