Module 4 Assignment:
Activity: Animals in the Cold (ESERO 7)
• I would introduce this topic in Winter as part of our Oral Language programme (The Arctic) and when discussing different types of weather in each season.
• I would show the children pictures of penguins and polar bears? I would ask them questions like Where do they live? Are they alike? How are they different and what characteristics have they in common?
• We would look at the powerpoint presentation ‘How animals keep warm in the winter’ (Twinkl) and discuss the findings.
• The children would then do the Animals in the Cold experiment and discuss and record how their hands felt with the Vaseline and what effect water had on their hands?
• I would get the children to make an Arctic Sensory Bin to include Arctic figurines, ice cubes of various sizes and get them to experiment with the ice cubes with Vaseline applied to their hands.
• I would conclude the learning by reading ‘The Snowman’ by Raymond Briggs.