Unit 3 SNOW
Here are the theme concepts for this unit:
- When it is very cold, sometimes it snows instead of raining
- Snow comes from the clouds
- Animals and people need protection from the cold and the snow
- Some animals hibernate during the winter months
- There are many ways to enjoy the snow
- When the temperature gets warmer, the snow melts
Questions for the unit:
- What is snow?
- When does it snow?
- Where does the snow come from?
- What do you wear when it snows?
- After the snow falls, what happens to it?
- What can you do in the snow?
Books for the week:
Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee
A Bed for Winter by Karen Wallace
The Snowy Day - Ezra Jack Keats
A Bed for Winter by Karen Wallace
The Snowy Day - Ezra Jack Keats
Small Groups:
Things I Use in the Snow - We will sort items that are used in the snow compared to items used in warmer months
Snowman - We will build individual paper snowmen
Patterns - Hat/ Mitten Patterns
Choice Time
Snowman - We will build individual paper snowmen
Patterns - Hat/ Mitten Patterns
Choice Time
Art Table: Painting with frozen paint
Block Area: Tinker Toys
Library Area: Snow themed books
Sensory Table: Digging for treasures in ice
Library Area: Snow themed books
Sensory Table: Digging for treasures in ice
Writing Table: writing/tracing winter words and playing with winter stamps
Dramatic Play: Taking care of babies
Fine Motor - finding beads in theraputty
