We discussed the change of weather and different
things we do during winter time. We shared all the things we know about winter
and then made a list of our favorite things to do during winter time.
We also discussed how we wear many more layers of
clothing in the winter than we do in the spring, summer, and fall. The class
shared the different clothes that we wear when it gets colder out. To learn all
the names of the articles of clothing that we wear in the winter we played a
game called "the super duper winter dress up game". Each child got a turn to put one article on our figure.
We spoke about how when it snows outside one of the
fun activities that we can do is build snowmen. We discovered that we needed
three sized circles to make a snowman; small, medium and large. Each child got the opportunity to build their own
snowman in class this week and as a literacy activity, each child dictated their own
creative writing stories about their snowmen. We also made our very own snowflakes. We practiced our
cutting skills to design our own individual snowflakes. All of our snowflakes
look different just like real snowflakes. 
We
read the book The Mitten. We did an activity using the animals from the
book, as well as few others, to learn about which animals hibernate and where
they hibernate. We learned that hibernation is a way that animals adapt to the
environment. Animals hibernate to escape the cold. Animals that don’t hibernate
are able to adapt to the cold. We also acted out the story, The
Mitten, by pretending to be the characters climbing into the mitten. That
was a lot of fun and the children really enjoyed it!
This week we also took the time to
teach the children about things that come in pairs, such as, mittens, gloves
and boots. We discussed the body parts that we have two of, like, our arms,
legs, eyes and ears. We then played a fun freeze dance mitten matching game. Each
child was given a mitten, we played music and when the music stopped, the
children had to find a friend with the missing pair. The children had to work
together to match all the pairs.
For a math activity we sorted
buttons by shapes, colors, and sizes. What a fun week we have had!
