We have had so much fun these past two weeks learning about Winter and snow! We started off by reading a nonfiction book called "Winter". We talked about ice and did a little experament. I got a few pieces of ice and had the kids touch them and desciribe how it felt. I then asked them what they thought would happen if we left the ice in a bowl in our warm classroom. Here where their answers.
I let the students observe the ice throughout the day and then at the end of the day we found it had turned into water! The kids loved seeing the ice slowly melt. During centers I let them play with a bowl of ice, scooping it into different bowls. 
Lynley made an oval with her ice!
We did some snow ball counting in another center. 
We learned about the letter W during the week and did a sound sort with some W words. The students also did a W worksheet where they had to circle all the W and color the pictures that started with W.
We starts out the next week by reading the book "The Mitten" and then got to retell it using a cut out mitten and animals. I gave each child an animal and let them come put it in the mitten when it was their turn. They love retelling stories! 
During centers they got to make their own mitten and animals to take home. They were so exited about this! 
We also had a mitten matching center where the students had to match numbers and sets. 
The next day we read the book "The Snowy Day" and did a sequencing activity with it. The students had to come up and put the pictures from the story in the order that they happened. 
It was very messy but lots of fun for the kids! During centers we did some Snowy Day art! I cut out circles from a doily for the students to use as snowflakes. They turned out really cute! 
On Wednesday we read "Snowflakes Fall" as talked about how every snowflake is different, no two alike. I showed them some pictures of real snowflakes up close so they could see how they were all different. During centers we made some snowflakes of our own! I tore off pieces of masking tape and let the students make their own snowflake. They then painted the page blue and when it was dry we took the tape off and had a beautiful snowflake!
In another center the students got to play in some snow! I mixed together some corn starch and shaving cream to make some fun moldable snow to play in! 
Thursday we read "Ten Shiney Snowflakes" and put the numbers 1-10 in order. During centers we made some snow paint! It is just half parts of glue and shaving cream. The stuff dries soft and puffy! 
On Firday we read "Clifford's First Snow Day" and discussed what kind of clothes we wear in the winter. We made a list of some things we wear. 
During centers we had some practice writing our names. The students traced it first and then practiced writing it on their own. 
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