Dear parents/carers,
Following the decision to close schools today and with the forecast of more snow tomorrow here are some ideas you might like to do at home to keep your children busy and learning through fun!
Snowball throwing addition
Make a target by creating a bright circle in the snow with coloured water in a squirt bottle (just add a few drops of food colouring), make the target worth an amount e.g. 5 points. Then aim at the target and throw, count up all your points. You could use different coloured rings for different amounts on the target.
Create a bird feeder for our feathered friends using an orange or a pine cone filled with peanut butter/fat and pieces of seeds, nuts or fruit…
Ice sculpture
Look at this enormous caterpillar and rocket!
Play noughts and crosses using sticks and cones.
Write a snow poem
Follow this link for examples:
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/snow-and-ice-2/
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More Fun Ideas |
* Create a maze – Put on your hiking boots and stamp out a path for your chidlren to follow.
* Plan a scavenger hunt – Hide an apple in a mound of snow so that a little bit peeks out. Give the children silly directions to follow as they search for it.
* Play freeze tag – Can you think of a more appropriate game for a chilly day? Once someone’s tagged by the person who’s “It,” he/she has to stay frozen until another player tags him again.
* Make faces – Use handfuls of packed snow to create funny characters on a tree trunk.
* Walk this way – Have your children follow your lead as you move like different animals: Waddle like a penguin, stomp like a bear, and wiggle like a fish
* Have a snowball fight – Divide your family into teams, then start throwing. Save this one for last so you can go inside, dry off, and have some hot chocolate.
Have fun!
We hope to see you soon
The Year 2 Team