Last week it was nice and snowy outside, so we talked about how to keep warm in cold weather. What do you wear when it’s cold outside?
These are the words we learned: coat, gloves, mittens, hat, scarf, and socks. We unpacked a bag of Ms. Kris’ winter things to sort them and count them to make sure I was nice and prepared for winter.
There were a couple of things that were ‘not for winter’ in the bag, like a bathing suit, flip flops, shorts, and a sundress. Woops!
The kids tried on some of the stuff in the bag but it didn’t all fit. Some things were too big :
This coat is too big!
These gloves are also too big!
This scarf is too big and too long.
These warm socks are too big too!
Some things were too small!
This coat is too small!
This mitten is too small too.
Nearly as important as dressing warm in the snow is aim and accuracy with snowballs. We practiced that with group 3/4 by drawing a snow man and everything he has such as a face, body, hat, scarf, buttons, arms, eyes, nose, mouth, hands and broom and trying to hit him with snowballs (wet paper towels) on those targets. Each bodypart or clothing item had a point value and we tallied up and counted how many points we had in the end. We practiced saying ‘ready, set, throw!’, asking ‘where is it?’ and talking about ‘how many points’. Our total was 37 points!
Ooh, almost hit the button for ten points but landed on the body for one!
Wow! On the arm for 3 points! Our score keeper is paying close attention.
Three points for hitting the hat. Great throw!
Five points for hitting the arm. What aim!
Another fun Friday at Small Talk!