Week 9 Winter

Objective: Name the four seasons, and identify attributes of winter

Welcome to winter.  What a great week to teach about winter, the weather cooperated and we had our first snow.

To introduce winter we read Grandmother Winter by Phyllis Root and One Winter's Day by M. Christina Butler.  We discussed the four seasons and that winter comes after fall.  We discussed that winter is the cold season and all the animals and plants go to sleep during winter.

We practiced using scissors to make snowflakes.  My daughter found it challenging to cut through four layers of paper, although she does well with just one layer. We might try this activity again in a year or so.
Here are some other fun winter ideas:
Roll a snowman printable game
Painting snowflakes with pine tree branches

While my sister-in-law was here for Thanksgiving she helped me make a felt Christmas tree, which I found here.  I would recommend using hot glue, my kiddos pulled it right apart with the felt glue.