Behind the Red Door: Walking in a Winter Wonderland

We have been talking about winter all week. We sing our winter songs, Snowman and Winter Clothes, every day. We say the rhyme Five Little Snowmen.

Winter Walk

On Tuesday we went on a winter walk around the school and convent grounds.

We looked up into the trees. In winter the trees are bare, they have no leaves. We noticed that not many flowers grow in winter.

There weren't any nests in the trees. Winter is too cold for baby birds. The birds will wait for warmer weather. Some animals are hibernating. This means they are sleeping through the winter until spring time when the weather gets warmer and food is more easily found.

We saw some evergreen trees and leaves. There is ivy on the wall beside our school. We were so happy to see something growing!

When we came back inside we had a worksheet based on winter. We had to colour the winter pictures and put an X on the pictures that do not belong in winter.

Keeping Warm in Winter

We are very lucky to have a "fire" in our classroom. Fires keep us warm. There are other ways to keep warm in winter. In our houses we can light a fire, the stove or turn the radiators on. Some houses don't have a real fire but they might have an electric fire. In bed we can use a hot water bottle or an electric blanket.

One day we looked at the different things we put in the fire. We can use wood. turf and coal.

We can wear our warm clothes: hats, scarves and gloves. Here we are sequencing a girl dressing for snowy weather.

Jack Frost

During the week we read the story Jack Frost. Jack Frost comes in winter to spread frost and ice around our homes. We drew pictures of Jack Frost and his friends.

Spider Cakes

We continued our love of spiders this week. In the mornings we made spider cakes. We used plain cupcakes, chocolate fudge icing, liquorice and mini smarties to make them. We all had a taste of the chocolate icing before we washed the knives. It was yummy!