What are ice rinks?

An ice rink is like a giant slippery dance floor made of ice.

Imagine you're playing on a super smooth floor that's been frozen solid, that’s what an ice rink feels like. People skate on it, just like how you might slide around on a wet bathroom floor after coming out of the shower.

An ice rink starts as water. Workers use special machines to freeze it really fast, turning it into ice, kind of like when your soda can gets all icy and slippery in the freezer. Once it’s frozen solid, people wear special shoes called skates, which have little points on them that grip the ice so they can glide around easily.

On an ice rink, you can skate with friends, play games like hockey or figure skating, or just zoom around having fun. It's like being on a super fast slide, but instead of going down, you move side to side and spin around like you're dancing on air!