Snowmen on a hill

Langauge Goals

Expressive Language: up and down.

Receptive Language: Is questions and how many questions

I had 5 felt snowmen that I used for this activity. I cut a piece of white felt into the shape of a hill and put this on the felt board. I then modeled for the students the snowmen going up the hill and down the hill (making sure to articulate what the snowmen were doing).

Next, I would walk a snowman up the hill and ask a student:

T: Is the snowman walking up the hill or down the hill?
S: The snowman is walking up the hill (or just "up the hill" depending on the student's language)

Do this with each student mixing up the snowmen going either up the hill or down the hill.

Next, make different number of snowmen go up or down the hill

T: How many snowmen are going up the hill?
S: Three snowmen are going up the hill. (or "3 snowmen up hill", again depending on language levels)

Last, give each student a direction

T: Put 4 snowmen up the hill.

The student should carry out the action

T: How many snowmen are up the hill?

S: 4 snowmen are up the hill!

Centers

I let the students play with the felt board activity from the language lesson.

Gym Games

On Fridays we go into the gym for some gross motor play. Today our play revolved around the winter theme.

Paper plate Skating Relay Race

Divide the class into equal teams. Give each team a pair of "ice skates" (the cheap white paper plates). Then have each team line up, one member from each team will "put on" the ice skates and skate across the floor and back (we did half of the gym). Trade off the ice skates to the next team member. Repeat till everyone has had a chance to ice skate. 

**Make sure to bring your camera it is so cute to watch the kids!

Snowball Scoop

In the same teams as the ice skating relay race, send one team to each corner of the gym. Give each team a bucket and something to scoop the snowballs with. This could be a shovel, a spoon, anything really. We used paper plates again. Throw snowballs around the gym (we used white Styrofoam balls) and have the students pick up the snowballs and carry them back to the bucket without touching the snowball with their hands. One team member from each team goes at the same time. When all the snowballs are picked up, have each team count how many snowballs they have.

Parachute fun.

Put the same white Styrofoam balls in the parachute and play!