Fizzy Science with Snow

If you have snow where you live, there are all sorts of learning opportunities that can be had with it, from talking about why the big ball goes on the bottom when you build a snowman to observing how snow melts to adding food coloring “paint” to the snow to make art.

This is an idea I hadn’t seen before, which uses Alka-Seltzer tablets to make interesting things happen to snow in a baggie (you’ll just have to click over to Science Kiddo and try the experiment yourself to see what happens).

This is a great idea for anyone who wants to play with snow but not actually have to be outside to do it (raises hand).

[Photo: Science Kiddo.]

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I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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Millie Cox says
March 19, 2020 at 12:44 am
I am not a big fan of snow, its cold and wet and i always have puddles in my house afterwards, however this is just perfect! I know my kids are going to love it! With all the crazy I needed a fun craft to do with my kiddos. Thank you for sharing. I tried to make homemade bath bombs with them but they didn’t love it so much. Oh well. Any other suggestions?

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