Winter Fun Indoors

During the cold frigid months of January and February we are often restricted from venturing outdoors so I always find ways to bring the outdoors inside. Here are a few examples of how the children can explore outdoors in the winter and bring it into the classroom.

Mixing water colours with water and oil
The kids enjoyed mixing different colours together to see what other colour they could make. It was also fun for them to see what happened when they added oil with droppers. Later that week we added snow to the bin and they painted the snow with the watercolours.

Making coloured ice outside
We added coloured water to an ice cube tray and made predictions about what we thought would happen if we put the tray out for the morning in the freezing cold outdoors. After we brought it inside after lunch the kids were amazed that it had frozen so quickly. We then used the ice cubes to paint with.

Exploring frozen ice balls
We filled balloons with coloured water and made predictions about what we thought would happen when they were put in the freezer overnight. The next day we took them out of the freezer and the kids observed them throughout the day to see what happens when they are left in the warm classroom.

Snowman Craft

Making snowflakes

Our snowflakes hung on the classroom windows

 

We can grow grass inside during the winter!!
We learned about how to grow our own grass and each student guessed whether they thought we would be able to grow grass inside. Each morning the kids come into the class and water their grass. We have also use a variety of tools to measure our own grass cups over time.