Snowflakes and Snowballs

Letter: Bb (activity page)
Shape:  Rectangle (coloring page)
Color: Red (online coloring page)


Books to read at home:
First Snow by Bernette Ford

Snowballs by Lois Ehlert

Books we Read at the Shop:

Snow Day by Barbara M. Joosse (and we had two of them this week!!)

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

We had a quick week of activities at the shop this week with two snow days!!  Perhaps I shouldn't have picked Snow Day! by Barbara M. Joosse as one of our Read Aloud Selections! I must have given Mother Nature some ideas...

Short week or not we still had a lot of fun!  For our craft this week we used pre-cut rectangles (and one square) to make 'self' portraits playing in the nighttime snow.  We used a glue stick to glue the different colored shapes to a black peace of paper and then added snowflakes with pieces of pasta and pencil erasers dipped in white paint.


We recommended some fun things to do during Snow Days on our Facebook Page, but if you didn't see those, here are a few suggestions the next time you are home and stranded with tons of snow all around (along with a few new suggestions)!

Create "Snow Spraypaint".  Use water spray bottles, fill them up with water and add a few drops of food coloring to each spray bottle.  Use those to spray paint the snow.  Experiment with different color combinations and see what new colors you can come up with!

Make a Snow Castle!  Those buckets you use at the beach can come in handy during the winter!  Fill them with snow (the kind that is good for snowmen not the really fluffy kind) and make a Snow Castle!  Use your spray paints to decorate your castles.  Don't leave those buckets outside though, the cold weather will probably crack and break them.

Make Candy Snow!  I grew up in Maine and we always had snow...we didn't take snow days as often it seems, but this was a memorable activity! My sisters and I loved eating the hard candy right off the piles of fresh snow.  Make sure your snow is fresh and clean for this activity!! Heat the 1 cup real maple syrup and 1/4 cup salted butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring to avoid a boil over. (Heating syrup is strictly a parent's job if doing this with kids.)  The mixture is ready 6 to 7 minutes after it boils (220 to 234 degrees on a candy thermometer). It should stiffen when dripped onto a plate. Remove from heat and cool for 2 minutes before pouring over the snow, ice cream, or ice. It cools so quickly that kids can taste it right away.  We used to dump ours right on the snowbank, but you could also collect some snow in pans to make this an indoor activity.


We hope you enjoyed your Snowy Days!!  If you do any of our activites, we'd love for you to share them with us!

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