Do You Know About Snow? Lesson Plan

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What We Are Learning

 

Science Focus:

snow

 

Theme Vocabulary Words

snow, snowfl ake, frozen, droplets, melt

 

Music:

sing-along

 

Math:

number recognition

  • Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright is a silly story that will get children giggling—and excited to learn about snow. After reading, ask children why Sneezy kept melting. Why did ice cream make him feel better? Then read the issue to dive deeper into snow! paired text

Art: Make a Snow Globe Scene

Materials: construction paper, scissors, cotton swabs, white paint, art materials, twigs, glue, snow globe (or picture of one)

  • Let the song in the issue (“Snow Is Falling All Around”) inspire children’s artwork!
  • To prepare, cut circles from blue construction paper. Then cut triangles from another sheet of construction paper. Glue the pieces together to make a snow globe for each child.
  • Show children a snow globe. Snow globes have pretty scenes and pretend snow to look like winter!
  • Ask children what they would see outside if it were snowing. What colors would they see? What would people be doing? Have them make their snowy scene in their snow globe! They can use paint, crayons or other art materials. Here are some design tricks: To make bare trees, use twigs. For snow, dip the end of a cotton swab in white paint and make marks on paper. fine motor skills
Example of a completed snowman

Materials: play dough, items to decorate (e.g., twigs, buttons, yarn, googly eyes)

  • Children can make their own mini snowmen using play dough. The best part? These snowmen will never melt!
    Here’s a recipe for no-cook play dough: 
    Ingredients: 2 cups flour, ó cup salt, 1 tbsp. liquid dish soap, water
    Directions:
    1. Mix the flour, salt, and liquid dish soap in a small bowl.
    2. Slowly add water until a workable dough is formed.
    3. If the dough gets too sticky, add flour.
    4. Have children roll dough into two balls. (This can be challenging, but it’s great fine motor practice!) Then have them place one ball on top of the other to make a snowman. They can decorate their snowman however they’d like! sensory play