Resources:
Winter Fun - Indoors and Out

Articles

Mudworks: MaryAnn F. Kohl
This recipe book is a "must have" for teachers looking for ways to promote open-ended experimentation. It contains more than 100 gooey ways to engage children’s creativity, language, visual perception, and motor development. I highly recommend it for children
of all ages – high school included!

Straw into Gold: Ken Jaffe and Leslie Falconer
Children learn best when they can move, touch and explore with open ended materials. The activities in Straw Into Gold are designed to help children’s development, using found objects or recycled materials. Better yet, they cost very little to nothing!

Tea with Lady Sapphire: Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick
A magical snowfall brings many surprises and joys shared between a grandma and her grandchildren as the love of birds is passed on to a new generation of nature lovers.

Sugar Snow: Laura Ingalls Wilder
It’s a sugar snow! A spring snowfall in the Big Woods helps the trees make sap for maple syrup, and maple syrup means sweet sugar cakes for Laura! Children love the classic
story of the little pioneer girl.

Winter, Awake!: Linda Kroll
The coming of winter plays an important role in the cycle of nature. This delightfully illustrated verse story tells what happens one year when Winter will not awake.

Environmental Action Kit: This toolkit, put together by the World Forum Foundation, provides simple ways to help children develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills they’ll need to become environmental stewards. The 86-page PDF is designed for ages 3-8, and offers plenty of fun ways your early childhood program can make the world a “greener” and healthier place. It’s available in English, Arabic and Spanish. Download it for free!