I usually started out January teaching about Winter.

Materials

•  book
• signs (Winter and Not Winter)
• pictures or miscellaneous items (snowflakes, ice skates, rain boots, umbrella, mittens, swimsuit, leaves, coat, rainbow, flower, shovel, shorts, hat, scarf, sled, swimming pool, snowman, etc)

Steps

1. Play song #22 on
2. Read
3. get out signs and place them on the floor
4. pull out a picture or an item out of the bag, say what it is, what it’s used for, and place it under the correct sign (for example if you pulled out a sled, you would put it under the Winter sign)
5. have each child have a turn at step #4
6. talk about other things that could be added, which side has more, could some of the items be in both categories, etc
7. Read
    book for closure

Notes

• using picture cards (that I made on the computer) is faster and easier, especially in a classroom setting
• using real items is much more fun
• I usually did a combination: picture cards and real items
• it is fun to have the kids go on a scavenger hunt to find things to sort (make sure to put out certain items in advance)

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