You can gather up your scraps of paper, yarn, fuzzy balls, cotton balls, stickers, and anything else that is safe and glue-able. You don’t have to brave the cold weather to make a snowman. Go on a hunt around the house to gather supplies for your snow person. Talk about what you will use to decorate your snow man. There are many connections that you can make with this story.ġ) Read this book after playing in the snow with a cup of hot chocolate.Ģ) Read this book before you play in the snow. The family snow dog is complete with button spots. There are many opportunities to stretch the story by talking about the pictures such as the nuts for eyes, the cinnamon stick mouth, and pine branch hair. So while you enjoy the story you can revel in the language rich collage of eclectic snow people. Snowballs by Lois Ehlert is one of my favorite winter books for preschoolers. With the snow that is blanketing the Midwest and moving east and the lousy weather in the Southeast, I thought that this activity might be a winner.
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