Winter

The weather has been fairly temperate this winter so far, but we are still talking about snow and wintry weather this week anyhow. Perhaps our positive thoughts towards snow will bring some snow our way.

Books:

Toddler Books:

Snow Babies - Laura Ellen Anderson
No Two Alike - Keith Baker

Under My Hood I Have a Hat - Karla Kuskin
A Kitten Tale - Eric Rohmann

Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: A Book of Changing Seasons - Il Sung Na

Preschool Books:

No Two Alike - Keith Baker
Snowmen at Work - Caralyn Buehner

A Kitten Tale - Eric Rohmann
Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: A Book of Changing Seasons - Il Sung Na

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Five Snowmen:

Five little snowmen standing in a row.

Each with a hat and a carrot nose.

Out came the sun and it shone all day,

And one little snowman melted away.

Count down 4, 3, 2, 1...

Source: a variant of this is in my flannel drawer

Kitten Behind the Mitten Hiding Game:

Little kitten, little kitten, 

are you behind the red mitten?

Source: Me :). We love hiding games at our library!

Winter Dress-Up Game:

One of my LA's made a weather dress-up game last storytime session. She made a laminated boy and girl, and had different types of clothes/accessories that they could wear. 

I would hold up a piece of clothing and ask them if they would wear it in the snow. For example, I held up a pair of shorts and put them on one of the laminated flannel kids, and they would crack up and say "NO!" very loudly.

The kids enjoyed the game and we had a lot of fun playing with what to wear in the winter weather.