Materials
Ink pad with washable ink or jar lids filled with tempera paint
White drawing paper
Soap, water, and towels or handi-wipes
Fine-point black pens
Instructions
1. Cut clear plastic into pieces to fit windowpanes.2. Tape the pieces to a newspaper-covered table.3. Pour glue into aluminum pans and dilute it with water.4. Encourage the children to put their hands into the glue mixture and smear itall over the plastic surfaces.5. Help the children wash their hands. Then, encourage them to shake clearglitter onto the wet glue, make squiggle designs (or letters if the child is writing).6. Allow the pieces to dry.7. Tape the "frosted" panes into the windows.More to doOutdoors: On a cold morning, take the children outside for a "frost walk" tosee, touch, and hear frost crunch as they step on the grass. Return later in theday. Ask them what happened to the frost.Science: Make a "Jack Frost Trap." With the children, secure two pieces of clearplastic to a picnic table when frost is predicted that night. Early the next morning,go outside and observe the frosty plastic. Ask the children what will happen ifthey take one inside and what will happen if they leave one outside. Then, takeone in and leave one outside. Observe and discuss the changes.Related poem"Jack Frost" (Anonymous)Jack Frost rapped on the windowpaneAnd knocked on the door with his icicle cane."Excuse me," I said,"The door is shut tight.I'd rather you not come in tonight."So he wrote his name all over the glass,And the baby sneezed when she heard him pass.A-choo-o-o!
