Winter Wonderland
BULLETIN BOARDS:
BULLETIN BOARDS: 
After reading Snowballs, by Lois Ehlert, students
designed snow people and animals using doilies and
a variety of art supplies.
A snowman, snowgirl, and snowleopard can be seen in this
upclose look of the Snowballs bulletin board.
Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft
Snow is Falling by Franklin M. Branley
The Hat by Jan Brett
The Mitten by Jan Brett- Retell the story using a large bedsheet and animal masks found on www.JanBrett.com. You can retell the story using the lyrics to "The Mitten in the Snow" song, found at www.mrsjones.org/songs/themitten.html.
Children circle the mitten (blanket) while class
sings song and each child goes under the mitten
when his/her animal is called.
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
The Snowman Storybook by
Raymond Briggs
The Biggest Bestest Snowman by Margaret Cuyler
Snowballs by Louis Ehlert
Snowball Fight by Jimmy Fallon
The First Day of Winter by
Denise Fleming
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Case of the Missing Red Mitten by Steven Kellog
The Snowchild retold by Freya Littledale
I am Snow by Jean Marzollo
Thomas’ Snowsuit by Robert Munsch
Fifty Below Zero by Robert Munsch
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel
The First Snowfall by Anne Rockwell
Poppleton in Winter by Cynthia Rylant
Winter Friends by Carl R. Sams
Winter Lullaby by Barbara Seuling
Rabbit’s Wish for Snow by Tchin
The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt
Hello, Snow! by Hope Vestergaard
Winter Days in the Big Woods by
Laura Ingalls Wilder
POEMS AND MUSIC:
“Five Little Snowmen”
Five little snowmen,
Round and fat.
Each one wore a funny hat.
Out came the sun,
And melted one,
And that was that.
* Count down to one.
* 5 students hold a snowman card and 1 student holds a sun card. As class recites poem, sun taps a snowman on head, causing snowman to melt. Student then turns snowman card over to reveal melted snowman picture.
“The Funny Little Snowman”
A funny little snowman
Had a carrot nose.
Along came a rabbit
And what do you suppose?
That hungry little rabbit,
Looking for its lunch,
Ate the snowman’s carrot nose
Nibble, nibble, CRUNCH!
"Winter"
The buds are gone,
The world is white,
The winds are wild,
They chill and bite;
The ground is thick
With slush and sleet,
And I can barely feel my feet.
"Snowman"
by Helen H. Moore
Snowflakes falling
Thick and fast.
Build a snowman
Make him last...
Snowflakes falling,
Swirling snow,
My snowman melted-
Where'd he go?
"My Perfect Snowball"
I made myself a snowball,
As perfect as could be,
I thought I'd keep it as a pet,
And let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas,
And a pillow for its head,
Then last night it ran away,
But, first-it wet the bed!
"I'm a Little Snowman"
(tune "I'm a Little Teapot)
I'm a little snowman, short and fat.
Here is my broomstick, here is my hat.
When the sun comes out, I melt away.
Whoops! I am sorry I can't stay!
WRITING:
1. Journals- "My favorite thing to do in winter is________________."
2. What Can You See on a Winter's Day? Class Book- Each child completes the sentence (Child's name) can see________ on a winter's day.
MATH:
1.Estimation- Estimate how many snowballs (cottonballs or marshmallows) are in a jar.
2.Graphing-
What is your favorite color mittens?
What is your favorite winter activity?
3.Patterning-Create a pattern on a mitten using buttons.
4.Number Word/Numeral Match- Students match number word on one mitten to numeral on another mitten
5.Number Sequencing- Put mittens, snowflakes, or snowman in sequential order.
6.Number Recognition- Children place buttons on a snowman according to the number on its hat
7. "Roll a Snowman" game- Take turns rolling dice. First one to finish the following wins:
Roll 1- draw a hat
Roll 2- draw a head
Roll 3- draw a top body
Roll 4- draw a bottom body
Roll 5- draw a face
Roll 6- draw a carrot nose
8. Measurement- Measure a snowman drawn on a chart using unifex cubes.
SCIENCE:
1. Magic Ice Experiment-
1. Put ice cube on plate.
2. Lay a piece of string across ice cube
and try to pick it up with string.
3. Try again, only this time sprinkle salt
over string and ice after counting to 10.
Turn cube upside down. String will
stick to ice instead of falling.
2. Winter Sort- Fill a box with seasonal items such as winter clothing, silk flower, silk fall leaf, and plastic pumpkin. Have children sort which items are winter ones.
3. Melt Ice or Snow- Gather snow from outside or ice from freezer and show to children. Have them describe it and predict what will happen as it sits in the classroom. Allow to melt and have children observe results. Discuss what caused it to melt.
4. Colored Snow Experiment- Gather snow or shaved ice and food coloring. Have each child scoop some snow/ice into a clear cup. Next, child picks 2 colors of food coloring to drop in snow/ice. Observe what new color is made. Ask children to describe what happens and why.
5. Making frost- Gather glasses or mugs and show to children. Explain you are going to put them in freezer. Leave in freezer for 15-30 minutes and remove. Allow children to observe and describe what happened to glasses.
6. Make hot cocoa.
7. Make "Blizzard" Milk Shakes- Have children help scoop vanilla icecream into blender. Peel bananas and have children use blunt plastic knives or popsicle sticks to cut them into small pieces. Add to icecream and blend. Ask children to explain what happened to the bananas in the icecream.
8. Make "Snow Logs"- Give each child a half of a banana. Have child spread whip cream on it and eat.
9. Make "Instant Snow" using Steve Spangler's science kit. Website to order kit is http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000044
ART:
1. Mitten Tree- Spray paint a small tree limb white and place in container. Fill with fiberfill to represent snow. Students decorate mitten patterns and hang on tree.
2.Doily Snowpeople- Use doilies for the snowperson's body. Add details using markers, paper, buttons, felt, etc.
3. Marshmallow snowman-Students glue mini marshmallows around predrawn circles to form a snowman. Add facial features and clothing. I alos had students make snowflakes by dipping some marshmallows in white paint and then making prints on the paper around the snowman.
4. Tissue paper snowman-Cover snowman pattern with white tissue paper.
5. Paper plate snowman
6. Glistening Icicle Paintings- Dip plastic fork in white paint and drag down blue paper. Sprinkle silver glitter over paint and let dry.
7. Sequin snowflakes- students glue sequins on doilies.
8. Q-tip snowflakes- Lay Q-tips down on wax paper in the shape of a snowflake. Place a blob of glue in the center. Sprinkle on silver glitter.Let dry for a day, then carefully
remove from wax paper.
9. Snowy Day Collage- After reading The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats, discuss what a collage is. Explain Keats used collages to make the pictures in his book. Have students make a snow scene using scissors and a variety of color paper and glitter.
11. Rainbow snowflakes- Squeeze food coloring drops on to a coffee filter. Let dry. Fold coffe filter and cut out small shapes to make a snowflake. Attach the folloing poem to snowflake:
We were tired of winter days,
Being cold and wet and gray
So we asked Winter's wizard
To make it snow a rainbow blizzard.
12. Green Pepper Snowflakes- Cut green bell peppers in half. Dip cut edges of peppers into white paint and press on dark construction paper to make "snowflakes". Add white or silver glitter if desired.
13. Snow Laden Pine trees- Students cut out green pine tree patterns and add snow by dipping flat side of plastic fork in white paint and dragging it down tree branches.
14. Class Snowman- Stuff 3 white garbage bags with newspaper and stack them. Add a hat, scarf, tree branch arms, and paper eyes, nose and mouth.
15. Snow Clothes- After reading This is the Jacket I Wear in the Snow, trace a child on bulletin board paper and cut out figure. Children work in small groups coloring in the figure's hat, scarf, mittens, jacket, jeans, and boots. Children then label clothing on index cards. Display figure and word cards with heading "This is the...I wear in the snow."
16. Mittens- Cut out mittens pattern. Color with oil pastels. Blend colors with paper towel. Trim with cottonball "fur". Lace together using yarn and hole puncher.
After a snowy day, we collected snow in buckets, brought it in the classroom, and worked in teams to create snowmen.
