Snow and Ice week

Welcome to Snow and Ice week! This week focuses on the properties of water when it changes to snow or ice, rather than on winter weather. Your can learn:

• When the weather turns cold, rain changes to snow.
• Sometimes snow is wet and sloppy, sometimes it is dry and powdery.
• We like to play in snow, making snow angels or snow men.
• When snow melts, it turns back into water.
• We wear extra clothing to keep warm in winter.
• Polar bear and penguins are animals that live in cold areas.
• No two snowflakes are exactly alike.
• Water freezes to make ice. Ice melts to make water.

Learn to Enjoy Winter

If you live where it snows in the winter, you have a wonderful opportunity to teach your child! Winter can mean being stuck inside for months on end, depressed by the lack of sunlight, chapped hands, cracked lips, miserable, cantankerous children, OR… it can mean hot chocolate, snowball fights, adorable snowmen, ruddy cheeks, rosy lips, sparkling eyes, and cozy fires. It’s your choice. Love where you are, and live life to it’s fullest.

Know How to Stay Warm in Cold Weather

Winter isn’t fun when you’re cold. Our parents and grandparents knew about long underwear. Now, no one wears them. We prefer to crank up the thermostat and complain about high heating bills. Dress warmly. Dress your child warmly. Wear long johns around the house, and slippers or shoes instead of going barefoot. Keep the thermostat between 65 and 68 – you’ll save money and do your bit for the environment, as well.

When you send your child outside, always dress him completely. It doesn’t matter if you’re just running to the store for a gallon of milk. You never know when you might be stuck in traffic, or experience car trouble. A small child can suffer hypothermia very quickly. The American Academy of Pediatrics advices to dress children in one more layer than you as an adult would wear. This may include:

• thermal long johns
• turtlenecks
• one or two shirts
• snowpants
• sweater
• coat
• warm socks
• boots
• gloves or mittens
• hat

This week, you and your child will make snowmen, stage a snowball fight, go sledding down a small hill, and roast marshmallows over a campfire at the park. Enjoy the season! It will all be over soon enough.

Five-Star Picture Books for Snow and Ice Week

• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• The Snow Globe Family by Jane O’Connor
• Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
• Curious George in the Snow by H.A. Rey
• Snow and Ice by Kay Daview
• Diamond in the Snow by Jonathan Emmett
• The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt
• The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
• Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright

Quality Products for Snow and Ice Week (optional)

• Lionel Polar Express Caribou Animal Pack
• Wild Republic Natural Poses Polar Bear
• Prokofiev’s Music for Children
• Beck International Children’s Wooden Rocker
• Safari Ltd Penguins Toob
• Safari Ltd Ocen Toob
• Nature Tube: Polar Animals

Free Worksheets to Download

All Kinds of Weather
Colors and Shapes
Cutting with Scissors
First ABC Practice Sheets
Snowflake Match

If you’re new to the lesson plans, you may wish to read:
Using the lesson plans
Calendar Activities
Play Areas for Encouraging Creativity

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Preschool Lesson Plans:Snow and Ice Week

Photo credits:
Top: photo by Andrew Eick
Bottom: photo by Eden Pictures

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