Getting rid of the last of our snow!
Apr 162009
Apr 072009
A drive through a spring snowstorm, talking about the economy. Local and global changes.
Apr 072009
We though winter was over but it’s back with a slam! Just as unpredictable as the market.
Feb 272009
Some things to think about for colder climates.
Feb 132009
Hubby’s thoughts on the economic situation cont.
Feb 062009
Hubby’s, tribute to Daves farm cold starts.
Jan 312009
My poor friends down in Colorado don’t have any snow and its about 50F. So I thought I would make a video for them on Canada’s winter wonder land!
Jan 102009
What better topic could a Canadian explore during January but snow! This month we are diving into a unit study all about winter. We will learn about snow and ice, how it’s formed and all the fun things we can do with it. We will also be learning about winter habitats.
While searching online I have found a wealth of ideas for our fun adventure. I want to say thank you to Candace at His Mercy is New for sharing her winter unit. I received a lot of inspiration there!
Here are some of the things we will be using this month.
Books:
We will us parts from these lapbooks. All except the weather lapbook area also Five in a Row units.
Crafts & Activities
- Snowman Mobile
http://www.kizclub.com/craft/snowman1.pdf
Edible snow - Snowflakes Patterns
- Felt Snowman
- Winter Animal Coloring Pages
- Winter games & Activities
- There are LOTS of crafts, online games ect. Here.
- Make ice castles ~ Freeze water in different size containers, colored with food coloring. Use them to build castles and other objects out side.
- Make paper snowflakes
- Build a snowman online
Word searches & puzzles
Science Lessons
- Closeup photos of snowflakes
- More Snowflakes
- Borax Snowflakes
- Learn about the density of water, ice and snow
- Make igloo’s out of sugar cubes or ice cubes
History/Social Studies
- Wilson Bentley “the snowflake man”
- Wilson Bentley YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAnb4oMXJtU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo83aO-r5zM - Learning about the Inuit
Jan 102009
Jan 102009
One of our winter crafts this week, was making night time snow scenes. The girls had a lot of fun doing this! But when I tried to get pics they all were making silly or serious faces. LOL
They used cotton balls for snow and google eyes and sequins to decorate the snow men. Then added star or snowflake stickers.
