简单4步小游戏，让孩子了解天气对水的影响

1冬天温度寒冷，很多户外的亲子运动都受到限制无法开展。家长们除了带宝宝到各种室内游乐场所外，其实还可以多利用在家的碎片时间，教给宝宝更日常的生活知识。今天，Magi就结合冬季主题，给您分享一个既好玩又能学习到科学知识的小游戏。

The cold temperature in winter can make finding activities for your little one quite challenging. Luckily there are plenty of activities that can be done indoors that engage your little one artistically and scientifically. Today we will be teaching our little ones about the effect cold weather has on water through a beautiful art project.

游戏名称：美丽的冻冰花

Game Name: Beautiful Frozen Flowers

适合年龄：三岁以上宝宝

Applicable age: babies over three years old

美丽的冻冰花

Frozen Flower

PART-1

准备材料 Preparation materials

1、做冰花的器皿，纸杯、酸奶盒、果冻杯等材质；

A container to hold water such as a paper cup, yogurt cup, etc.

2、粗棉线或漂亮的编织绳；

A thick piece of yarn or string.

3、彩色碎纸片、颜料水（可以购买食用色素）、小花片等；

Cut up pieces of colorful paper, food coloring, flower petals.

PART-2

开始制作 Started Production

1、将清水或颜料水倒入器皿，再将碎纸片、小花片放在水中；

Pour clean water into the container, and then put the cut up paper, food coloring and flower petals in the water.

2、将粗棉线一端放在水中，另一端留在外面（冰花冻好后，棉线将作为挂绳使用）；

Put one end of the string in the water and dangle the other side outside of the cup (after the ice flower is frozen, the string will be used as a lanyard).

3、现在是冬天，室外气温都在零度以下，可以带着宝宝将器皿放在窗外或是室外不会丢失的地方；

Place the cup outside to freeze, make sure to place it somewhere it will not fall or be lost.

4、等待冻冰。关于冰冻时间，建议家长们带着宝宝在晚上制作，然后放在户外冷冻一个晚上，早上起来就能收获漂亮的冰花了；

Wait for your beautiful ice flower to freeze. We recommend you leave the ice flower out overnight so your little one can “harvest” the flower in the morning.

5、制作好的冰花，我们可以将它挂在室外的树上，或是窗户上。

Remove the ice flower from the container and use the string to hang it outside on a tree or window where your little can see it from the warmth of their home.

PART-3

宝宝收获 Baby Harvest

在这个游戏中，我们可以获取到几个知识点：

After completing the ice flower art project take some time to talk through it with your little one.

1、让宝宝认识到冰块是怎么来的？

Ask your little one how they think ice cubes are made? Use the Ice flower as an example.

宝宝年龄都比较小，所以我们无需解释太多物理知识点，只需要让宝宝了解到，冬天室外温度在0°以下时，水就会冻成冰。进而延伸解释：为什么湖面冻成冰啦？水泼在地上冻成冰很滑，不能去踩，等等日常知识；

Due to our little ones being so young, do not worry about explaining too much hard science, instead base your explanations and questions on observable things. Explain to them that because it got very cool over night the ice flower froze. Ask them what else freezes. Could a lake freeze? Why do they think there is sometimes ice on the ground? Talk about the qualities of ice, is it slippery? Is it hard or soft?

2、让宝宝形成冷暖的思维意识

Continue your observational lesson on ice.

引导宝宝观察冰块的融化过程，当冰花拿到屋里会融化，是因为屋内的温度高，就像夏天的湖面是不结冰的。温度低的冬天，水在室外会冻冰。温度高的夏天，水则不会冻冰；

Bring the ice flower into the house and watch with you little one as it melts. ask them why they think it melts inside but not outside? Have them hold the ice and watch as it melts faster in their hands, ask them why they think that happens? Explain how in warmer areas ice melts into water and in colder areas water freezes into ice.

冬天的湖面 Winter lake

春天的湖面 Spring lake

3、培养宝宝的艺术修养

Explore artistically to create a garden of ice flowers!

利用不同形状的器皿、选择各式各样的冰花和颜色水，引导宝宝自己搭配，培养他们构建审美和艺术修养。

Use containers of different shapes and sizes, choose a variety of food coloring, guide your little one to explore creatively to create a vast assortment of different ice flowers to hang in their “ice flower garden”.

怎么样？Magi给您分享的小游戏是不是超简单又有趣！其实孩子的培养不一定非要在固定的时间和地点，只要家长有心，启蒙教育可以存在于宝宝成长的方方面面。我们需要注意的根本，是如何正确引导。让我们来一起来学习吧！

We hope you and your little one have fun with this educational and artistic game! Even though it is cold outside there are still wonderful activities you can do to enlighten and educate your child. As long as you encourage and follow your child’s creativity, the opportunities for fun and education are limitless!