Opening fingerplay: One Little Finger
Literacy: The First Day of Winter by Denise Fleming
Song/movement break: Open Shut Them
Literacy: Pip & Squeak by Ian Schoenherr
New song/movement break: Ten Little Snowmen (clap or bounce)
I modified the song Ten Little Indians to be politically correct and theme focused. Ten Little Fill-In-the-Blank is a great piggyback song that you can use for lots of different themes. Just change the countable object.
Literacy: Five Little Snowmen
Felt Board.
I used the Artfelt Five Little Snowmen kit, but its not hard at all to make your own out of whatever medium. I also took and modified the rhyme from the Nikarella blog and her idea to make felt puddles to leave behind when the little snowmen melted.
Five little snowmen standing in a row
Closing Fingerplay: Two Little Blackbirds
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Post storytime activity: Paperplate snowman art activity (photo to come)
I basically just stapled two paper plates together, gave the kids felt and foam shapes for the nose and mouth, and giant buttons for the eyes and, well, buttons. We used tissue paper strips for the scarf. I stapled craft sticks for arms and glued mitten cutouts onto them. I also used cutouts for the hats. There are more formal instructions for paper plate snowmen if you Google it.
Literacy: The First Day of Winter by Denise Fleming
Song/movement break: Open Shut Them
Literacy: Pip & Squeak by Ian Schoenherr
New song/movement break: Ten Little Snowmen (clap or bounce)
I modified the song Ten Little Indians to be politically correct and theme focused. Ten Little Fill-In-the-Blank is a great piggyback song that you can use for lots of different themes. Just change the countable object.
- One little, two little, three little snowmen
(We counted aloud and also with our fingers) - Four little, five little, six little snowmen
- Seven little, eight little, nine little snowmen
- Ten little snowmen dancing!
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I used the Artfelt Five Little Snowmen kit, but its not hard at all to make your own out of whatever medium. I also took and modified the rhyme from the Nikarella blog and her idea to make felt puddles to leave behind when the little snowmen melted.
Five little snowmen standing in a row
Each with a hat
and each with a bow.
Out came the sun
and it stayed all day,
And one little
snowman melted away.
Four little…
Three little…
Two little…
One little
snowman standing all alone,
With one little
hat and one little bow.
Out came the sun
and it stayed all day,
No more little
snowmen, they all melted away!
Closing Fingerplay: Two Little Blackbirds
.JPG)
Post storytime activity: Paperplate snowman art activity (photo to come)
I basically just stapled two paper plates together, gave the kids felt and foam shapes for the nose and mouth, and giant buttons for the eyes and, well, buttons. We used tissue paper strips for the scarf. I stapled craft sticks for arms and glued mitten cutouts onto them. I also used cutouts for the hats. There are more formal instructions for paper plate snowmen if you Google it.
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