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L’inverno

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Brrrr! Che freddo! Che gelo! E quanta neve?! It is only January 21 and we have already had seven snowstorms! Good thing I like the snow. I mean I really like it. I get so happy when it snows. I love to watch it fall and create velvety blankets across my lawn. I love the stillness and quiet that comes in the morning right after a snow fall, when no one is out yet and the plows haven’t come through yet. Whenever the weather man predicts snow I say “yippie!” I know it is a far cry from most people who dread it, but I have always loved it, ever since I was a kid.

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I take my excitement and turn it into tons of fun with the bambini in asilo italiano.

We make pupazzi di neve (snowmen),pupazzo_di_neve

fiocchi di neve (snowflakes), Fiocco_di_neve_bianco fiocco_di_neve

concrete poetry out of words like slitta, Concrete_Poetry_la_slitta

neve, pattinare su ghiaccio, sci, and the children feel quite proud of their work.Poetry_linverno

They learn that they must bundle up in un cappello di lana (wool hat), manopole (mittins), stivali (boots), giubbotto (down jacket) and sciarpa (scarf), and when we come in from playing nella neve it’s time for la cioccolata calda e biscotti, (hot chocolate and cookies).

Next week we will be talking about gli orsi polari (polar bears) and their habitats, and what it means to hibernate (ibernare o andare in letargo).

How do you stay warm in winter? Tell us in English or in italiano.