Sunday, February 05, 2012

Tot School-Winter: Snow

We focused on snow this week which is hard to explain
when it has been 70 all week.

Pine cones painted white and sprinkled with glitter


Hattie and Liam used large marshmallows and q-tips to
paint a snow scene with a snowman. The idea came from
here.


Snowman snack


I cut out snowflakes from tortillas and the
girls sprinkled powdered sugar on them
for lunch. Idea from mamajenn.blogspot.com


The girls glued snowballs around blue
construction paper, then used their
dolls to ice skate around the "rink."
The idea came from here.
We also watched a YouTube clip of a
figure skater. They were fascinated.


We read the book, "Snowball Soup" by
Mercer Mayer and made our own snowball
soup: warm milk, sugar, vanilla and mini
marshmallows.


More painting with large and small
marshmallows.


Celie counting felt snowmen


Playing in her winter rice box


Transferring "snowballs" from a muffin tin
using tongs



On Groundhog's Day the girls colored paper
groundhogs and every few hours we went
outside and measured the length of their
shadows. You can read more about our groundhog
activities here.
Books in our winter book basket:
When Winter Comes
Snowballs
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow

Linking up to:
Tot School

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

This looks like so much fun! Wish I could be sharing all these activities and projects.
Love, Grammy and Mike

Growing a Godly Girl said...

Snowball Soup looks like something my daughter would LOVE!

Pa and Nana said...

Wish you could have been in Idaho with your cousins Sadie and Driscoll and help them make a Snow Man in 10 degree weather! Love Pa and Nana

Anonymous said...

Yum yum Snowball soup. Save some for us!
Love, Grandma & Grandpa

Stevie Abrams said...

You are so creative, going to steal some of these ideas, as we have snow this week!