Winter Snowflakes

Materials

paper

scissors (adult use only)

Instructions

1. In the winter, talk with the childrenabout how they have to stay insideso much because of the cold.2. Ask the children if they have everlooked out a window wanting to gooutside and seen their reflections inthe glass.3. Invite the children to take turnsgoing up to a classroom windowand looking at their reflections.Encourage them to move around tosee how their reflections mirror theirmovements.4. Tell the children they will pretend to be one another's mirrorreflections.5. Separate the children into pairs. Have the children face one another.Tell one child to move around, and the other child to mirror the firstchild's motions.6. After a short while, invite the children to switch positions so the firstbecomes the mirror of the second.AssessmentTo assess the children's learning, consider the following:l Do the children understand what their reflections are?l Are the children able to mimic one another's movements?