Hot Chocolate or Chocolate Milk?

On Thursday we continued our study of winter and snow.  After collecting loose snow from the courtyard, we painted it with water-colours.  The snow soaks up the colour beautifully and is another neat way to explore snow and ice.

After recess we made hot chocolate with our table groups. 

We also had cold chocolate milk on hand and next we did a taste test.

Finally, we completed a survey to show our preferences.

When we compared the results, we found that hot chocolate won by a lot.  We decided that the marshmallows played a big part in their decision and without the marshmallows, they might have changed their vote.

Bonus Pics: Sadie's tooth was hanging by a thread.  She REALLY wanted to lose it at school and she spent most of the day 'wiggling'.  Look at the crew of kids cheering for her!  And guess what?!  Just as we were packing up our backpacks to leave, IT CAME OUT!!

Winter Walk and Welcome Work

Today we learned a bit more about winter and went for a Winter Walk.  We talked about some of the things we hoped to find on our walk and we made a list.  The kids were going to look for deer, animal tracks, and 'naked trees'.

 There was a mitten catastrophe!

Animal tracks - the kids were SURE they were from polar bears!

Being an explorer doesn't come without risks.  The snow was soft but covered with a thin layer of ice.  This meant that occasionally the kids would fall through and their legs would actually be trapped!  We had to go around rescuing our friends.  A few boots also got swallowed up and had to be recovered!

Snow sensory table from our Winter Walk

Our igloo is getting so big!!!

We did some Welcome Work as well:

Mixed-up Number Puzzles

 Throwing pompom snowballs into cups and then counting to practice our gross motor skills and math

Using different tools to sort snowballs into different sizes

Snowflake pattern block mats

Upper- and lower-case letter memory