I’m claiming this week as Beat The Heat Week here on hands on : as we grow. This past week has been miserably hot and humid here, 100+ degrees and add on 95% humidity. Miserable. This week doesn’t look like its going to be much better either.
Along with breaking out the pool to cool off every day, we found some other activities to do outside and make the heat more tolerable. We beat the heat.
Something easy for George to do [that Henry enjoyed as well] that kept him cool was simply a bowl of ice cubes. Though they didn’t stay frozen long, we added to them to keep the activity going.
George particularly enjoyed the ice!
At first when they ice was still frozen, he could pick them up easily and put them in his mouth.
I think the chill of the ice kind of scared him at times!
Once the ice melted a little [or George slobbered all over them], they became super slippery. Which made is almost impossible for George to grab them.
He tried and tried, over and over.
Until it finally led into a complete meltdown.
[Pun intended.]
George had enough after that.
He dumped out the ice and moved on to other things.
More Ice Sensory Ideas:
- Ice in the Sensory Table at Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
- Colored Ice Sensory at Chadwick Family
- Ice Sensory Tray at A Woven Education
This is one of the 50 Activities Just for Your Toddler!
This is also one of the 38 Ways to Beat the Heat with Water & Ice Activities!
About Jamie Reimer
I had my little ones search for raisins in a tub full of ice for a summertime snack
http://havingfunathomeblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/great-icy-raisin-hunt.html
I love that you have baby sensory ideas on your blog. I've been doing that too. I think our babes are about the same age. Great idea for a sensory activity!
What a great idea – I really hadn't thought about using ice in sensory play.
What a cute post!
My son has always loved ice too. Lol. What is it? He became interested when he was like … 6 months old and now he’s 13 months old and still in love. He even will get himself over to the ice maker in our bar and play at it :/ lol.
It was great all summer!!! Wonder how he’ll feel about snow! Lol
This website is a lifesaver! Ive never worked with toddlers before until i started working @ my new job. Im use to 3 and 4 year olds, so working with babies and one year olds was a new experience and i had no idea what they could do because they were so young. After seeing this website im so confident that ill be able to teach these babies something.
Aren’t you afraid of your baby choking? Tat slippery ice cube could easy slide right down his throat & would be impossible to grab. I would never allow any child under age 3/4 to just freely play with ice cubes…how dangerous & careless.