Materials
none
Instructions
l Draw a simple outdoor winter scene (tree, house, snowflakes, snowperson)
on the mural paper.
l Hang the mural on the wall.
l Use masking tape to mark a line about 10' from the winter scene mural.
l Roll each white sock inside of itself to create a snowball shape. Display the
snowballs and mittens in a basket by the masking tape line.
l Write the numeral 1 on one side of the milk jug cap and the numeral 2 on
the other side.
What To Do
1. Ask the children if they have ever played with snowballs before. Talk with the
children about those experiences.
2. Tell the children they will be tossing "snowballs" at the winter scene.
3. Invite a child to flip the milk jug cap. If the cap lands with the numeral 1
facing up, ask the child to find one "snowball" and toss it at the winter scene.
If the cap lands with the numeral 2 facing up, the child finds a matching pair
of mittens or sock snowballs and throws both of them at the winter scene.
4. Once the children throw all the snowballs, invite the children to pile them up
and repeat the activity a second time.
Teacher - to - Teacher Tip
l Ask the children's families to donate old, clean white socks for this activity.
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Are the children able to match like mittens or gloves?
l Can the children identify the numerals 1 and 2?
