Melting Point / Mr. Raccoon's Bad Day
From Elinor Wonders Why · 2026
23 minPre-KK1stScienceSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Ice pops are melting fast, and the kids investigate what heat does to solids — and whether melting can be undone. Then Mr. Raccoon's rotten day rolls downhill until the kids help him turn it around with kindness.
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Discussion
Melting can be undone in the freezer — and a bad day can turn around, too.
- What made the ice pops melt?
- How did the kids get the melted juice back to solid?
- What changes can be reversed? Can a toasted marshmallow go back?
- How did the kids help Mr. Raccoon's day get better?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: melt, freeze, solid, liquid, reversible.
Try it: Freeze juice in a cup, let it melt, then refreeze it. Draw the cycle as a circle.
Try it: Brainstorm three small kindnesses that could turn someone's bad day around.