Transition Song: Colors by The Learning Station
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: snow, cold, dad, mom, girl, boy, cat, dog, string, buttons, hats, scarves, gloves, strawberry, shell, forks, bells, strings, Who questions, What questions, "I want" phrases.
This week, Miss Carrie brought in a big bag and a book. The book was called Snowballs by Lois Ehlert.
In the book, there was a snow dad, a snow mom, a snow girl, a snow boy, a snow cat, and a snow dog. Miss Carrie used her camera to put the pictures on the Apple TV so we could look closely at what was on the snow people. We saw forks, seeds and nuts, berries, popcorn, sticks, and buttons. We noticed that the birds and squirrels were eating the nuts and seeds. At the end of the book, the snow people and the snow animals melted.
Miss Carrie had a problem. She really wanted to make snow people. But there was no snow outside. Miss Carrie brought a big bag full of hats, gloves, and scarves to use. We had to solve her problem. Some of the kids came up with the solution to dress the teachers like snow people. Other kids decided that they wanted to dress themselves up like snow people. There was a lot going on.
Miss Carrie took pictures of everyone and showed them on the Apple TV. She asked "Who is this? What are they wearing?" Sometimes it was hard to tell who the person was and we had to look at their clothes for clues.
DO THIS AT HOME: Dress up! Doesn't have to be costumes or cold weather gear. Dress up in Mom or Dad's clothes and shoes. Take a lot of pictures. Talk about what you see in them. Send pictures to other family members and have your child tell them what they did (you can support their language but really let your child do as much as they can on their own).
If we ever get snow - GO PLAY OUTSIDE. Be sure to drink a lot of hot cocoa afterwards. Miss Carrie likes whip cream in her cocoa.
