Can it be Spring when there is snow?

I meant to post this much earlier.

 Last week when it was snowing outside the children thought that Spring had disappeared. One of the children in the morning class asked "Is it Spring when it snows?" I presented this question to the afternoon class as well, and they thought that "Christmas"/Winter had come back

To answer this question we thought we would go outside and visit various courtyards to search for evidence of Spring.

First all we saw was snow, and we became interested in making footprints.

 

Then the children started to see evidence of Spring. The growth of new plants and birds.

 

 

After our outdoor explorations some of the children felt that  the "snow had covered Spring". Other shildren were still convinced that it was Christmas. The next day the rain came and the snow melted. We are continuing our explorations around evidence of Spring.