Hands on Activity: What clothes to wear.
I think this activity would be a great opportunity for integration. In terms of Maths, it would be very help with teaching the seasons and for sorting/analysing (clothes for winter, summer etc. Art would also be a great way to integrate, through designing a coat for Teddy etc. Additionally, it can be linked in with teaching Eadaí vocab in Irish.
I would begin by starting to discuss the weather that day, why you decided to bring/not bring in a coat, hat, gloves, etc. We would then engage in the colouring activity mentioned, getting different groups (the different Seasons) to display and explain their pictures one by one. We would then engage in a whole class discussion about the seasons, what we associate with them and what the weather is like in each.
I really like the sorting dress up box circle activity. I feel this also would have great potential as a station in Aistear, to pack the suitcase/ design Teddy’s outfits for his holidays. Another variation of that is the packing the suitcase drama activity, where I might suggest that we are going on a trip (perhaps using the different school holidays as a basis for different seasons). The children would suggest what will be needed.
I would integrate the weather story as an activity in PE, making it active.