Winter carols Time: 2 x 15-30 minutes Materials: animals in winter book(s) Activity: Read one or several books about animals in winter. Pick a simple tune (eg twinkle twinkle) and make up some lines about animals in winter. Share your songs with neighbors like Christmas caroling. Literacy bonus: clap out syllables with the notes or […]
Jingle bells Time: 10-15 minutes Materials: bells Activity: Sing the song Jingle Bells. Talk about how the bells in the song are on the harness of a horse pulling a sleigh through the snow. Grab some bells and head outside. Find some good snow to prance through and then be horses prancing through the snow
Build a snowman Time: 20-30 minutes Materials: None Activity: Find an open area with good packing snow. Show kids how to roll snowballs and encourage them to create snowmen that are three balls high. Observe that the balls need to get smaller as they go up to make the snowman stable. Add found objects to
