Bunny Slopes

 Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Bunny Slopes

Fingerplay: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Flannel: Snowman

*For this activity, I have a snowman up on my flannelboard, but he is missing arms and a hat.  So, after I ask the kids what my snowman needs, then I add something silly to my snowman to get a reaction out of the kids.

Book: Flubby Does Not Like the Snow

*I was so excited to read this book and I even had a cat puppet that I used.  The kids weren't very interested in this book at all, but I still love the book!

Fingerplay: Snowman Hat Colors

*I don't have the words for this, but I would change out the hat of my snowman.  Then I would ask what color it was and we would do actions to go along with it.  For instance: Snowman, snowman, hat so yellow.  Jiggle around like a happy fellow!

Action:

There’s something in the snow, now what can it be?

There’s something in the snow that I can’t really see.

Hear it’s funny sound…

*In the past, I've had different animal sounds pulled up on my phone, to play through my bluetooth speaker. This really adds excitement and I always use puppets!

Book: The Mitten

*My favorite thing to do is have small clipart of each animal in the book. When all of the animals go flying out of the mitten, then I throw out all the clipart onto the kids. They go bonkers!

Scarf Dancing: London Bridge

Little snowflake spinning around, spinning around, 

spinning around.

Little snowflake spinning around,

land on my….head!

Craft:

Extra Books:

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This book covers so many subjects!  

Zoo, eating and silly too!

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Bundle Up!

 Book: Goat's Coat

This book teaches great values about
friendship and caring for each other.

 Book: Fingerplay: Four Warm Mittens

Credit: Adventures of a Bookworm

Storytelling: The Mitten

Fingerplay: If You're Cold and You Know It

Credit: Adventures of a Bookworm

Book: Pretty Kitty

Extra Books:

Snow Birds

 Opening: Big Books

Book: How to Catch a Snowman

Flannel: Birdhouse Matching

*For this I have three different colored birdhouses and the matching birds to each one.  I will start out with the birds in the wrong colored house and ask the preschoolers tell me where each one belongs.

Book: Once Upon a Winter Day

Action: Snowman Shuffle

*There is an adorable board book called Snowman Shuffle.  Instead of reading it, I said the actions aloud and used my scarf to dance around.

Book: Bunny Slopes

Extra Books: 

Winter Party 2020

I am behind in posting, but we had a winter party last month!  I was so excited to be doing this, and had so much prepared.  Unfortunately, our crowd wasn't what I hoped it would be.  We ended up having 19 Kids and 16 adults.  That being said, the kids that came seemed to have a very good time!  Below are pictures of what we did, so I hope you enjoy!


Crafts:
Little Girl Catching Snowflake
Credit: Crafty Morning

Snowman with Redbird
Credit: https://nontoygifts.com/snowman-cardinal-craft-kids/

Torn Paper Polar Bear
Credit: No link, just a picture.

Walrus
Credit: Simple Everyday Mom

Penguin in Egg
Credit: One Little Librarian

Games:
Penguin Bowling

Tic-Tac-Snow
*For this I made two game boards and multiple X's and O's.  I was worried because I have never made a large scale tic-tac-snow board before.  The kids really enjoyed playing this so I plan on doing another giant version of this game again.

Ice Fishing
*I found this adorable fishing set online and hoped that the kids would enjoy it.  They had an amazing time!  The fishing poles had magnets on the end as did all of the fish that went in the water.  The only thing I would change is to put plastic tablecloths underneath the tubs.  Otherwise the setup took no time and they all had so much fun!

Snowman Bingo
Credit: Crazy Little Projects
*As usual, I always have bingo setup in the back.  It took a little while for the kids to catch on that we had bingo for them to play.  Once they did, they didn't want to stop playing!  Fine by me!