Exploring Taste, Science, and Sensory Play with Lemonade Potions
🔹 Fruits + Veggies Week continues at #ureadykidscamp, and the kids are loving the lemonade potions! It's their favorite camp activity so far, and they can't get enough of it. Whenever they see lemons, they ask for it again. 🤩
ENGAGING THE SENSES:
- These potions engage the taste, smell, and touch senses, making it an immersive experience for the kids.
- They also help develop fine motor skills like squeezing, pouring, scooping, and peeling.
- The use of kitchen tools like the reamer, zester, and pitcher teaches practical life skills.
- Additionally, there are many scientific reactions that can be observed in these potions, such as ice melting, sugar cube melting, color changing, and the effects of carbonation.
THE ONE TO TRY:
- If you try just one activity from our camp packet, this is the one to go for! The lemonade potions offer a wide range of learning experiences in a fun and delicious way.
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Sensory table or large plastic bin
- Lemons, limes, oranges, or grapefruits (halved)
- Water + ice
- Sugar cubes or regular sugar
- Bottles, medicine droppers, pitcher, citrus reamer, zester, funnels, etc.
- Cups + straws
- [Optional] Grenadine, seltzer, baking soda
WAYS TO PLAY:
- Pour, scoop, squeeze, zest, peel, stir
- Experiment with fizzy chemical reactions, dissolving sugar, mixing color + ice melting
- Taste the different combinations; try a blind taste test
- Set up a lemonade stand for dramatic play
- Enjoy sensory play with the lemonade potions
🔸 So, get ready to create some magical lemonade potions with your little ones and have a blast exploring the world of taste, science, and sensory play! 🌈🧪🧃
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