One day a little shell washed up (hold shell)
Out of the waves at sea.
I held the shell up to my ear, (hold shell to ear)
And I heard it sing to me. Sh...Sh...Sh...Sh...
A little shell washed up one day,
And lay upon the sand. (hold shell in hand)
It sang a song about the sea,
As I held it in my hand. Sh...Sh...Sh...Sh...
(This is excellent for practice on the 'sh' speech sound.
Bring in a conch shell and let the children take turns
holding it to their ears to hear the sound of the sea.)
Down at the seashore, Isn't it grand?
Wiggling my toes, In the soft warm sand. (Wiggle toes)
Building a tall sand castle, Where the King and Queen stay.
(Make building motions)
But when the tide comes rushing in(One arm sweeps inward)
They will have to move away! (Arm makes leveling motion)
Splashing in the water (hands make splashing motion)
Of the cool blue sea,
Playing wave tag - in and out, (run forward w small step)
You can't catch me! (run quickly backwards)
Holding up a seashell (hold fist tightly to ear)
Tightly to my ear.
Shh! It's telling me a secret (Other hand holds finger to
lips),
That only I can hear!
A fun way to make a beach scene is to fill a baby food jar
with sand. Arrange pebbles, shells, and twigs on top and put
a lid on it. The lid can be sprayed gold. Pasta shells can
be used to represent real shells.
Bright sun shining down,
(Spread fingers and move slowly downward)
Shining on the ground.
What a lovely face you have,
(Make a large circle in front of face with arms)
Yellow, big and round.
Talk about the brilliant colours of butterflies and bugs.
Trace around the feet of each child on bright coloured
construction paper to make butterfly shapes. Draw a body
shape between the two 'butterfly wings.' Cut out the
butterfly. Paste narrow strips of black paper in place for
the antennae. Decorate the butterflies with bits of bright
fabric or construction paper. Hang them from overhead light
fixtures or from the top of the chalkboard with coloured
yarn.
Colour small bowls of water with food colouring. Using an
eye dropper scatter drops of coloured water on a round coffee
filter and watch the colours bleed and blend. While the
filter dries, draw eyes and body details on a wooden clothes
pin. Gather each coffee filter up in the center and clip
with a clothespin. Make antennea for each butterfly by
inserting a pipe cleaner into the end of the clothes pin and
twisting it secure. Bend the ends of the pipe cleaner.
(Variations: Use tissue paper in a multi-layered effect.
Decorate the body with sequins, glitter, buttons, etc. Make
caterpillars from green pompoms glued to a large real or
paper leaf (with a bite taken out) for a before and after
exhibit.
Make butterfly nets using cardboard and citrus fruit bags.
Make butterflies from rectangle of tissue paper twisted in
the centre. Throw them into the air and catch them with your
net.
A fun water experiment (that children often think is magic)
is seeing how water travels through celery. Place a stalk of
elery in a glass of coloured water. The children will be
able to see how the water goes through the celery.
A variation of this experiment is to divide one stalk of
celery into two sections at the bottom. Place half the stalk
in one glass of coloured water, and the other half in another
glass of different coloured water.
Materials: self-drying clay, rolling pin, nail, knife,
leaves
Procedure: Using a rolling pin, flatten a lump of clay. Lay
a leaf on the clay and roll over it with the rolling pin.
Remove the leaf and let the clay dry. Paint the clay with
tempera or acrylic paint if desired.
Materials: Yellow construction paper, scissors, marking
pens
Preparation: Cut a circle out of yellow construction paper
for each child. This is a good activity to use with
beginning cutters. Have the children use scissors to snip
around the edges of their paper circles to make sun rays.
When they have finished, have them bend their sun rays, some
in and some out, for contrast. Then help the children to
draw happy faces on their suns with marking pens.
Give each child an egg carton before going on a nature walk.
Encourage the children to put treasures they find along the
way in their cartons. When you return from your walk, have
the children talk about their treasures. Then let them glue
their items on pieces of construction paper or posterboard.
The Incredible Dry Finger
1. Fill a glass halfway with water and sprinkel a thick layer
of baby powder on top. 2. Slowly stick your finger down into
the water. 3. Lift your finger straight up out of the glass.
Incredible! It's dry.
The Surprising Wet Finger
1. Fill a glass with water and sprinkle some pepper on it. 2.
Dip your finger in liquid detergent and stick your finger in
the middle of the glass. Wow! The pepper shoots away.
The powder sticks to the oil on your skin and acts as a
glove. / Water behaves as if it has a clear elastic skin on
it. The soap breaks the skin which pulls pepper away.
I am going to dedicate a week to camping this fall, and
would appreciate all ideas. So far I have two childrens dome
tents that connect(for napping), that I purchased at Sams
Club for $20. I have also planned a fishing snack:
Bowl of peanut butter
bowl of goldfish
bowl of pretzel sticks
dip a stick in the peanut butter, then catch a fish. I
tested this with my dds and it was a definate hit.
We will be telling stories in front of the fireplace
before nap.
Choose 5 children to go in the middle of the circle sitting
like frogs...
Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs (yum yum) (rub tummy)
(Child's name) jumped in the pool where it was nice and
cool.
(above child jumps back to their spot in circle)
Now there are 4 green speckled frogs (glub, glub)
If you ever watched a butterfly,
You would think the same:
To call him rather 'Flutterby'--
Is more a fitting name.
For what he has to do with butter
I cannot understand.
But he can surely flutter better
Than any insect can!
Materials: Red and green construction paper, watermelon
seeds, scissors, glue,
Preparation: For each child, cut a large green circle and a
slightly smaller red circle from construction paper. Have
the children glue their red paper circles on top of their
green circles. Then let them glue some watermelon seeds on
their red circles to make watermelon slices.
Materials: Glycerin, small branch of leaves, newspaper,
hammer, large jar
Procedure: Place the branch on several layers of newspapers.
With the hammer, tap the end of the stem until it is
slightly crushed. In the jar, mix one part glycerin to two
parts water. Place the pounded end of the branch into the
glycerin mixture for 2 weeks. By this time the leaves will
be thicker to touch, their colour will have changed, and they
will not disintegrate or fade.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup milk, 1 tble sugar, 3/4 tble vanilla,
ice, 6 tble salt, 1 large freezer bag, 1 small freezer
bag
Put milk, sugar and vanilla into the small bag. Close the
bag. Put the ice into the large bag until the bag is half
full. Add the salt to the ice. Put the small bag into the
large bag, and seal the large bag. Shake the bags for five
minutes. Put in freezer for a few minutes until thick like
ice cream.
Let's pretend we're having fun at a picnic everyone.
Then some picnic pets come ' round.
Birds that flutter to the ground.
Crickets who can jump so funny,and a wiggly little bunny.
Butterflies on lazy wings, squirrels, and lots of other
things!
Let's pretend that we are all picnic pets who've come to
call.
On a warm, calm, summer night,
You might see a yellow light
Dart in the air from bush to tree.
Whatever can that bright light be?
Go get a jar, with a lid that's tight,
And try to catch your own night light!
Oh mister sun, sun,
Mister golden sun,
Please shine down on me,
Oh mister sun, sun,
Mister golden sun,
hiding behind the trees.
These little children are asking you
to please come out so we can play with you.
Sung to: Twelve Days Of Christmas
On the first day of summer..a robin in a maple tree.
Second....2 ducks a waddling.
Third.....3 bees a buzzin.
Fourth....4 watermelons.
Fifth.....5 picnic baskets.
Sixth.....6 wormy apples.
Seventh...7 ants a marchin.
Eighth....8 swimmers swimming.
Nineth....9 children playing.
Tenth.....10 flowers blooming.
Eleventh..11 mowers mowing.
Twelfth...12 gardens growing.
One lonely sunflower growing in the sun,
Wants to play and have some fun,
Then Whooooosh went the wind,
and scattered all the seeds,
and now there's lots of sunflowers,
playing in the breeze.
Outside Paint Party: Use an old white sheet, paint on trays,
hands, feet, kitchen utensils etc.
Put old white sheet on ground and let 'em at it. Footprints,
hand prints, potato masher, flyswatter. It looked like loads
of fun. If it's warm enough they can wade through the kiddie
pool to wash off!! Love it!
Materials: Paper plates, yellow paint, brushes, yellow crepe
paper or tissue paper, glue.
Preparation: Cut crepe or tissue paper into small
rectangles, approximately 1 X 2
Activity: Have the children paint their paper plates yellow
to make 'suns'. While the plates are still wet, let the
children press paper rectangles on the paint. They should
stick, but if the paint dries before the children finished,
let them use glue. Encourage the children to not only stick
rectangles in the middle of their plates, but also over the
rims to resemble sun rays.
Materials: Paper plates, yellow paint, brushes, glue,
sunflower seeds, green paper
Activity: Have the children paint their paper plates yellow
to make 'flowers'. When plate is dry put glue on plate and
glue sunflower seeds on the middle of their plates. Attach
them to green paper stems to create a sunflower garden.
Materials: Paper, sand, white glue, glue brushes, pie tins,
precut sun, beach balls, buckets, etc.
Preparation: Assemble materials and pour glue into pie tins.
Invite the children to paint pictures using white glue for
paint. Then let them sprinkle pinches of sand over the glue.
Wait a few minutes until the material has had a chance to
stick, then shake of excess. Have the children make beaches
by brushing glue across the bottom of light blue construction
paper and sprinkling sand on the glue. When their papers are
dry, let them paste on precut sun and boat shapes to create
summer beach scenes.
I like to watch the sea gulls, (Fists up to eyes)
Playing in the sky.
Dipping and soaring, (wave arm in air)
Through the clouds,
I wish that I could fly.
Down by the river where the water's deep,
I keep smooth stones piled up in a heap.
And when I'm feeling sad or alone,
I go down there and skip a stone.
I watch it glide and splash and sink.
It gives me time to stop and think.
And when this mood comes to an end,
I can get right up and start again.
Look up in the sky,
For Saturn or for Mars;
And did you ever try to count,
Try to count the stars?
I count from one right up to ten,
And then I must begin again.
It's not an easy job, you see:
So many of them, and only one of me!
Draw a starfish on blue paper. Apply glue to the inside of
the starfish shape, and then sprinkle on cornmeal. Let dry
and remove the excess meal. You can also get a realistic
starfish by cutting one out of sandpaper, but these are not
as much fun or as messy.
Have the children glue the popsicle sticks into the shape of
a diamond. Put glue on along the tops of the diamond shape.
Then press down tissue paper, let dry then cut away excess.
Attach a piece of yarn to the bottom of the diamond shape to
look like the tail.
Strawberry week - serve strawberries in a variety of ways.
Plain, dip in sugar or melted chocolate for an added treat.
Strawberry pancakes, shortcake, strawberries on ice cream.
Make some freeqer jam.
Raspberry week - these tiny fruits are a little expensive so
maybe you could have raspberry day. Make freezer jam, eat
them plain, sprinkled over yogurt or with a dollop or whipped
cream.
Blueberry week - go wild for blue. Make muffins, pancakes,
cakes, bread, sprinkle them over ice cream or breakfast
cereal.
Cool week - ice cream, popsicles, chilled fruit...watermelon.
Need plastic lids like coffee can or pringles lids, drizzle
white glue that dries clear onto lids. Add food colours to
more glue separately, drizzle colours onto glue on lid -
swirl slightly, when dry, poke a hole and string up in the
sun! (You should see swirls of colours.)
Materials: Black 3 or 4 inch circle, 8 yellow peddles,
sunflower seeds, green strip for stem
Have the child clue the yellow peddles onto the black circle.
The child's work is more important than the finished
product. If it doesn't look like a flower that is fine. Now
have the child glue the sunflower seeds onto the middle of
the black circle.
I can dive. (Move hands flattened together.)
I can swim. (Swimming motion.)
I can float. (Hands out to side with head thrown back.
I can fetch.
But dog paddle. (Paddle like dog.)
Is the stroke that I do best.
He flies so high (thumbs hooked together, over head)
Then dips down low; (repeat action, hands at chest level)
He rests upon a flower; (hands on knees)
Only a second, then off again, (repeat first action)
You see, he gets paid by the hour!
Materials: white art paper 9X12 in. or 12X18 in., green
construction paper, black crayon, paste, red tempera in a
flat bowl, paper towels
Procedure: Use black crayon to outline a cloud shape &
place them in three spots, leaving room for leaves and stems.
Fill in the cloud areas using your fingertip or thumbprint
dipped into the red tempera. Make an uneven number of petals
on each flower. You may want to make one smaller to
represent a bud. Lay down green strips. Experiment with
placement then paste down the stems. Round the edges of
green squares. Cut out a triangle section and scallop the
edges to form geranium leaves.Bend or roll some edges for a
three-dimensional look. Paste.
Have a watermelon party at snack time on a hot June day and
save the seeds. Soak them in soapy water, rinse well, and
set out to dry on paper towels overnight. From construction
paper, cut 3 half-oval shapes fro each child: a large one
from green, a medium one from white, and a small one from
pink or red. Have the children line up the straight edges
and glue the paper together to form a slice of watermelon.
Use a squeeze bottle of white or clear glue to dot glue all
over the pink or red paper, and then place a dried watermelon
seed on each dot of glue.
'Way last summer, when the corn grew tall, (raise hands)
Stood an old scarecrow in the middle of it all.
(Scarecrow stands tall)
Well, the sun and the wind and the rain came down.
(Make rain with hands and blow for wind)
And the scarecrow watched as the corn turned brown.
(Scarecrow put hands over eyes and looks around)
So, the farmer cut the corn, and the field was bare;
(Chop,chop)
And the old scarecrow was the only thing there.
(Scarecrow looks sad)
Then the winter wind blew and the field turned white.
(Blow, blow hard)
Still, the scarecrow stood, like a soldier, day and night
(Scarecrow turns and looks around)
Then the springtime came and the farmer ploughed the
ground,
(Children bend down and touch the ground)
And the scarecrow smiled, but he didn't make a sound.
(Scarecrow smiles)
Now, the corn's still young, so it isn't very tall,
(Raise hand a little off the floor)
And the scarecrow waits, but he doesn't mind at all.
(Scarecrow puts hands on hips and all the children shake head
'no')
We sail a ship with a (boy) named__________.
We sail a ship with a (girl) named_________.
We sail a ship with a (boy) named__________.
Early in the morning.
1. Put on a helmet
2. Pick up a bat
3. Walk to first base and get ready to swing
Let's go blue jays, let's play ball.
Who has been to a baseball game?
Some people get very excited and jump up and down and
yell.
Some people wave banners.
Some people eat pop and hotdogs.
Some people make a wave.
Build a little snowman, starting with his feet.
Put on lost of snow, and pat it all so neat.
Then make a round ball, and put it up on top.
The the sun will come out, and make the snowman hot.
A chubby little snowman (arms make fat tummy)
Had a carrot nose. (fist out in front of nose)
Along came a bunny, (hold up two fingers, hop
hand)
And what do you suppose? (shake pointer finger)
That hungry little bunny, (rub tummy)
Looking for his lunch (shade eyes, look around)
Ate the snowman's carrot nose (fist out in front of nose)
Nibble, nibble, crunch!
(open and close fist twice on 'nibble, nibble', then grab
nose with fist moving toward nose on 'crunch')
This is how we dress on a cold Winter's day.
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.
Five little snowmen standing in a row (hold up 5 fingers)
Each with a hat and a big red bow (point to head and
neck)
Five little snowmen dressed for show (smooth clothes with
hands)
Now they are ready, where will they go? (put hand across brow
and look)
Wait til the sun shines and then they will go (hold arms in
circle over head)
Down through the fields with the melting snow (pretend to
melt away)
How much is that penguin in the window?
The one is the black and white suit.
How much is that penguin in the window?
I do think that penguin's so cute.
I'm a little snowman, short and fat;
Here is my broomstick and here is my hat.
When the sun comes, I melt away.
Down, down, down, down, whoops.....
I'M A PUDDLE!!!
1. Discuss hot and cold objects, such as ice, stoves,
heaters, ice cream, snow and fire. Let children observe
process of an ice cube melting. Ask 'Where does it go? How
does it feel in your hand? In your mouth?' Have them pretend
to be ice cubes melting.
Get Ready, Set, Grow!
Contributed by Charles and Lisa DeElena
(toysclhr@bga.com)
Pour water into different size plastic containers (ie cottage
cheese, small yogurt, large ice cream buckets.)
Add food colouring to water - different colours - red, blue,
green.
Freeze in freezer.
On a nice sunny (not 'biting' cold) winter's day, bring
containers out of freezer and sit containers in water long
enough to loosen 'coloured ice'.
Let children take containers of coloured ice outside to make
snow castles or other creations. This will keep the children
fascinated with the coloured ice and white snow!
Children can also play indoors with this activity...Put snow
in a square plastic tub with the coloured ice.
Materials: Dark blue construction paper cut into the shapes
of different houses, white tempera paint, straw
Carefully pour the white paint along the roof line. Next
take straws and blow the paint down the roof line to make
icicles. To pretty up the houses attach the poem 'Winter
Morning'
Here's a snowman round and fat; (make circle with arms)
Out comes the sun and melts his hat. (touch head)
Here's a snowman with a scarf of red;
Out comes the sun and melts his head. (touch head)
Here's a snowman, fit as a fiddle;
Out comes the sun and melts his middle. (touch stomach)
Here's a snowman who waits for dawn;
Out comes the sun and he's all gone!
Merry little snowflakes falling to the ground,
(fingers flutter life falling snow)
They're landing on the treetops, covering our town.
(fingers flutter)
They softly fall on noses (touch nose)
And make our hair look white. (touch hair)
They seem to call, 'Come out and play!' ('come here'
motion)
As they fall throughout the night. (repeat first action)
Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle
Thumbs in the thumb place,
Fingers all together,
This is the song we sing in mitten weather.
When its cold,
It doesn't matter whether,
Mittens are wool,
Or made of fine leather.
This is the song we sing in mitten weather.
Thumbs in the thumb place,
Fingers all together.
I have three pairs of mittens;
Yellow, red, and blue.If I ever lose a pair,
I will still have two.
But it never works that way,
That's not the way it's done.
I never seem to lose the pair -
All I lose is one!
And at the end of winter,
I have three mittens there:
One blue, one red, one yellow,
But not a single pair!
I have fun when it snows.
I can make a snowman as round as a ________.
I can make a face for my snowman with _______.
I can make arms for my snowman with_________.
I know my snowman is happy because _________.
I am going to name my snowman __________.
My snowman is my friend.
Materials: Watercolours, tempera paint or food colouring
mixed with water, brushes, paint containers, snow
Preparation: Pour paint into containers suitable for use
outdoors.
Activity: Take the children outside when the snow is fa few
inches deep. Allow them to freely explore the effects of
paint on snow, using both small and large brushes. The
colours will spread as the paint touches the snow. Encourage
creating splashed colours with wide, sweeping movements or
making snow sculptures and painting them. The snow will hold
the paint cans and brushes firmly in place, so you won't need
to worry about upsets.
This activity will help your children warm-up on a cold day.
Pretend you are controlling the heat in the room. Tell the
children you are going to turn the heat down to make them all
shiver. When their bodies are all shaking in the
make-believe cold, turn the heat back up so their shivers
gradually stop. Continue turning the heat up and down. The
lower you turn the heat, the harder the children should
shiver. Finally, turn the heat off altogether so that they
'freeze' in position.
Have your children help you look for signs of winter where
you live. Examples : Weather: Cold weather brings ice and
snow. Daylight is short. Sometimes it is still dark when we
get up in the morning. Plants and Animals: All but the
evergreen trees are bare. Many animals are gone, some flying
south and some hibernating. The fur of some animals changes
colour to camouflage them in the snow. People: We wear
heavier clothing. We take out our gloves, boats, and hats.
We play inside more. Many people have fires in their
fireplaces. We play in the snow and must shovel our
walkways.
You and your children can pretend to join some winter
skaters, skating on a frozen pond. Let the children skate
around the room.
Have the children take off their shoes and put on their
make-believe skates. Play some waltz music and have the
skates glide in time to the music.
Snowflakes fall as softly as ________,
and as quietly as ________.
The snow is as cold as ________.
I love to watch the snow cover up________.
I love walking in the snow like a________.
I think I will save some snow in my ________.
The snow makes me happy because________.
Sometimes the snow makes me sad because_________.
Materials: Foodcolour, Water, Spraybottles
Fill empty plastic squeeze bottles with water and different
colours of food colouring. Let the children squirt the
colours onto the snow. Watch the excitement as the snow
becomes a rainbow of colours. The next day, examine the snow
to observe the melting process.
Materials: Art paper (9 in. X 12 in. white body, 3 in. X 5
in. black hat, 4 in. black circle hat, 3/4 in. X 12 in. red
scarf, 1 in. X 5 in. pink hat band, 1 in. X 2 in. yellow
gloves, scissors, paste, stapler and black felt pen
Procedure: Roll 9 in. X 12 in. white paper into a cone and
staple,trim,paste. Make hat by rolling 3 in. X 5 in. black
paper into cylinder and taping to the circle. Put hat onto
cone. Cut and paste in place pink hat band, red scarf and
yellow gloves. Draw face with felt pen.
Help your children make a snow gauge.
Materials a large empty coffee can, ruler, marking pen
(permanent ink).
1. Place the ruler inside the can. Mark and number inches
onto the inside of the can.
2. When it snows, place the can outside in a clear
place.
3. When it stops snowing, you and your children can tell how
deep the snow is by noting which inch mark it has reached.
Paint windows using pale blue and white paint to create a
beautiful winter scene.
2 Tbsp powdered tempera paint
1 Tbsp warm water
1 tsp Joy dish washing liquid
Measure powdered paint into a container. Mix in water
thoroughly to achieve a smooth paste. Add Joy, mising
completely, but gently, to avoid making paint too sudsy.
Dries on window in 5 - 10 minutes. Washes off easily with a
solution of water and vinegar.
Give each child a sheet of pale blue construction paper and
styrofoam packaging chips. Let them create a winter scene.
These turn out to be lovely three dimensional projects.
Encourage your children to be snow detectives by looking for
tracks in the snow and trying to identify who made the
tracks. Examples:
dog tracks
cat tracks
people tracks
bird tracks
other animal tracks
- Have the children lay on the floor, stretch out, and form a
blanket of snow. Then out, and form a blanket of snow. Then
have them 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 bady parts slowly. As the day continues to get warmer;
the snowmen gradually melt away. Have the children
slowly/gracefully melt to floor.
Bring three snowballs inside. Put them in different
locations. The refrigerator, the freezer and on a table.
Predict how long the snow will last in each place, and check
the results.
Materials: eggshells, cleaned and dried, peanut butter or
pickle jar with screw-on lid, felt, tiny evergreen branches,
mini-pine cones, red berries, sequins, small round stones,
and moss if you have it, mineral oil, glue
Proceedures: Crush some eggshells into very fine pieces and
set aside. Cut a piece of felt to vocer the jar lid. Glue
the felt into place to protect the table top. On the inside
of the jar lid, arrange the small stones and moss into a
'forest floor' for the evergreen trees. Glue into place.
Decorate the tree branches with pine cones, berries, and
sequins, and glue these into place on the forest floor. Let
dry for 1/2 hour. Fill the jar with mineral oil. Add
eggshells. Screw on lid. Shake.
Materials: Hangers, Yarn, white paper squares, lightweight
paper for ease in cutting 4 in. X 4 in. squares, scissors,
hole punch
Procedure: Round off the corners to create a circle. Fold
the circle. Create your design with scissors and/or a hole
punch. Open the finished snowflake. Paste several
snowflakes to a length of yarn. Tie yarn to a clothes
hanger.
Snowflakes, snowflakes, falling on the ground.
Snowflakes, snowflakes, falling all around.
I am bundled to my chin.
See my footprints where I've been.
Snowflakes, snowflakes, falling on the ground.
Materials: Paper, scissors, white tempera paint, dish
detergent, toothpicks, marshmellows
Procedure: Paper snowflakes. Fold a piece of white paper
several times. Then make a variety of cutouts along the
folds. Open up the piece of paper and it's a snowflake.
If you want to decorate your windows with painted snowflakes
do it with white tempera paint and a squirt of liquid dish
detergent to make it easier to wash off the windows later.
Use a paint brush and a corner of a sponge.
Makes snowflakes with toothpics and minature marshmallows
connected to each other.
Let the children examine snowflakes with a magnifying glass.
They should note that snowflakes are frozen water crystals
and each flake is unique with its own design.
A good way to catch snowflakes for examination is to set out
a piece of cardbard covered with dark felt. Place your felt
board in the freezer before setting it out to catch
snowflakes. Snowflakes will last longer before melting on
the cold board.
Snowflakes falling down,
(wiggle fingers downward)
Falling on the ground.
Great, big white flakes
(make circles with thumbs and forefingers touching)
That do not make a sound.
(Finger to lips and shake head 'no')
Snowflakes falling from the sky, from the sky, from the
sky.
Snowflakes falling from the sky, to the earth below,
Watch them as they dance and whirl, dance and whirl, dance
and whirl,
Watch them as they dance and whirl, soft white winter
snow.
Pack a snowball.
Make it round.
Roll it, roll it, along the ground.
Make one big ball, and one of middle size;
Then roll a smaller ball. Add a nose and eyes.
Give him a broom and a scarf of blue.
Now there's a friend to play with you! (point)
Pack a snowball.
Make it round.
Roll it, roll it, along the ground.
Make one big ball, and one of middle size;
Then roll a smaller ball. Add a nose and eyes.
Give him a broom and a scarf of blue.
Now there's a friend to play with you! (point)
Snowman, snowman, where did you go?
I built you yesterday out of snow.
I built you high and I built you fat.
I put on eye and nose and a hat.
And now you're gone - all melted away.
But it's sunny outside, so I'll go and play.
Tell the children that today we are only going to eat snowy
day snacks that must be white just like snow. Brain storm
for ideas. Here are a few things that you should have on
hand for this special snack day. Marchmallows, vanilla ice
cream, milk, peeled apple slices, cauliflower, white
cheese....
Go on a winter walk. Listen for sounds of winter. Examples:
boots crunching in snow, rain splashing, wind whistling
An interesting aspect of winter sounds in the relative lack
of sounds. Many birds are gone and snow makes the world seem
more quiet.
Watching.
Hoping.
Sighting the first flake.
Watching.
Wondering.
What will I make?
A snowman, a fort?
Angels in the snow?
A thousand flakes are falling.
Let's go! Let's go!! Let's go!!!
Roll him and roll him until he is big.
Roll him until he is fat as a pig.
He has two eyes, and a hat on his head.
He'll stand there all night,
While we go to bed.
Materials: Blue construction paper, white paint, sponge,
glitter, button eyes, pompoms, popcorn, pipecleaners, black
beans
Procedure: Sponge paint the snowman shape. Poke two holes
to thread yarn through. Cut mittens from folded construction
paper and glue to the ends of the yarn. Use construction
paper scraps or found objects (buttons, cloth, beans, beads,
popcorn) to create a face, hat buttons for snowman. eg: cut
cloth and pompom for a hat, glue triangle out for a nose,
pipecleaner arms, button eyes, black bean mouth, popcorn
buttons.
Create a snowy day picture by using only white materials.
Give each child a styrofoam tray to be used as a base for the
picture. Provide an assortment of white material (cotton
balls, white string, rice, white straws) to glue on to the
tray to create snow day scene.
Materials: Construction paper, paste, crayons, paint,
brushes, cotton balls
Preparation: Draw a stocking cap shape for each child on a
piece of construction paper. A half circle with a cuff
across the bottom and a tassel at the top is simple to do.
Cut out shapes. Have the children decorate their cap shapes
with crayons or paint or by pasting on scraps of coloured
paper. Sponge painting. Let them each paste a cotton ball
on the tassel area. While the children are working, talk
about the changing weather and how hats help keep heads and
ears warm. The children may make mittens to match caps.
Together they make great bulletin board display. Remind
parents of winter clothes.
Winter is the king of showmen,
Turning tree stumps into snow men
And houses into birthday cakes
And spreading sugar over lakes.
Smooth and clean and frosty white,
The world looks good enough to bite.
That's the season to be young,
Catching snowflakes on your tongue
Snow is snowy when it's snowing.
I'm sorry it's slushy when it's going.
by Ogden Nash
Recite the poem below and let the children fill in the
blanks.
Winter sun, don't you run,
Stay with me and have some fun.
Shine on the________, shine on me,
Shine on the________, shine on the tree.
Shine on the________, shine so fair,
Shine on the________, shine everywhere!
Materials: newspaper, fern fronds or evergreen branches,
dark blue construction paper, straight pins, toothbrush,
white tempera paint, clear liquid glue, silver glitter, clear
plastic wrap
Procedure: Cover a flat work space with newspaper. Lay the
construction paper flat on the newspaper and arrange the
greenery on the paper to form a design you like. Pin in
place. Dip toothbrush into paint and 6 in. away from paper
run your thumb across the bristles repeatedly in an upward
direction. Allow the paint to dry. Dab clear liquid glue on
the white surfaces and sprinkle with glitter. Remove pins
and cover with clear plastic wrap for protection. Fold edges
of wrap over and glue.
Materials: Felt pens (waterbase), White glue, Flat meat
trays, Fishing line, Hole punch
Procedure:
Day 1 - Give each child a meat tray. Let children make
designs with pens. Pour enough glue on tray to cover design.
Let stand overnight.
Day 2 - Peel off edges and let dry another day.
Day 3 - Peel off tray completely. You can cut a design out
of dried and peeled glue. Punch hole in dried glue. Hang by
fishing line.
Five little penguins, I once knew,
Short ones, fat ones, skinny ones, too.
But, the one little penguin with the Red bow tie,
He led the others sliding up and down,
He led the others, sliding up and down.
Especially good when done with five felt board penquins - one
with a red bow.
