Winter Books- Submitted by Carol
Annie and the Wild Animals (Jan Brett)
The Snowy Day (Ezra Jack Keats)
The First Snowfall (Anne and Harlow Rockwell)
Thomas' Snowsuit (Robert Munsch)
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow (Shirley Neitzel)
The Mitten (Jan Brett)
The Big Snow (Berta and Elmer Hader)
Sadie and the Snowman (Allen Morgan)
White Snow, Bright Snow (Alvin Tresselt)
Katy and The Big snow (Virginia Lee Burton)
Here Is the Arctic Winter (Madeleine Dumphy)
Barney's Wonderful Winter Day (Stephen White)
Clifford's First Snow Day (Norman Bridwell)
Froggy Gets Dressed (Jonathan London)
Curious George in the Snow (Margret Rey)
Just a Snowy Day (Mercer Mayer)
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear? (Bill Martin, Jr. & Eric Carle)
The Hat (Brett)
The Snow Speaks (Carlstrom)
Over the River and through the Wood (Child)
Snowballs (Ehlert)
Geraldine's Big Snow (Keller)
One Snowy Night (Nick Butterworth)
Jolly Snow (Jane Hissey)
Owl Moon (Jane Yolen)
The Snowman (Raymond Briggs)
Snow Day (Betsy Maestro)
Animals in Winter (Henrietta Bancroft and Richard G. VanGelder )
A Winter Day (Douglas Florian)
Winter Rabbit (Patrick Yee)
Footprints in the Snow (Cynthia Benjamin)
Hopper (Marcus Pfister)
Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear (Hans de beer)
Winter (Nicola Baxter)
Boots (Anne Schreiber)
Snow is Falling (Franklyn M. Branley)
A Winter Place (Ruth Yaffe Radin)
Happy Winter (Karen Gundersheimer)
A Walk on a Snowy Night (Judy Delton)
Ski Pup (Don Freeman)
Fun in the Snow (Laura Damon)
A Winter Day (Douglas Florian)
When Winter Comes (Robert Maoss)
Henrietta's First Winter (Rob Lewis)
The Snow Cat (Dayal Kaur Khalsa)
When Will it Snow (Syd Hoff)
Snow Child (Freya Littledale)
Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here (Jean Craighead George)
The Wild Toboggan Ride
Suzan Reid
Amy Loves The Snow (Julia Hoban)
First Snow (Kim Lewis)
Footprints in the Snow (Cynthia Benjamin)
Hello, Snow! (Weny Cheyette Lewison)
Here Comes The Snow (Angela Shelf Medearis)
In the Snow: Who's Been Here? (Lindsay Barrett George)
Sadie and the Snowman - (Allen Morgan)
Snow (Steve Sanfield)
Snow (P.D. Eastman)
Snow Angel (Jean Marzollo)
The Biggest Snowball (John Rogan)
The Snow Child (Freya Littledale)
The Snow Tree (Caroline Repchuk)
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Winter Books- Submitted by Lisa in VA
50 Below Zero --- Robert Munsch
All About Snow And Ice --- Stephen Krensky
Andy Bear --- Ginny Johnson and Judy Cutchins
Annie and The Wild Ones --- Jan Brett
Antarctica ---Helen Cowcher
Big Snow, The --- Berta and Elmer Hader
Black Snowman, The --- Phil Mendez
Brave Irene --- William Steig
Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens ---Louise Borden
Do Like Kyla --- Angela Johnson
Every Autumn Comes the Bear --- Jim Arnosky
First Snow --- Emily Arnold McCully
Footprints in the Snow --- Cynthia Benjamin
Fox's Dream --- Tejima
Frosty the Snowman --
Geraldine's Big Snow ---Holly Keller
Grandma's Promise --- Elaine Moore
Hat, The --- Jan Brett
Hello Snow --- Wendy Lewison
Hopper --- Marcus Pfister
In the Snow: Who's Been Here? --- Lindsay Barrett
George In the Snow --- Huy Voun Lee
Jacket I Wear In The Snow --- Shirley Neitzel
Katy and the Big Snow --- Virginia Lee Burton
Little Penguin's Tale --- Audrey Wood
Making Tracks --- David Hawcock
Mitten, The --- Jan Brett
Mouse That Jack Built, The --- Cyndy Szekeres
Owl Moon --- Jane Yolen
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? --- B. Martin, Jr.
Polar Bear, The --- Valerie Tracqui
Puffin's Homecoming --- Darice Bailer
Sadie and the Snowman --- Allen Morgan
Shoveling Snow --- Pat Cummings (sort of a repetitive pattern)
Sledding --- Elizabeth Winthrop
Snip, Snip, SNOW! --- Nancy Poydar
Snow on Snow on Snow --- Cheryl Chapman
Snow Dance --- Lezlie Evans
Snow is Falling --- Franklyn Branley
Snow Speaks, The --- Nancy White Carlstrom
Snowballs --- Lois Ehlert
Snowed In at Pokeweed School --- John Bianchi
Snowman Storybook, The --- Raymond Briggs
Snowman, The - Raymond Briggs
Snowy Day --- Ezra Jack Keats
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening --- Robert Frost
Tacky the Penguin --- Woods
Thomas' Snowsuit --- Robert Munsch
Very Merry Snowman Story, A--- Joanne Barkan
When Winter Comes --- Robert Maass
White Snow, Bright Snow --- Alvin Tresselt
Winter Harvest --- Jane Chelsea Aragon
Winter is Here --- Kimberly Weinberger
Winter Rabbit --- Patrick Yee
Winter Noisy Book, The --- Margaret Wise Brown
Winter Day, A --- Douglas Florian
Wintertime --- Ann Schweninger
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5 Little Snowman Activity- Submitted by Lisa in VA
We took the poem "Five Little Snowmen" and made a manipulative. I typed out the five verses to the poem and cut out 5 snowmen from our Ellison machine for each child. They decorated the snowmen, glued them onto a long piece of paper, cut apart the poem and added them in order underneath each snowman. As we read the poem, they folded each snowman so you couldn't see it as it "melted away."
Here's the poem:
Five Little Snowmen
5 little snowmen standing in a row. ***** "The Mitten" Activity- Submitted by Lisa in VA
When you read the book "The Mitten" use a white balloon while you're reading the story. Blow the balloon up little by little as each animal crawls inside. Then, when the mitten pops up from all the animals, let the balloon go whizzing around the room. The kids love it! ***** "Katy and the Big Snow" Activity- Submitted by Lisa in VA
We read Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton (it's a long book) then each child completed the sentence (by writing), "During the winter I like to ________." ***** Another "The Mitten" Activity- Submitted by Lisa in VA
-We read two versions of The Mitten (one by Jan Brett, one by Alvin Tresselt) and the children made symmetrical pairs of mittens. We put them on a bulletin board and the children had to find the matching pairs. *****
Dressing for Winter Poem Submitted by Christi
This is how we dress on a cold Winter's day. *****
Winter Books and Stories- Submitted by Christi
Barney's Wonderful Winter Day by Stephen White
Everything for Winter by Kathy Charner (Editor)
The First Snow by David Christiana
How Do You Know Its Winter? by Allan Fowler
Is That You, Winter? by Stephen Gammell
Pooh Welcomes Winter Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
We Celebrate Winter by Susan Hughes
What Do Animals Do in Winter? by Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger
White Wonderful Winter by Elaine W. Good
50 Below Zero --- Robert Munsch
All About Snow And Ice --- Stephen Krensky
Andy Bear --- Ginny Johnson and Judy Cutchins
Annie and The Wild Ones --- Jan Brett
Antarctica ---Helen Cowcher
Big Snow, The --- Berta and Elmer Hader
Black Snowman, The --- Phil Mendez
Brave Irene --- William Steig
Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens ---Louise Borden
Do Like Kyla --- Angela Johnson
Every Autumn Comes the Bear --- Jim Arnosky
First Snow --- Emily Arnold McCully
Footprints in the Snow --- Cynthia Benjamin
Fox's Dream --- Tejima
Frosty the Snowman --
Geraldine's Big Snow ---Holly Keller
Grandma's Promise --- Elaine Moore
Hat, The --- Jan Brett
Hello Snow --- Wendy Lewison
Hopper --- Marcus Pfister
In the Snow: Who's Been Here? --- Lindsay Barrett George
In the Snow --- Huy Voun Lee
Jacket I Wear In The Snow --- Shirley Neitzel
Katy and the Big Snow --- Virginia Lee Burton
Little Penguin's Tale --- Audrey Wood
Making Tracks --- David Hawcock
Mitten, The --- Jan Brett
Mouse That Jack Built, The --- Cyndy Szekeres
Owl Moon --- Jane Yolen
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? --- B. Martin, Jr.
Polar Bear, The --- Valerie Tracqui
Puffin's Homecoming --- Darice Bailer
Sadie and the Snowman --- Allen Morgan
Shoveling Snow --- Pat Cummings
Sledding --- Elizabeth Winthrop
Snip, Snip, SNOW! --- Nancy Poydar
Snow on Snow on Snow --- Cheryl Chapman P>
Snow Dance --- Lezlie Evans
Snow is Falling --- Franklyn Branley
Snow Speaks, The --- Nancy White Carlstrom
Snowballs --- Lois Ehlert
Snowed In at Pokeweed School --- John Bianchi
Snowman Storybook, The --- Raymond Briggs
Snowman, The - Raymond Briggs
Snowy Day --- Ezra Jack Keats
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening --- Robert Frost
Tacky the Penguin --- Woods
Thomas' Snowsuit --- Robert Munsch
Very Merry Snowman Story, A--- Joanne Barkan
When Winter Comes --- Robert Maass
White Snow, Bright Snow --- Alvin Tresselt
Winter Harvest --- Jane Chelsea Aragon
Winter is Here --- Kimberly Weinberger
Winter Rabbit --- Patrick Yee
Winter Noisy Book, The --- Margaret Wise Brown
Winter Day, A --- Douglas Florian
Wintertime --- Ann Schweninger *****
Submitted by Christi
A beautiful video to watch is "The Snowman" *****
Snow Riddles- Submitted by Lisa in VA
I have six sides
Round balls of snow
I travel through the snow
You can sit on me *****
Making Books- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Each child makes and illustrates their own book. ***** Little Snowman Book
I am a little snowman (cover) *****
Ask the children to fill in the blanks...
In the snow I'll wear _______________.
When it snows *****
10 Little Mittens Hanging on the Line- Submitted by Cheryl
Make 10 different decorative mittens. Get a close line and secure the ends.
10 little mittens hanging on the line...
9 little mittens near the gate...
8 little mittens blowing near heaven...
7 little mittens hanging near the sticks...
6 little mittens by the old beehive...
5 little mittens very near the door...
4 little mitten hanging froma tree...
3 didn't know what to do...
2 little mittens drying in the sun...
1 little mitten didn't want to be alone...
Have a different child comes up each time and takes a mitten off of the clothes line.
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There are a number of fun "s" words associated with winter. Look through a winter magazine or storybook with your child and have her look for objects that start with the "s" sound. Examples: Snow, Snowmen, Snowflake, Sled, Skates, Sledding and Skating.
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January is a great time to emphasize the difference between hot and cold with your child. You can make hot cocoa and cold cocoa. Let your child decide which one he likes the best. When you go outside, you can talk about how "cold" it is. When you are riding in the car with the heater on, you can talk about how "hot" it is. If you like in a warm climate, I am sure you can find other appropriate examples for your child.
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To make this game, you will need twelve 3x5-index cards, some scissors, glue and an old Winter magazine. Cut and glue pictures of winter objects on the cards. Examples: A snowflake, a mitten, a white bunny, a reindeer, a sled, a snowman, etc. You can add ordinary objects also, such as; a tent, a car, a toaster, a book. When you are finished making the twelve cards, mix them up and turn them upside-down. Have your child choose three or four cards, and make up a short story using the cards. Another way to play the game is to take turns with your child drawing a card and incorporate the object into a shared story.
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Ask your children to think of items that come in pairs. Make a list of their responses. Here are some suggestions: mittens, gloves, socks, shoes, boots, sandals, skates, shoelaces, and earrings.
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Find an old mitten to use as a puppet base. Glue or sew on a pompom nose and eyes, a felt mouth, and yarn hair. If you wish, add other details, using scraps of fabric, rickrack, or lace. Use the puppet when singing songs or reciting rhymes, such as "Three Little Kittens."
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Cut several snow people shapes of assorted sizes out of white poster board or felt. Decorate the shapes as desired. Give the shapes to your children and invite them to line up the snow people on a table or a flannel board from smallest to largest or from largest to smallest.
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I cut two pieces of felt into the shape of a mitten. I put Velcro around the sides and left the top open. The children counted how many plastic animals fit in the mitten before it burst open. We recorded how many animals fit in the mitten for each person in the group.
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Make a huge white mitten out of white fleece. Stuff animals or puppets of each animal and put them in the mitten as you tell the story. Once the mouse tickles the bears nose, stand up and throw all the animals in the air. (as the bear sneezes)
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We did the Mitten today and used a smallish white parachute as the mitten. It was fun and hilarious. All the characters could get under it easily and we only had to discuss how to keep from getting too blown up with the Bear's sneeze.
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Cut five snowball shapes out of white felt and place them on a flannelboard. Read the following rhyme to your children, removing one snowball at the end of each verse. At the end of the rhyme, ask the children what they think the little boy did with the last snowball.
Five round snowballs piled in a heap,
Three round snowballs in a little pile, *****
Place five to ten small items or toys on a tray. Show your children the tray of items and your special "Hiding Hat." Have them look closely at the items. Ask them to cover their eyes while you put the Hiding Hat over one of the items. When they open their eyes, have them guess which item the hat is hiding. Whoever guesses correctly gets to have the next turn hiding an item.
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Snowflakes, snowflakes,
Snowflakes, snowflakes *****
Find a falling snow paperweight (or snowglobe). Let your children manipulate the paperweight as you tell a story about the scene inside it.
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Why Mittens?- Submitted by Sherry Discuss with students why people wear mittens. Ask them to brain storm a list of other winter clothing that protects people from the cold. Then try this hands-on experience. In advance, prepare a tray of ice cubes and gather a few pairs of real mittens. Working with a few children at a time, hand each child an ice cube: first in bare hands, then while she is wearing a pair of mittens. Ask her to describe the difference in the way her hands felt while holding the ice with and without the mittens. After all the children have participated in the ice-cube activity, teach them this song about the purpose of mittens.
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Snow Stories- Submitted by Sherry
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
Sadie and the Snowman by Allen Morgan
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
White Snow Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt
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Inside a Mitten- Submitted by Cindy
The Mitten, adapted and illustrated by Jan Bret, will inspire your little ones to participate in this circle activity. After sharing the story, have children sit in a circle on a rug. Review the animals in the order that they appear in the story. Place a large blanket in the center of the circle to represent the mitten and sing the song below as youngsters role-play climbing into the mitten.
(sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
The mitten on the ground
The [mole] snuggles in.
As the last student role-plays the mouse, have all the students pretend to sneeze and fall out of the mitten.
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Click on the Snowman Below to go back
(This is a tactile book with different textures/smells. This is such a great interactive book for circle time. If it is possible, try sipping warm chocolate, while reading. If not, try it for a treat afterwards. Talk about the feel and smell.)
Each had a hat and a big red bow.
Out came the sun and shone all day.
1 little snowman melted away.
(continue until you have no snowmen left.)
We put on our snowsuits to go out to play.
Then we put on our boots for walking in the snow.
Next, our hats and our mittens.
'Cause the wind begins to blow.
And now we're all ready to go out and play.
We'll stay nice and warm on this cold Winter day.
And I fall from the sky.
I land on your nose,
I land on your eye.
Can you guess what name have I?
And a funny-looking hat,
A broomstick and a carrot
And some buttons that are black.
What can you make from all of that?
And you sit on me.
I make a lot of noise,
And on the bottom there are skis.
What is the name that you call me?
And slide in the snow,
Or someone can pull you
Wherever you go.
What is the name that I want you to know?
Tune: I'm a little Teapot
I'm so fat and round
(pg 1. One big snowball made out of construction
paper,
trace around with black crayon)
I started from a snowflake that fell upon the ground
(pg. 2 cut out
snowflake)
I have two buttons for my eyes, a carrot for my nose
(pg 3. Have the
child
draw a simple shape snowman discuss size in comparison to the buttons,
carrot-
orange construction paper, show how to draw then cut out.
I have a scarf of red and a hat upon my head
(pg 4)- Same idea again
have the
child draw a simple snowman shape, add a red construction paper scarf
and
black hat. Take the time to show how to draw and give the kids some
practice
paper.
Out came the sun Have the child draw a big sun.
(pg 5_Discuss what would
one
see if the snowman melted, what would not melt. Draw items in a big
puddle
Watch me as I melt to the ground (also pg 5)
Winter Questions- Submitted by Lisa in VA
But not in the summer!
I can _________________.
I can _________________.
I can _________________.
But I can't ____________.
Hang 10 mittens with clothespins and act out this action rhyme
one went away, and then there were nine
one went away, and then there were eight.
one flew off, and then there were seven.
one fell off, and there were six.
one came off, and then there were five.
one went away, and then there were four.
one went away, and then there were three.
one went away, and then there were two.
one went away...and then there was one.
He went a way, and then there were none.
Winter "S" Words- Submitted by Sherry
Hot And Cold- Submitted by Sherry
Winter Story Cards- Submitted by Sherry
What Things Come In Pairs?- Submitted by Sherry
Mitten Puppet- Submitted by Sherry
Smallest To Largest- Submitted by Sherry
"The Mitten" Activities- Submitted by Sherry
More Mitten Activities- Submitted by Sherry
Another Mitten Activity- Submitted by Sherry
Five Round Snowballs- Submitted by Sherry
One rolled to the bottom where it wasn't so steep.
Four round snowballs make a smaller mound,
One was scared to be so high and rolled to the ground.
One rolled down the hill for a mile.
Two round snowballs sitting all alone,
A little boy picked it up and took it home.
The Hiding Hat- Submitted by Sherry
Snowflakes Rhyme- Submitted by Sherry
Dance around
(Dance fingers)
Snowflakes, snowflakes
Touch the ground.
(Touch floor)
In the air.
(Dance fingers upward)
Snowflakes, snowflakes,
Everywhere.
(Dance fingers outward)
Snow Language Idea- Submitted by Sherry
The mitten on the ground.
Heigh-ho! It's cold outside.
The mitten on the ground.
The [mole] snuggles in.
Heigh-ho! It's cold outside.
The [mole] snuggles in.
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