Make It Topic: Snow

Imaginative:

• Set up a weather station for the children to be weather persons
• Place out different clothes of the children to try on

Language:

• Read “There was an old lady who swallowed  some snow” Make a flannel board pieces  to go with it
• Read “Frozen noses”
• Read “Hello Snow”

Art:

• Fluffy snowball: take a piece of paper squish it take cotton balls pulled apart glue it on and paint for a soft snow ball
• Place out black paper and white chalk to make snow pictures
• Use an old stocking place rice or beans in the toe tie off allow the children to dunk it in white paint and place on paper
• Place out a mitt pattern, yarn, and glue
• Set out shapes for snowperson making

Water/Sand: 

• Place packing peanuts in the sand table place die cut snowflakes  labelled with a letter have matching letters to find
• Place snow in the water table with shovels
• Place animals and pine cones in the sand table
• With snow in the water table have colored water to pour onto it

Gross Motor: 

• Make snow angels in the snow
• Place out boxes for the children to make prints in the snow with 
• Blow bubbles in the cold air
• Make a obstacle course out of snow for the children to follow 
• Hide frozen ice cubes for the children to find in the snow outside use tracks for them to follow 
• Have snowman bowling

Science/Curiosity:

• Fill an ice cube tray the night before have the children time how fast the snow melts 
• Go outside each day and measure the snow keep a chart 
• Non messy ice melt place a ice cube in a zip lock bag for the children to explore

Blocks:

• Set out large boxes for fort building 
• Place out large pom-poms for snow

Conceptual/Tabletop/Fine Motor:

• Place out a black cloud with a number on it have cotton balls to count out the same number of snowflakes 
• Set out white play dough along with woodland critters allow the children to explore snow tracks 
• Have a mitten and hat match 
• Snow writing place salt in a box lid with letters allow the children to write in the salt copying the letter 
• Place two buckets and a pair of tongs set out white pom-poms for the children to sort

Music:

• Sing Itsy Bitsy Snowmen 
• The itsy bitsy snowman was standing in the snow
  Down came some flakes it made the snowman grow
  Out came the sun to shine is golden rays
  which warmed the little snowman and melted him all away

Quiet:

• Place out large pillows for the children to lay on 
• Make a flannel board with snow people and people playing

Cooking:

• Make snow cones 
• Collect clean snow 
• Ice cream cones 
• Kool aid or syrup 
• Ice cream scoops 
• Go outside fill the cones with snow place the syrup or kool aid over allow the children to eat

Field Trips:

• Go sledding at the park 
• Take a walk in the snow 
• Go animal track hunting