Small World - Floating Icebergs Set (2025)

Step into the frozen wonderland of the Antarctic with our Small World Floating Icebergs, perfect for immersive sensory play experiences in our Tuff Spot Trays and Deep Spot Trays. These lightweight foam icebergs bring the magic of polar exploration to life, igniting the imagination of young learners as they embark on thrilling adventures in a miniature Antarctic landscape. There'll be penguins a plenty on these floating icebergs.

These Small World Floating Icebergs are meticulously designed to replicate the majestic beauty of real ice formations found in polar regions. Each iceberg creates a captivating sensory experience for children as they interact with them in water or sensory play like shaving cream or rice.

These floating icebergs are lightweight yet sturdy, making them safe for young children to handle and manipulate during play. Their buoyant nature allows them to effortlessly float on water, adding an extra element of excitement to sensory play activities.

With a set of Small World Floating Icebergs, you can create dynamic small world play scenarios that encourage imaginative storytelling and exploration. Children can embark on Antarctic expeditions, navigate through icy waters, and encounter fascinating wildlife such as polar bears, penguins, and seals amidst the floating icebergs.

Create wonderful classroom displays, small world environments and a general sense of awe and wonder that children will fall in love with over and over again.

Features

• Realistic Design: Each Small World Floating Iceberg is designed to resemble ice formations, complete with irregular shapes for a lifelike appearance.
• Buoyant Properties: The buoyant nature of the foam allows the icebergs to float effortlessly on water, enhancing sensory play experiences and sparking curiosity about concepts such as buoyancy and density.
• Multi-Sensory Play: Ideal for use in our Tuff Spot Trays and Deep Spot Trays, our floating icebergs can be paired with various sensory play set ups to create engaging play experiences that stimulate the senses and promote creativity.
• Educational Value: Encourages imaginative play, storytelling and hands-on exploration while fostering an understanding of Antarctic habitats, wildlife and environmental concepts.

Benefits

• Sensory Exploration: Children can explore the texture, buoyancy and temperature of the foam icebergs, engaging their senses and promoting sensory development.
• Imaginative Play: Icebergs inspire imaginative play scenarios, such as Antarctic adventures or polar exploration, encouraging storytelling, role-playing and creative thinking.
• STEM Learning: Through experimentation, children can observe how the icebergs float and interact with water, providing opportunities for hands-on learning about buoyancy, density and the properties of water.
• Geography and Science: Icebergs introduce children to concepts related to geography and the polar regions, sparking curiosity about ice formations, climates and habitats of animals like polar bears and penguins.
• Language Development: Engaging in small world play with icebergs prompts communication and language development as children describe their actions, discuss observations and negotiate roles and storylines with peers.
• Fine Motor Skills: Manipulating the foam icebergs and arranging them in the tuff spot tray develops fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination as children grasp, move and position the objects.
• Problem-Solving: Children encounter challenges, such as balancing the icebergs or creating stable structures, prompting problem-solving skills as they experiment with different arrangements and strategies.
• Social Skills: Collaborative play with icebergs fosters social skills like cooperation, sharing and turn-taking as children interact with each other, negotiate roles and collaborate on imaginary adventures.
• Environmental Awareness: Discussions about icebergs can raise awareness about environmental issues, such as climate change and melting polar ice caps, fostering empathy and a sense of responsibility towards the planet.