Snow Business

"There's no business like Snow Business!"

We came back to school on Tuesday ready to inhale "Lung Lessons" in our study of the human body. By Wednesday as the snow started to fall, the spontaneity clause kicked in. ("All activities are subject to the magic of the moment as we learn and grow together.") We had an excellent opportunity to learn more about the Water Cycle, which we've been exploring the last few weeks. The children had been digging ponds and channels, which had been filling with rainwater from the clouds and with helpful little hands filling buckets from other outdoor puddles.

Taking a break...

We found some interesting uses for all that bark we were digging up!

We love to experiment!

And then today, the magic of discovering that our play yard was totally transformed by a blanket of white...

Yet our pond and canals were different... they had frozen into ice! This absolutely thrilled the children!

One of our favorite water sources for filling the ponds and canals is from the indentations on the top of the mini sandbox. But it too had changed, resembling a tiny skating rink!

At story time, we had read more about winter weather and the children were very curious about the icicles in the book. "What are icicles? How are they made?," various children asked. Then, lo and behold, we discovered them on our small play structure! We observed them dripping, watched with excitement, then understood how they had formed... what delight!

Icicles big, Icicles small,

We were enchanted by them all!

What better way to celebrate

than to leave

our angelic imprints

in the snow...

Though the snow is cold, we Bear Cubs are bold!

We learned so much from this snowy day!

Judith