Gemma: “I like ice crystals. They are really cool. Look. Me.”

Amelie: “I built a pile of pine needles and pinecones and leaves and sticks.” She labeled “ice crystals,” “me,” “sun,” “clouds,” “hats,” and “hair.”

Jackson: “Jack and I threw a rope into the tree and it got stuck.” He labeled “stuck,” “Jack,” “rope,” “tree,” and “me.”

Here’s how we eat lunch safely in the cold. We keep our mittens on, or we trade off with one hand out and one hand in. We eat quickly! We sit on our backpacks to stay off the cold ground and put our food on the bench.