Brrrr.. its cold outside

This week we started our It's getting colder theme. It sure has gotten colder. No more shorts and flip flops. Pants and boots. The temperature has dropped a lot since last week so it is perfect that we talk about the season change and what happens when it gets cold.

 

At playtime I showed all the kids a picture of a bear from our picture card and told them I had some fun things to tell them about bears. At circle time we talked about how when it is cold out, we stay inside more and cuddle in a favorite blanket and that keeps us warm.

Just like us ,certain  animals like to sleep in a warm place during the winter. I asked the children where do they think bears sleep when it gets cold to stay warm?

 The most common answer was a bed. Well that makes sense!

I showed them a picture of a cave and I had one friend say "A rock?" Well, I guess it is a big rock.

 

 



One of the games this month that came in the Buttercups curriculum was a in and out opposite game. It had "in" and "out" on it and the idea was to put the animals in the forest or off the trail. I have a few older part time friends that come and Austin was lining them up by size all the trail.
We talked about each animal and which ones might sleep during the winter.



Leaves falling are one of the first signs that fall is here and it will start getting colder.
In each fun shine express kit, comes a music cd that has specific songs for the themes and activities . Last year the cd had a song called Autumn leaves are falling down. I played that while the kids threw the  leaves in the air  and then pretended to rake them up and jump in the pile. It was a lot of fun.
 

 

One of the creative arts activities was to glue a bear on blue paper,
rip tissue up for the cave
and then tear a doily in pieces to represent snow.

 

I love reading this book because it is just like normal life. The bear sleeps and some animals find the cave and make noise, but the bear never wakes up.

A pepper kernel got in the bears nose and made him sneeze. {I love that part because I will pretend to sneeze and the kids giggle and giggle.}

He wakes up and eats and has fun, but then cannot fall asleep. Everybody else did though. Sounds like parents trying to get their kids asleep. Right?

Here is a super cute video that I made. We were pretending to be bears that sleep.