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Water icy-rectangles

Fill an ice cube tray or part of it with the liquid – not too full since water expands when it freezes - and cover it with plastic wrap. Insert toothpicks in the right places to be the “stick.” The plastic wrap will keep it from floating away.

How many sticks will you need for your tray? Using one-to-one correspondence, let the child count the rectangles and then count out the toothpicks.

Talk about how the water changed shape. Let one rectangle melt - talk about how the shape changed again.

Lemon icy-rectangles

Make lemon squash with the juice from a squeeze of a lemon, 2 Tablespoons of sugar and 1/2 a cup of warm water. Stir until the sugar dissolves

Orange icy-rectangle

Juice one orange and add 2 Tablespoons of sugar. Stir until dissolved

Pineapple icy-rectangle

Pour pineapple juice into ice tray etc.

Apple icy-rectangle

Pour apple juice into tray etc.