Category: Learning

B-R-R-R-R! AH-CHOO! Sneezy the Snowman is cold, cold, cold. To warm up, he drinks cocoa, sits in a hot tub, stands near a warm fire–and melts!  But the children know just what to do to build him up again–and make him feel “just right.”  We love this book Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright.  It’s silly and fun!

We  made our own melted snowmen out of glue and shaving cream.  First, we wrote about why it melted.  Then, we made a big pile of “snow”.  Finally, we added the accessories.  Very cute!

Here are some examples.

Check out your child’s melted snowman in his/her blogfolio.

We wondered . . . what do snowmen do at night?  Have you ever built a snowman and discovered the next day that his grin has gotten a little crooked, or his tree-branch arms have moved? The book Snowmen At Night offers many amusing details about the secret life of snowmen and where they go at night.

We created these images based on the book. First, we cut out circles and taped them on the paper.  Then, we sponged-painted the background. Last, we removed the circles and decorated our snowmen.

Check out your child’s snowman in his/her blogfolio.

As authors, the children have experimenting with the writing process.  They  have been learning how to communicate their  ideas in a variety of written forms such as, lists, instructions and recipes.

We made a lists.  This is a list of what we would need to build a snowman:

You can practice at home by writing grocery lists.

We wrote instructions.  Here are our instruction on how to build a snowman.  We used the our snowman Word Banks and the words: First, Then and Last.

You can practice at home by writing instructions for setting the table, drawing a butterfly or getting dressed.

We made snow dough using this recipe:

You can practice at home by writing recipes for pancakes.

Check out your child’s writing in his/her blogfolio.