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Dear AGNES Parents,
We hope you are all well. We have put together a few winter themed ideas to help keep your child's interest during this challenging time.
Please find below some new stories and activities.
We hope you are all well. We have put together a few winter themed ideas to help keep your child's interest during this challenging time.
Please find below some new stories and activities.
Read Aloud Stories & Questions
Our New Book: So Much Snow By Robert Munsch
Questions about 'So Much Snow'
Listen to the story more than once. Now play it again and answer these questions.
- What did Jasmin's mother say was coming?
- Why did Jasmin want to go to school?
- What did Jasmin do as she walked to school?
- Who found Jasmin in the snow?
- Where did the caretaker take Jasmin?
- How did Jasmin become unfrozen?
Challenge:
Make up your own who, where, what, why and how questions about the story.
Our New Book: The snowy Day By: Ezra Jack Keats
Questions about 'The Snowy Day'
Listen to the story more than once. Now play it again and answer these questions.
Activity:
Draw me Peter's footprints path.
Listen to the story more than once. Now play it again and answer these questions.
- What did Peter see when he woke up one winter morning?
- What did the snow cover?
- What did Peter put on before going outside? Why do you think he wore that?
- Can you show me how he walked like this? How he walked like that?
- What did Peter pick up to help him make tracks?
- What did Peter make in the snow? Show me how you do snow angels.
- What did Peter put in his pocket to save for tomorrow?
- What do you think will happen the snowball?
Activity:
Draw me Peter's footprints path.
The Mitten Adapted by Jan Brett
Our New Book: The Mitten by Jan Brett
Questions :
1. Why did Nick's Baba not want to make him white mittens?
2. Where did Nick lose his mitten?
3. Which was the first animal to discover the mitten?
4.How many animals got into the Mitten?
5. What caused the bear to sneeze?
Activity:
What kind of new mittens would you like? Design your own.
What colour(s) will you choose?
Questions :
1. Why did Nick's Baba not want to make him white mittens?
2. Where did Nick lose his mitten?
3. Which was the first animal to discover the mitten?
4.How many animals got into the Mitten?
5. What caused the bear to sneeze?
Activity:
What kind of new mittens would you like? Design your own.
What colour(s) will you choose?
Maths Activities
- Sort summer and winter clothes into appropriate categories
- Learn the months and seasons of the year
Grover's winter games
This is a game to play online. It might be too difficult for some of our younger ones. It has three parts. The first has number to 15 number recognition activities, the second has shape patterns to complete and the third tests a child's ability to follow instructions.
www.sesamestreet.org/games?id=256
This is a game to play online. It might be too difficult for some of our younger ones. It has three parts. The first has number to 15 number recognition activities, the second has shape patterns to complete and the third tests a child's ability to follow instructions.
www.sesamestreet.org/games?id=256
Science related activities
Animals in Winter
By: Henrietta Bancroft & Richard G. Van Gelder
Animals in Winter By: Henrietta Bancroft & Richard G. Van Gelder
1. How do we know winter is coming?
2. What do you think migrate means?
3. Which animals hibernate in winter?
4. How long does the woodchuck hibernate for?
5. What does a Pika like to eat?
6. What might happen if the squirrel forgets where it buried its nuts?
7. Not all animals migrate or hibernate in winter. they search for food. What can we do to help them find food?
1. How do we know winter is coming?
2. What do you think migrate means?
3. Which animals hibernate in winter?
4. How long does the woodchuck hibernate for?
5. What does a Pika like to eat?
6. What might happen if the squirrel forgets where it buried its nuts?
7. Not all animals migrate or hibernate in winter. they search for food. What can we do to help them find food?
When Winter Comes By Nancy Van Laan
After each question pause the video and have the children their own answers to the questions of where do they go.
This allows the children to share their ideas and knowledge of the world. Then as you continue the video you can see how their answers compare to fact. which can lead to a greater discussion about the answers.
This allows the children to share their ideas and knowledge of the world. Then as you continue the video you can see how their answers compare to fact. which can lead to a greater discussion about the answers.
Snowflakes
Have a go at making your own snowflake.
Keep the number of folds small to help make it easier for the little ones to cut through the paper.
Snowflake Wax-resist Paintings
For this winter crafts activity, you’ll need some pieces of white card (or watercolour paper), some white crayons, and some blue watercolour paint. Each child takes a sheet of card and uses a crayon to draw snowflake patterns on it. Then they brush blue watercolour paint all over the sheet; the waxy pattern made by the crayon will resist the paint and stay white, while the rest of the picture will be blue. This is an effective technique for creating a snowy scene.
For this winter crafts activity, you’ll need some pieces of white card (or watercolour paper), some white crayons, and some blue watercolour paint. Each child takes a sheet of card and uses a crayon to draw snowflake patterns on it. Then they brush blue watercolour paint all over the sheet; the waxy pattern made by the crayon will resist the paint and stay white, while the rest of the picture will be blue. This is an effective technique for creating a snowy scene.
Outdoor activities
Physical Development & Understanding the World
What about going on a winter scavenger hunt.
Please find a few examples below:
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Blow Bubbles
Is it really cold?
Then try blowing bubbles outside to see how frost patterns form on them.
Blow the bubbles next to a cold surface so that they don’t break in the air, or you can use a bubble wand to catch them!
Go on a Bear Hunt
Winter is the ideal time for a brisk woodland walk, so why not incorporate stories to make your walks even more exciting? Were going on a bear hunt story is perfect for getting the children’s imaginations racing.
Winter is the ideal time for a brisk woodland walk, so why not incorporate stories to make your walks even more exciting? Were going on a bear hunt story is perfect for getting the children’s imaginations racing.
Penguin themed activities
Penguins
Cardboard Tube PenguinsFor these you’ll need a long cardboard tube, black paint, glue, orange and black card, cotton wool and googly eyes. Cut the cardboard tube into lengths of around 12cm, and get the children to paint them black. While these are drying, cut some feet and wing shapes out of the black card, and beak shapes out of the orange card. When the black paint has dried, the children can glue these shapes onto their tubes, along with googly eyes and cotton wool (for the penguin’s tummy).
Penguins songs and rhymes
Save
5 little penguins standing in a row.
5 little penguins standing in the snow.
Brrrr, it’s cold! I cannot stay! (Hug self and shiver.)
And one little penguin waddled away. (Waddle in place.)
(Repeat for all 5 penguins)
(Download song packet)
Two little penguins sitting on the ice.
(Hold up both index fingers)
One bows once, the other bows twice.
(Make index fingers bow)
Waddle little penguins, waddle away.
(Put fingers behind back)
Come back penguins, time to play.
(Bring fingers to the front)
(Chant: Military Sound off 1,2)
I'm a penguin, black and white,
I can't fly but that's all right.
I've got feathers, that's not fur,
And I lay eggs like other birds.
I just swim to get my meals
But I watch out for leopard seals.
I'm from the south as you may know
And now it time for me to go.
Tune: I'm a Little Teapot
I'm a chubby penguin; aren't I cute?
I'm a bird in a penguin suit.
My suit has thick feathers, black and white.
I can't fly, but I swim all right!
I can waddle round on my webbed feet.
Fresh fish are what I like to eat.
I have lots of fat to keep me warm.
My flippers help me swim along.
(Action song for toddlers)
I'm a little penguin in the snow,
I slide on my tummy to and fro.
I eat the fish from the deep blue sea,
I'm black and white, just look at me.
(Line dance) Penguins shuffle to the left, left, left,
Penguins shuffle to the right, right, right,
Give a little wiggle,
Give a little hop,
Waddle round the iceberg,
Never going to stop, stop, stop,
Never going to stop!
(Download song printable b/w)
Penguin trace and colour page
Print out the page below and have your LO trace the lines and then colour it.
P is penguin tracing page: www.makinglearningfun.com/THEMEPAGES/PenguinTraceandColor.htm
Print out the page below and have your LO trace the lines and then colour it.
P is penguin tracing page: www.makinglearningfun.com/THEMEPAGES/PenguinTraceandColor.htm
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