As winter opens its door and welcomes us to 17 degree weather, snow, and high winds it brings me back to a discussion that I had with my students last week about snow. During our morning meeting I asked them where they thought snow came from. This is what I got...
Of course...the sky
The North Pole
Earth
Winter brings snow
My mom and dad get snow at the gas station
From the red air balloon that floats in the sky
Clouds
Santa brings snow for Christmas
This answer isn't even relevant to the question asked but I had to include it.
Genaveve: Ms. Kristen please don't ever eat yellow snow.
Ms. Kristen: Why shouldn't I eat yellow snow?
Genaveve: That is where a snow man went to the bathroom.
Ms. Kristen: Thank you Genaveve.
It was bittersweet telling them that snow comes from water vapors that condense into ice crystals. These ice crystals attach themselves to each other forming snowflakes that eventually get heavy enough to fall to the ground. My answer wasn't nearly as good as theirs! The imagination of preschoolers.
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