Winter signs

1. What can you see in winter?
2. Winter senses
3. Winter page
4. More winter pages

1. Winter signs
2. Extending vocabulary
3. Writing captions
4. Ice investigation

1. Winter den role play
2. Snowflakes and icicles
3. Snowman maths
4. Icy water

1. Share and enjoy The Bear’s Winter House, looking at illustrations. What made the other animals unhappy? Ask children to spot the signs of winter.
2. Share book & discuss how bear built his winter house. Children mime and say each step, ‘First, collect branches and logs. Next, scrape up soft moss. Then, hammer the logs into…’ etc.
3. Share book discussing how the bear felt about the behaviour of his guests. Did they notice that bear was not happy? What rules would have helped them behave better?
4. Introduce Thinking about the Seasons: Winter, explaining that this is an information book which we can use to find out facts about winter. Use the question boxes to prompt discussion.
5. Reread Thinking about the Seasons: Winter. Focus on animal adaptation, ‘migration’ and ‘hibernation’

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: I Made a Little Snowball and Here We Go Round (see resources)
Introduce on Monday (send a copy home). Rehearse and chant during week, waiting to go to lunch, on carpet, for fun! Develop performance and add actions.

Essential texts
What Can You See in Winter by Sian Smith
The Bear’s Winter House by John Yeoman

Websites
Winter from bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
Animation about icicles and being cold from bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

Resources
Photos from winter walk
Winter clothes, fairy lights, twigs, buttons
Floating/sinking objects for water tray