In this round of The Children's English Hour 2009 we are focusing on opposites. It is snowy and cold in Hannover this week, so we began with hot and cold, and Ezra Jack Keats wintery The Snowy Day. After warming up with our Friendship Song, Open, Shut Them, and The Energy Song, we did a little experiment. Each of the children was given an ice cube to hold and as the drips began to drop we learned the words ice, cold, ice cube, and melting. We then moved to the radiator which was hot and put our ice cubes on top to see how long it took for them to melt! Our creative project was foamy fun: who can make a snowman out of shaving cream? Each child was given a tray, a squirt of shaving cream, and some utensils. Several lovely snowmen were indeed built, but some kids found it more fun to put a dollop on their nose, or even mimic daddy shaving! We completed the lesson with Magic Bubbles, a parachute game with colorful mittens, Tall & Small, and the goodbye song.
Creative musical accompaniment: Bach's Cello Suites performed by Yo Yo Ma
Vocabulary: hot, cold, melt, snowman, snow angel, ice cube, heater, water, drip, shave, shaving cream, spoon, fork
