Snowy Day Printable Pack

Snowy Day Activity Pack

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Library Checklist

Title Author The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats Snowballs Lois Ehlert The Mitten Jan Brett Snowflake Bentley Jacqueline Briggs Martin Katy and the Big Snow Virginia Lee Burton Dream Snow Eric Carle The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder Mark Cassino The Big Snow Berta & Elmer Hader Snow Uri Shulevitz Brave Irene William Steig Owl Moon Jane Yolen Snowie Rolie William Joyce Snow Cynthia Rylant Snow Roy McKie & P.D. Eastman White Snow, Bright Snow Alvin Tresselt All You Need for a Snowman Alice Schertle

If you’re fortunate enough to have a snow day, grab a cup of hot chocolate and plenty of marshmallows, snuggle under a warm blanket, and spend some quality time celebrating all things SNOW with these activities.

Snow by Uri Shulevitz--A Caldecott Honor Book that depicts what happens in a village when a single flake of snow appears. Watch as this gray world suddenly becomes vibrant and alive. When you’re done reading, try painting your own scene with watercolors.

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats--The classic story of a little boy named Peter’s day in the snow. Peter makes interesting tracks in the snow by pointing his feet in different directions and by dragging his feet along. When you head back outside, see what kind of tracks you can make.

Snowballs by Lois Ehlert--A fun picture book that uses collage illustrations. If you don’t have enough snow for a snowman (like us), gather some materials like the ones in the book or use scraps from magazines and junk mail to make a snowman collage on paper. You can also cut scraps from Christmas cards and leftover wrapping paper.

Copyright 2017 Learning Table mylearningtable.com The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader--A Caldecott Medal recipient, this is a timeless classic (1948) that shows what happens to the animals when the big snow arrives. This book explores migration and hibernation, as well as depicting how the other animals prepare for winter. Pull out your nature journals and draw what the animals in your backyard are doing. Be sure to throw some seeds out for the birds and watch from your window to see what appears.

The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino--A science lesson in picture book form. Learn how snow is formed and see enlarged actual photographs of snow crystals as if you were looking through a microscope. Take a piece of dark card stock and a magnifying glass outside to catch your own snow crystal and see what it looks like. This book might also inspire you to make cut paper snowflakes in different patterns to decorate your window!

8 cups fresh, clean snow (or shaved ice) 1 cup milk 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1 pinch of salt 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Stir all ingredients together in a large bowl and serve immediately

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807 - 1882

Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, Silent, and soft, and slow Descends the snow.

Even as our cloudy fancies take Suddenly shape in some divine expression, Even as the troubled heart doth make In the white countenance confession, The troubled sky reveals The grief it feels.

This is the poem of the air, Slowly in silent syllables recorded; This is the secret of despair, Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded, Now whispered and revealed To wood and field.

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