Print and complete this Rhyming Words Worksheet (2nd grade & up) or play a rhyming game (kindergarten & up).

Go outside and build a snowman! Take a picture of it (or draw one) and then take a look at it the next day and note any changes.

Write a story about another inanimate object.

Write your own story about what snowman do at night.

Use this free printable Snowman Writing Paper to:.

Explain that giving life to inanimate objects is called “personification.” Point out different objects in the room and ask your child what it would say if it could talk.

Did you notice the rhyming words in this story? Can you remember them? What are some of your favorite rhyming words?.

Why do snowmen really look different the next day?.

Point out that the snowmen drink “ice cold cocoa.” Ask you child why it’s not “steaming hot cocoa?”.

Discussion Points:Īsk your student the following questions: Children will learn about personification, rhyming words and talk about why snowmen really look different the next day. This lesson is a wonderful compliment to our free Winter Theme Unit study. From the highly successful team that created such winning titles as Fanny’s Dream, Snowmen at Night is fabulous, frosty, and fun! Overview: what do snowmen do at night? This delightful wintertime tale reveals all! Caralyn Buehner’s witty, imaginative verse offers many amusing details about the secret life of snowmen and where they go at night, while Mark Buehner’s roly-poly snowmen are bursting with personality and charm. to make it look like a snowman.Description (from Amazon): 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? And you’ve wondered. Use buttons, felt, construction paper, markers, etc. Glue 3 cupcake liners onto a sheet of construction paper to make the snowman. You do the Snowman Pokey and your turn yourself around,

You touch your snowman to your head and you shake it to and fro, You put your snowman in front and you give your knee a whack. You do the Snowman Pokey and you turn yourself around, You put your snowman up and you shake him all around.

(Glue snowmen Accucuts onto craft sticks and hand them out for the kids to use during the song) This one melted, and then there were three!īut he melted away, and then there was none! This one melted, and then there were four. Out Came the the sun and it shone all day, Here's a snowman, round and fat (make circe with arms) We'll stay outdoors till our noses freeze It's fun for sleds and it's fun for skiis. It covers the houses and fills the trees.

(Tune: 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed) See also the Winter theme page for more books that would be appropriate for this theme. Snowmen at Night OR Snowmen Pop-up Book by Caralyn BuehnerĪ Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan StoekeĪll You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle

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