Books:A Hat For Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Snowballs by Lois Ehlert
Songs, Fingerplays and Flannelboards:
Cold Winter’s Day
Going outside on a cold winter’s day,
If it starts to snow I’ll play, play, play.
Did you bring your hat?
Yes, I brought my hat.
Going outside on a cold winter’s day,
If it starts to snow I’ll play, play, play.
Did you bring your scarf?
Yes, I brought my scarf.
Did you bring your hat?
Yes, I brought my hat.
(continue adding coat, gloves, boots)
Sign Language: cold, winter, hat, scarf, coat, gloves, boots)
Five Little Snowmen
(feltboard, snowmen)
5 little snowmen standing in a row.
Each had a hat and a big green bow.
Out came the sun and it shone all day.
1 little snowman melted away.
4 little snowmen standing in a row. (Continue…)
I’m A Little Snowman
(tune of I’m a little Teapot)
I'm a little snowman round and fat.
Here is my broom and here is my hat.
When the sun comes out it's time to say
'This is the end of me today!
A Chubby Little Snowman
A chubby little snowman
Had a carrot nose.
Along came a bunny,
And what do you suppose?
That hungry little bunny,
Looking for his lunch,
Ate the snowman's carrot nose.
Nibble, nibble, crunch!
10 Little Snowballs
(pom poms, bucket)
(tune of One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians)
One little, two little, three little snowballs,
Four little, five little, six little snowballs,
Seven little, eight little, nine little snowballs,
10 little snowballs in a pile.
Dance Like Snowflakes
(tune of Frere Jacques)
Dance like snowflakes, dance like snowflakes
Through the air, through the air.
Whirly twirly snowflakes, whirly twirly snowflakes
Here and there, here and there.
Game:
Melting Snowman
Children lay on the floor, stretch out, and form a blanket of snow. They pretend that other children are rolling them up to make large snowballs. The children roll across the floor, finally becoming so large they have to stand up and become jolly snowmen. Snowmen are frozen and must stand rigid all day and night. One day the sun shines so long and so brightly that the snowmen begin to thaw. Call out body parts, starting at the head and working down to the toes. The children begin moving these body parts slowly. As the day continues to get warmer; the snowmen gradually melt away. Have the children slowly/gracefully melt to floor.
Activities:
Snowflake Scenes
(white paint, stamp pads, snowflake stamps, paper)
We’ll create snow scenes with paint and snow shaped stamps.
Snowmen feltboards
(individual feltboards, snowman pieces)
Designing snowmen is fun with felt pieces and pom poms.
Snowball Toss
(Snowmen, styro balls)
Who doesn’t love to throw snowballs? We’ll burn up some winter energy throwing snowballs at the snowmen.
Movement:
Snowflake Dance
(bubbles, cd player/music: Vivaldi:Winter)
