BFIAR - The Snowy Day

As we continue through books centering around snow and cold, I decided to look at The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats, with the children.  This is a lovely book about a little boy who enjoys a day of fun in the snow.  We tried to keep our activities for this book centered around snow, without the extra "rabbit trails."

Some of our activities included: (Sorry - I didn't do so well taking pictures this week!)

• Make a picture/chart of what to do on a snowy day

• Build a snowman with stuff around the house

• Make snow dough snowmen (2 containers of cornstarch mixed with one can of shaving cream)

• Used tongs to move "snowballs" (cottonballs)
• Melting ice experiment (Does ice melt faster on salt, on aluminum foil, on paper, or nothing?)
• Make snow covered trees (I drew an outline of a tree in pencil on blue construction paper. I then let the children pain it white, then sprinkle iridescent white glitter on top)
• Looked at winter storms
• Art with snow paint (equal amounts of glue and shaving cream)
• Created Cause and Effect Snowmen (My snowman melted because...)
• Use Q-tips dipped in white paint to make a snowman picture

Our extra books for the week included:

• Curious George - Snowy Day, by H.A. Rey
• Berenstain Bears' Winter Wonderland, by Jan and Mike Berenstain
• Oh Say Can You Say What the Weather is Today?, by Tish Rabe
• What Will the Weather Be?, by Linda DeWitt and Carolyn Croll
• Why Do Leaves Change Colors?, by Betsy Maestro
• Sunshine Makes the Seasons, by Franklyn M Branley
• Berenstain Bears' God Made the Seasons, Stan and Jan Berenstain, with Mike Berenstain

For our weekly themed meal, we ate a Mashed Potatoes Covered Meatloaf Snowman :)