Snow, snow, snow...

Thankfully SNOW is one thing that has been in abundance for the last few weeks because our new lesson plan is all about snow. The preschoolers love snow. They love reading about it, singing about it, and playing in it. Some of the books that we have been reading regularly include The Biggest, Best Snowman, The Mitten, and The Snowy Day.

We went outside with some carrots and a plan to make some snowmen but the snow wouldn't pack well so we looked around for good spots to leave our carrots for the bunnies.



I built a little snowman. (make large circle with arms)
He had a carrot nose (point to nose)
Along came a bunny (hold up to bent fingers)
And what do you suppose? (shrug)
That hungry little bunny, ( make bunny again )
Looking for his lunch, ( hop bunny around )
Ate the snowman's nose. ( pretend bunny is eating nose )
Nibble! Nibble! Crunch! ( pretend to be eating a carrot )

We made snow angels outside...

...and inside!

Five Little Snowflakes

One little snowflake with nothing to do.
Along came another and
Then there were two.

Two little snowflakes laughing with me.
Along came another, and
Then there were three.

Three little snowflakes looking for some more.
Along came another, and
Then there were four.

Four little snowflakes dancing a jive.
Along came another, and
Then there were five.

Five little snowflakes having so much fun.
Out came the sun, and
Then there were none!

We made our own snowman in the classroom (pictured above) since we were unable to make a real one outside. Everyone had fun adding the different parts to the snowman. With the leftover "snowballs" (cotton balls) we did snowballs races where the kids tried to move the cotton balls along a track without using their hands. They quickly figured out that you could blow the cotton balls pretty far with big breaths.