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What better topic could a Canadian explore during January but snow!  This month we are diving into a unit study all about winter.  We will learn about snow and ice, how it’s formed and all the fun things we can do with it.  We will also be learning about winter habitats.

While searching online I have found a wealth of ideas for our fun adventure.  I want to say thank you to Candace at His Mercy is New for sharing her winter unit.  I received a lot of inspiration there!

Here are some of the things we will be using this month.

Books:

We will us parts from these lapbooks.  All except the weather lapbook area also Five in a Row units.

• Snowy Day Lapbook
• Weather Lapbook
• Katy and the big snow lapbook
• Stopping by the Woods lapbook

Crafts & Activities

• Snowman Mobile
  http://www.kizclub.com/craft/snowman1.pdf
  Edible snow
• Snowflakes Patterns
• Felt Snowman
• Winter Animal Coloring Pages
• Winter games & Activities
• There are LOTS of crafts, online games ect. Here.
• Make ice castles ~ Freeze water in different size containers, colored with food coloring.  Use them to build castles and other objects out side.
• Make paper snowflakes
• Build a snowman online
  Word searches & puzzles

Science Lessons

• Closeup photos of snowflakes
• More Snowflakes
• Borax Snowflakes
• Learn about the density of water, ice and snow
• Make igloo’s out of sugar cubes or ice cubes

History/Social Studies

• Wilson Bentley “the snowflake man”
• Wilson Bentley YouTube
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAnb4oMXJtU
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo83aO-r5zM
• Learning about the Inuit

Emergency planning

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