November 23, 2021

It snowed on Monday, and the leaves on the ground were covered with snow. One of the children pointed to the snow that was stuck to the side of a tree, and stood beside the tree looking at it. As the children were walking along the path, one child pushed a branch out of the way and snow fell from the tops of the branches down around them. The child said “Snowing!”. An educator said “Where did that snow come from?” The child moved their head from left to right. “Look at the tree, the educator said”. The child looked up and then continued to walk through the trees.

As the child walked, they grasped the trunk of a small tree that had some snow on the top branches and shook it. The snow fell off of the branches. The child repeated the action, and shook the tree but no snow fell down. “No snow,” the child commented and shook the tree again. “No snow.”

 

 

The child looked up at the trees and then walked over to another one. They grasped the small trunk and shook it. “Snow fall!” they said and shook the tree again.

So What?

• Experimented with cause and effect when shaking the tree and seeing the snow fall off
• Described the action of  “snowing” when the trees were shaken
• Wondered about the snow when it initially fell
• “Participated in […] shared exploration, play and learning with adults (HDLH, 2014, pg. 26)

 

Now What?

• Continue to explore snow in the forest on top of the trees
• How can we catch snow?
• Bring shovels to dig under the snow & leaves
• Investigate the various properties of snow