 Snowman
Counting Buttons:
Cut ten snowman shapes from construction paper,
decorate, and program with numbers and number
words one through ten. Supply children with
buttons they can place on the snowman according
to what number is on the snowman. Use all of them
or just one through five depending on the child's
skill level. Laminate or cove with clear
contact paper to make them last.
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Snowman
Counting Books:
Staple together six sheets of white paper folded
in half to make a simple book. number the
pages from one to ten, let children stick on the
correct number of mini snowman stickers to each
page. They can decorate the cover
too! Great for small motor skill
development!
You can get 12 Stickers Per Poly Bag With Header,
12 Bags Per Unit for under 3 dollars at Oriental
Trading. Do a search for snowman stickers when
you get to the site.
 
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Do
some experiments with snow & water.
Will snow melt in the fridge? How about the
freezer? How about in the classroom?
Why? Why not? What temperature does
it have to be to keep the snow from
melting? Place different containers of snow
in the different areas and have the children
observe them over time. You may want to
teach them about reading thermometers.
Record your observations and discuss them.
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Snowman
Glyph: here are the directions for your kids to
follow for this wintery glyph!
2 snowballs for
girls,
3 for boys
Cut out your
color eyes for your snowman
Carrot nose if
you like reading best,
celery nose for math
black top hat if
winter is your favorite season, winter cap (ski
cap) if another season is
1 button if you
come to school in a car,
2 buttons if you walk,
3 buttons if you come by bus.
Scarf to the
left if you are left handed,
to the right if you are right handed.
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Melting
Snowfriends
(similar to Hangman)
Select a spelling word, as in hangman. Indicate
the number of letters by sketching blanks on the
board. Beside the blanks, draw a snowman (or
woman) complete with features and accessories.
(You want at least ten distinct parts in the
snowperson--body, eyes, nose, mouth, buttons,
hat, scarf, etc.) Let students take turns
guessing letters. When students guess a letter
not used in the word, erase one part of the
snowperson. Continue to play until a student
guesses the word or the snowperson has been
completely erased.
For variation, create a list of sentences using
students' vocabulary words. Write one sentence on
the board, leaving a blank where the vocabulary
word should go. Sketch a snowperson above the
sentence. Let students guess which word best
completes the sentence. If an incorrect word is
guessed, erase one part of the snowperson. See
how many sentences students can complete before
the snowperson melts away.
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Here is a picture of part of a reproducible book
from pur CDROM. You may try to make your own or click
here to learn about the CDROM.
Each page in the
book has a snowman in it. The student choses a
color to write in the blank and then colors that
part of the snowman.
I like your
_______ hat.
I like your
________ scarf.
I like your
________ nose.
I like your
_______ eyes.
and so on...
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Here is a center
idea. The reproducibles seen in this picture are
from our CDROM. Click
to learn more.
You could make
cutouts of snowmen. Program one with a
contraction and the other with the two words the
contraction makes. The student matches the two.
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Here is a cute
writing activity. The students pick a winter word
and write a cinquain about the word. They type up
their finished product. Print it and place it on
a doylie. Then have the students make a snowman.
The poem goes on the belly.
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I got one of these ball boards at Oriental
Trading. I use it in many different ways during
the winter months.
I place point
values on the rings.
Inner red ring = 50 points
Inner green ring = 40 points
Outer red ring = 30 points
Outer green ring = 15 points
Spelling - we
break off in two teams and form two lines.
One person from each team stands at the front of
the room. Those two people are given a word. Then
they start spelling the word together.
For example, the word is snow. One student from
each team is up front. Team 1 student says /s/.
Team 2 student says /n/. Team 1 student says /o/.
Team 2 student says /w/. Team 1 student gets to
throw a ball at the target. Then their score is
recorder on the board. The two players get to go
to the back of their lines and the next two come
up front and repeat with a new word. If one of
the students was to say the wrong letter. The
other team wins the throw. If you have played
sparkel - this is very similar.
Math - Each
student in the class throws a ball. We graph the
colors they land on.
Math - Each
stundent throws the ball twice and adds up their
two throws.
To learn more about the Snowman Dart Board. Click
on the icon above and do a search for snowman
dart board.
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Snow
Person Glyph
This glyph come from the book :
Super
Graphs, Venns, & Glyphs : Hundreds of Great
Data Collecting Activities to Build Real-Life
Math Skills.
I have modified it a bit.
Have students
cut three snowballs to make a snowman. Then have
them decorate their snowman as follows.
Head gear
Ear Muffs - I am a girl
Hat - I am a boy
Mouth
On a cold day, I'd rather...
dotted mouth - drink hot chocolate
regular smile - drink eggnog
frown - eat soup
Hands
mittens - I love to play in the snow
gloves - I'd rather stay inside
Boots
In winter, I'd rather...
purple = go sledding
red = build snowmen
blue = throw snowballs
Buttons
When it snows, it's best when school...
Triangle = is closed
circle = is delayed
square = closes early
Scarf
Winter is...
Solid color = my favorite season
multi colored = not my favorite season
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Making
Words Lesson #1 - Use the Word Winter to make
in win tin ten
net tie tire twin wire went wine twine write and
winter
Making
Words Lesson #2 - Use the Word snowman to make
am an man Sam
saw was won now own snow swan swam women snowman
Have the
students sort sn-, sw-, -am, -an, own
If you are not
familiar with Making Words Lessons please see the
book below.
CLICK ON THE BOOK TO LEARN MORE!
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