First, we had a quick discussion about how it had been getting colder outside and the weather report about snow. I brought up taking care of our body by keeping it warm when it gets cold, and asked the students for ideas about how to do that.
Then we read the Froggy book, Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London.
In this book, Froggy wakes up one winter day and sees snow outside. Even though his mom encourages him to keep hibernating (this aspect of the story could be used again in the winter for talking about hibernating animals), he is determined to go anyway. Froggy goes about getting dressed for winter in silly ways, and keeps forgetting important items of clothing. This process makes for really fun read-aloud that also reinforces the idea of dressing appropriately for the weather.
My stuffed frog is not actually Froggy (it came with this Kohl's Cares book I got a few years ago), but it sure looks close enough. So after we read the book, we dressed Froggy. I was in a little bit of a rush to find clothes for him this morning and after ransacking my son's old baby clothes, this was about the best I could come up with. I forgot to grab mittens or a scarf, but the kids didn't seem to mind.
As soon as I was done, a student asked "Can we play with Froggy?" So naturally, he ended up in the dramatic play room where the kids could keep dressing him up for winter. I think this play activity will easily evolve into other forms of dressing for winter play as the season goes on.
The best part of today was that every kid wanted to wear their coat when we went outside to play, and we were not disappointed by the weather. As we were playing outside, little snowflakes started to fall, and the kids were so excited. The snow didn't stick or even last long, but it was just enough to reinforce the idea that a new season is on its way.
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