Wednesday, January 18, 2012

1, 2 3, Go! Spectaular Snow

Snowmen, snowballs, snowforts!  Does your little one like to create things in the snow?  Incorporating snow themed playtime into singing rhymes and songs makes for a fun time learning to get ready to read!  Action rhymes such as those below encourage interaction with your child through movements and activity.  Through such playtime, children ask questions and search for answers, which also helps them learn new information.  Children also love to count and compare, as displayed in the counting and color rhymes below,  which help them continue to learn.


Here is a Hill Rhyme
Here is a hill all covered with snow (Put one hand on hip and make it “snow” with the other hand)
We’ll take our sleds up.  (Walk fingers up the arm on the hip)
And zoom down we’ll go! (Fly fingers quickly down arm)

A Funny Little Snowman
A funny little snowman had a carrot nose.
Along came a bunny and what do you suppose?
That hungry little bunny looking for his lunch,
Ate the snowman’s carrot with a nibble, nibble, crunch!

The Itsy Bitsy Snowman  (To the tune of Itsy Bitsy Spider)
The Itsy-Bitsy snowman was standing in the snow.  (Hold arms in circle)
Down came some snowflakes...they made the snowman grow.  (Wiggle fingers downward)
Out came the sun to shine its golden rays, (Hold arms to make sun)
Which warmed the little snowman and melted him away.  (Hug self and slump to floor)

Five Friendly Snowmen 
Adapted from Five Little Snowmen on Karen for Kids CD by Karen Banks Lubicz

5 friendly snowmen white and round,
Made with snow that fell on the ground.
Out came the sun and melted one,
Now the one with the yellow scarf is all done.

4 friendly snowmen white and round,
Made with snow that fell on the ground.
Out came the sun and melted one,
Now the one with the orange scarf is all done.

3 friendly snowmen white and round,
Made with snow that fell on the ground.
Out came the sun and melted one,
Now the one with the green scarf is all done.

2 friendly snowmen white and round,
Made with snow that fell on the ground.
Out came the sun and melted one,
Now the one with the blue scarf is all done.

One friendly snowman white and round,
Made with snow that fell on the ground.
Out came the sun,
So the one with the red scarf decided to run!

Let's Make a Snowman
Adapted from I Can Make a Snowman on Highly Usable Music (HUM) CD by Carole Peterson

I can make a snowman,
A snowman, a snowman.
I can make a snowman,
My snowman will be white!

Anyone can make a white one! Let’s make ours different colors.
Close your eyes and think of the color of grass.

I can make a snowman,
A snowman, a snowman.
I can make a snowman,
My snowman will be: GREEN!

Now let’s do it again.
Repeat the song with additional colors such as:
Close your eyes and think of the color of the Sun. My snowman will be YELLOW!
Close your eyes and think of the color of the Sky. My snowman will be BLUE!
Close your eyes and think of the color of a Strawberry:. My snowman will be RED!


We also read these books about snow:

The Snowy Day be Ezra Jack Keats
Winner of the 1963 Caldecott medal.  The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. 
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Millions of Snowflakes by Mary McKenna Siddals
As snow begins to fall, a child counts the flakes, enjoying every one. 
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