We read "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats to the preschool children today. When we came to the part where Peter put the snowball in his pocket in order to save it, most of the children laughed. They knew it would never work! They knew it would melt! I asked the children if they would like to put some snow in their pocket. Nobody took me up on that, except my para! She volunteered to go get some snow and put it in her pocket! The children gave her a funny look. She had previously put a sandwich-size Ziploc bag in her pocket, and slipped the snowball into the bag. The children were able to feel her pocket and notice how cold it felt! We agreed to look at it again after snack-time. The para later removed the bag, but allowed a little of the snow to make a small water spot on the pocket area. The children had big eyes when she showed them the wet pocket area!
We took some snow in the classroom. It didn't take too long for it to turn icy, and then to water.
We sang:
( tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman.
Once there was a snowman, tall, tall, tall!
(children stand tall, reaching to the sky!)
The sun came out, it melted, melted, melted.
The sun came out it melted, small, small, small!
(children gradually melt, turning into a puddle on the ground!)
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