Jed: 5Yrs 1 Mnth / Joshua : 3Yrs
As part of Before Five in A Row (BFIAR) we did "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats. The book follows Peter as he enjoys a snowy day and has numerous adventures. The boys loved the book and also enjoyed the activities that went with it.
We included the following in our exploration of this book:
- Playing with snow on the kitchen table
- Having an expedition to the frozen creek and shovelling the snow off the creek to find the ice below.
- Making tracks in the snow like Peter
- Having an indoor snowball fight
- Playing with shaving cream and pretending it was snow
- Decorating snowflakes with glitter glue
- Painting a picture of Peter and the snowy tree
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| Joshua painting the snow for the background for his picture |
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| Jed painting the snowy background |
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| Joshua in his fort with his sock "snowball" |
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| Jed hiding out in his fort |
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| Joshua in action throwing his snowball |
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| Jed enjoying the snowball fight |
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| Joshua painted his hand "brown", like Peter in the book |
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| Jed's brown hand |
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| Joshua's handprint |
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| Jed's handprint |
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| Playing with shaving cream "snow" |
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| Getting hands all snowy - without the "cold" |
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| The clean-up |
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| Playing with real snow |
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| A baking tray full of snow |
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| Superman making tracks in the snow |
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| Decorating snowflakes with glitter glue |
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| Jed's snowman |
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| Joshua's picture of Peter using a stick to hit the tree |
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| Jed's picture of Peter using the stick to hit the tree |
We all really enjoyed the hands-on activities that went along with this book.
Websites for more ideas:
Delightful Learning
Creekside Learning - The Snowy Day
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