5 Little Snowmen

Materials: Construction paper, white paint, sharpie, orange marker, words to "5 little snowmen" (which is in the Snow lesson plan)
Directions: Paint and print your child's hand. Allow time for it to dry. And details with markers. Write or print and glue the words to "5 Little Snowmen" finger play. I put ours on the fridge so we can remember the words and look at it and do the fingerplay together.

Snowman

Great book to go along with this activity: How to Build a Snowman (Little Scholastic)


Materials: White posterboard or construction paper, various colors of construction paper, glue, crayons, markers, and various collage materials (buttons, pom poms, etc)

Directions: Cut 3 circles out of posterboard or construction paper (I used various sized plates to make my circles). I allowed my son to color the body portions of the snowman with crayons, since he wouldn't be able to do any of the gluing and decorating. But older children can do all the decorating themselves with supervision. Construct the 3 circles to make a snowman and use your other materials to decorate and "dress" him. Hang at your child's eye level.

Snow Theme: January 19-23

Snow

Week 3

Vocabulary Words: snow, cold, white

Books: Welcome Winter (Little Scholastic) and other snow/winter themed books

Rhyme/Song/Finger Play:

Five Little Snowmen

Five little snowmen on a winter's day
The first one said, "Wake up, so we can play"
The second one said, "Let's stomp on the ground."
The third one said, "Let's roll around."
The fourth one said, "Let's run and run and run."
The fifth one said, "I'm afraid I feel the sun."
"Oh dear," cried the snowmen, As they looked toward the sky.
And the five melting snowmen waved a fond goodbye

Activities:

Monday

“Snow paint”- white paint on dark paper (add glitter if wanted)

Play with snow or ice in a tub (emphasis on the word “cold”)

Tuesday

Color a snow picture

Snowflake jar- tear pieces of paper up small and put into a jar or bottle for “snow” in a bottle

Wednesday

Build a paper snowman

Thursday

Handprint snowflakes

White hunt, homemade white book

Whipcream snow play

Friday

Make snowflakes with popsicle sticks

Snow in a plastic bag