All this snow got us thinking...

Actually the igloo picture from the OLA picture book sparked a lot of conversation in the class.  Children began asking questions and making comments about the picture like:
"Igloos live in the Antarctic"
"Is that the Arctic or the Antarctic?"
"These look like little squares"
"I think there is a penguin or a person in it"
"Santa's reindeer live in it"

This led to talking about the North Pole.  We brainstormed a web of wonderings and information we knew about the North Pole.  You will notice that "penguins" was originally written but after we did some research, we learned that they do not live in the Arctic, but the Antarctic, so that is why it is crossed off.

 

 

We had so much snow this year, the children began to build their own igloo.

 

We continued to learn about the Arctic and Antarctic, and a parent brought in some beautiful beaded moccasins, and a ticanogan.  She shared stores about living in the North.  We also learned about inuksuk and we tried to make some using different materials.