Saturday, January 11, 2014

Snow, -ip, patterns

Gathering time: Snow books

Book/song: If it’s snowy and you know it, clap your paws

Literacy time: Pip the paper clip skier. Give each kid a paper clip skier guy (a clear stone glued to a paper clip) and a sheet of wax paper with some shaving cream on it. Pull (pre-prepared) wordstrips out of a bowl and have the kids make Pip the skier do the actions in the shaving cream “snow,” or draw the picture in their shaving cream: Slip, dip, tip, flip, clip, trip, zip, ship, lip, anything else I can think of.

Math time: Pattern block magnets. Give each kid a cookie sheet and a collection of pattern block magnets. Have them imitate me in a lesson about patterns. If there is time, pull out snowflake patterns (found at http://www.momshavequestionstoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Snowflake-Pattern-Blocks-Templates.pdf) and have the kids play with those. If not, just save them for choosing time.

Snack: build a snowman from crackers, cheese, raisins, etc

Science/Social Studies: Weather permitting, go outside for some hands-on fun! Bring some salt, colored water with droppers or in spray bottles and see what kind of beautiful snow art we can make. Come back inside to warm up.

Choosing time: Pattern blocks magnets, snow playdough (white dough with sparkles mixed in), snow books by the fireplace with blankets.

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