Winter is always an excellent opportunity to break away from the germ factory of the kindergarten classroom, exercise new muscles, and enjoy the unique opportunities winter in Wisconsin has to offer.
Today, we took advantage of the decent weather day and had some winter fun. On our way to our snowy field, we found a variety of tracks and slid all around the ice-covered trail.
As we walked around the entire land, we had a Winter Trivia Trek, where we answered various winter-themed questions. With each question having three potential answers, kids revealed their answers by raising one hand, two hands, or both hands and a leg. It was a perfect warm up for Winter Yoga.
When we got to one of out door classroom spaces, we spread out and brainstormed different winter activities. Then, we choreographed a pose for each activity. Winter Yoga was born! Below are some of our favorite poses.
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| Hot Chocolate |
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| Snowman |
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| Sledding |
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| Speed Skater |
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| Figure Skater |
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| The Cookie |
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| Blizzard |
After warming up our bodies, we warmed up our brains with a little help of food coloring and water bottles. We usually do a variety of snow writing with the kids, including math problems and sight words. Today we just worked on writing letters with control and getting used to this new and unique tool.
And of course, it was on to natural play, or as I like to call it, "the real work of a kindergartener."
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