Arctic Play and Valentine Prep

We kicked off a very busy week by making fake snow for our polar animal habitat bin and by prepping for our valentine festivities.

Peek at our Week and Igloo Walk

As we made progress on our igloo this week, the kids decided to decorate the inside with the milk caps.  They did patterning and worked on their fine motor in the process!

Here are some shots of our completed igloo.  It turned out amazingly.

And we went on our walking field trip to see the real igloo.  We drank hot chocolate and got to see how the blocks are made.  It was SO much fun!

Here is a video from the morning class walk.  I posted it so that you can see how the door was made.

February Vocabulary

Peek at our Week

We were so disappointed that we had to cancel our field trip this week but we filled it up with other engaging activities.  We made Exploding Snow Dough!  The kids did all of the measuring and mixing and were even allowed to bring a ball of dough home.  If you haven't already, add a little more vinegar and see the reaction for yourself!

We also learned about Groundhog Day (le jour de la marmotte) and made guesses about what we thought the groundhog saw when he emerged from his hole.  Next, we checked the news and read that Manitoba Merv saw his shadow and ran back into his hole for another 6 weeks of winter.