Florida snow


 We set out shaving cream and baking soda and using their hands the children mixed the ingredients to create a “snow” like mixture. 
As an educator the whole concept of snow is a tricky subject to tackle with these little ones because as Florida kids most of them have no actual experience with the real thing. So it’s something they see in movies or in books. We asked the question, “what is snow?”  One of our friends told us, “ it falls from the sky”. I asked “like rain?” All agreed yes like rain but also not rain. We wondered what is different about rain and snow?  Someone said “it’s close to ice that falls from the sky”. We talked about ice and how “it’s cold”, “like from the freezer”.  
So why doesn’t it snow in Florida? “Because it’s too warm” one of our friends reported. I pointed out well sometimes it’s cold here, we have to wear sweaters and coats even. Another friend said, “it has to be a lot, lot cold”. So the general understanding was that to snow in Florida it has to be much colder than the cold we experience. 
We had a great time playing in our Florida snow and after some time we introduced some loose parts to add to the activity and they built snow walls and fences and forts and so much more.










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