DAY : 1
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Topic: Welcome the students to the topic of winter, cold, snow
Vocabulary: Winter, snow, cold, freeze, chill, snow man.
Material required: Weather chart, pictures depicting winter season, model of snow man.
Presentation: • Show the weather chart and discuss about different seasons, which months we get winter season usually people in northern hemisphere get winter season in the month of November, December and January • Talk about why there is winter in one part of the world when it is summer in the other part. • Talk about the signs of winter. The weather gets cold and the trees lose their leaves. • Discuss about snow, snow fall. • Snow is a form of precipitation, it is formed when the vapor in the clouds turn in to tiny ice crystals. • Talk about how people change their activities in the winter months e.g. spend more time indoor, do winter sports, eat hot food items, wear winter clothes. • In June the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun so we have summer in the north and winter in the south. • In December the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun so the season gets reversed in this period. • Talk about the winter games like ice skating.
Assessment: • Which months we have winter in our country? • How is winter different from fall? • What do you like about winter? Why? • Name some of the very cold countries? • Why is winter so cold? • Name some of the winter games? • Which is your favorite winter game? • What is a snow man? • Have you ever made a snow man?
Closing: To make the children know about the important features of winter.
Evaluation: Evaluate their cognitive skills of time concept and predicting skills.
Extension: Children can make a snowman with play dough or cotton balls and explain about it.