Feb
The Snowy Day
One of my favorite winter books is The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and we recently had a lot of fun doing a unit to go along with the book. Hunter loved the book too, and asked to read it every day.
Here are the activities we did to go along with book:
After we read the book, Hunter made his own snowy day scene.
We mixed up some shaving cream and glue (equal parts) to make some puffy paint and then he added it to his scene.
Hunter’s snowy day scene
In the book, Peter sees the older boys having a snowball fight. It has been super cold where we live, so Hailey and Hunter had an indoor snowball fight using socks.
We also brought some snow inside. Hunter used a stick to make lines in the snow just like Peter did.
We kept the snow inside to see what would happen to it. It melted, just like the snow in Peter’s pocket did.
Then we made some delicious snowflakes. We cut tortilla shells to look like snowflakes. Then I fried them in butter and put cinnamon and sugar on them.
They tasted so good that Hailey and Hunter requested to make them again when Rich came home from work.
Hunter did this paper from Homeschool Creations about which clothes he would wear during winter and summer.
We made this really cool fake snow- you mix shaving cream and baking soda together. I added the shaving cream first and then I stirred in the baking soda until it looked like snow. It was really neat- it could be molded like real snow and it even felt cold. (If it happens to get spilled all over your dining room floor- it does not vacuum up easily. You will end up having to scrub your hardwood floor to get it off. But, it will smell very nice. Don’t ask me how I know.)
Hunter had a great time playing with it. When he was all done using it, we poured some vinegar in it to watch the snow erupt.
We had such a fun time doing this unit!!
What a neat idea with the vinegar and snow! I saw a kids craft on the today show where they made “snow” by mixing baking soda and hair conditioner. It was kind of cool.