Kindergartners’ day in the snow

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Katherine Lum
February 2, 2010
Filed under Lower School, Top Stories

The kindergartners enjoyed a ‘Snow Day’ while learning about science, winter clothing, and experiencing some winter fun.
At 4:00 a.m. the teachers turned on the air conditioner in the Lower Gym to make it really cold. Dressed in winter clothes like mittens, hats, and jackets, the children started their day with hot chocolate and marshmallows on the kindergarten lanai.
After the students enjoyed their treats, they moved on to the main event—snowball fights, ice skating, and making snow angels in the gym. The snowballs were made of recycled paper, and the students made their ‘snow angels’ and skated with their socks on the gym floor.
Maya Jusuf, one of the kindergartners, said that her favorite part of the day was when she “put snowballs in [her] hat and dumped it all on [her] teacher.”
“They go wild in the gym,” said Mrs. Robin Campbell, a kindergarten teacher. “It is a lot of exercise.”
Following their fun and games in the gym, the kindergartners made ice cream.
Mrs. Lauree Sakaida, another kindergarten teacher, said it “integrates some science into this activity.” The students used their five senses, and concepts they had learned about (liquids turning into solids, observing changes, measuring ingredients). Then, the students got to gobble down the ice cream as their morning snack.
The different students remember the day for different reasons.
“I liked the snowball fight. Hiya! Hiya!” said Chris Kashimoto as he karate chopped the air.
Ellie Ochiai said that she enjoyed the snowball fight but also loved drinking the cocoa.
Then there were students like Rysen Hirata-Epstein who just loved everything about the day.
For many of the kindergarteners, this day was fun, but they were lucky enough to see the real deal. Eighteen of thirty-seven 5-year olds were lucky enough to visit snow.
“One time I made a snow angel and my hat got cold,” said Haley Czoto, one of the kindergartners.
Mrs. Campbell said that she remembered the time she saw snow in Germany with her uncle, who is a doctor in the military. She would watch his “little dog that would scurry around.”
Overall, the day served its purpose. As Mrs. Sakaida put it, the day was a “day of fun and learning and provides a hands-on opportunity.”