[Childcare] Recommended for summer and winter! Ice play ideas

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[Brain-Boosting Play] Easy and cooling indoor ice play perfect for summer #SummerPlay #IcePlay #SpinningTops #Kindergarten #ElementarySchool

Let’s make and play with icy spinning tops that are cool, refreshing, and beautiful to look at.

Freeze decorations like colorful, glittering beads or small toys inside the ice.

Silicone cups work best as molds—the silicone peels away from the ice smoothly, making them easy to use.

Insert a stick to serve as the top’s spindle before freezing so it sets in place.

Once it’s chilled and solid in the freezer, it’s done.

To make it slide and spin more easily, give it a few preliminary spins to shape and smooth the tip.

The decorations inside the ice look gorgeous while the top is spinning.

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Ice Paint

[Ice Painting] Easy and refreshing 🍃 Perfect indoor activity for summer 🧊

Here’s a simple indoor play idea using ice made from water: try drawing on ice.

Most people have painted pictures on paper with paints, but you might not have tried the play style of drawing on ice.

Since ice melts or can be washed away, you can enjoy drawing over and over.

Make the ice “canvas” by filling a food container or bowl with water and freezing it.

When the ice starts to melt, put paint on it with a brush, and the paint will slowly dissolve and spread.

You can enjoy the mysterious textures and color blending.

The look of your ice art will keep changing as it melts—give it a try!

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sensory play

[0-year-olds] Sensory play in the room: bubbles, balloons, slime, and ice

Let your little one enjoy the cool sensation of ice with a tactile play activity they can feel with their hands, even as a small baby.

If you make the ice with clean water, it’s safe to touch and even to bring to their mouth.

Be sure to freeze the ice in a safe shape—nothing sharp, pointy, or too heavy—so it’s safe to hold.

If it’s their first time touching ice, they might be surprised by how cold it is.

This kind of sensory play that stimulates the senses through the skin will spark curiosity—What is this?—and create an exciting, engaging experience.

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Ice sound play

[ASMR・Sound Fetish] Sounds of Ice and Water — Announcer Shinohara’s ASMR #37 [ZIP! Official Channel]

The feel of ice and the sounds it makes when it cracks are strangely delightful.

Why not make various shapes of ice and enjoy the sounds they make when they crack or collide? If you use round spheres, you might hear a soft clunking sound.

Thin, sheet-like pieces might produce crisp, crackling noises.

If you move ice in a bowl, you may get a refreshing clatter.

Please enjoy exploring the different sounds ice can make.

Just be very careful when handling thin ice or sharp edges where the ice has cracked, as they can cause injuries.

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Ice fishing

[For 5-year-olds] Make ice and do experiment play

Ice has a property where things stick to it when salt is sprinkled on it.

Try sprinkling salt on an ice cube or sphere, then attaching a piece of string to fish the ice up.

It’s an experiment you can enjoy and make discoveries with, using a familiar material like ice.

First, sprinkle salt on the ice, then lower the string onto that spot and press it down for a few seconds.

If you let go right away, the string will come off, so the key is to wait a bit.

Once the string sticks, gently lift it up.

What shapes and how heavy of an ice piece can you catch? It’s also fun to turn it into a game and compete with friends.

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