SNOW! VIEW - THIRTEEN · 2008. 7. 10. · The Snowy Day By Jack Ezra Keats Peter wakes up to find...
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………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... December 2005 PBS Ready To Learn is supported by a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Education, PR/Award Number R295A00002 SNOW! SNOW! VIEW: DRAGON TALES (302) Super Snow Day Despite the unseasonably warm weather winter is right around the corner, and with winter comes Snow! Nothing compares to the look in a child’s eye when they catch sight of the first snowfall of the year. Watch as Enrique experiences the excitement of his first snow sighting ever in Dragon Tales Super Snow Day. Read The Snowy Day and get lost in Ezra Jack Keat’s exquisite illustrations as a young boy in Brooklyn explores the new world outside his window on a snow day. Then channel your children’s anticipation for snow into a fun project! Use this month’s activity and make snow mobiles to hang in the window as a welcome for the wintry days to come! Wednesday, December 28, 2005 @ 9:30 a.m. It's a warm spring day, but Enrique walks into the playroom and finds Max & Emmy in their winter gear. They're going sledding on Snowy Summit in Dragon Land. Enrique has never even seen snow except for in books or on TV, so he is hesitant to try sledding. When the gang decides to go to Icicle Cave, a place only accessible by sled, Enrique decides not to go. His friends really want him to come, so they decide to help Enrique take small steps to safely overcome his fear and see how much fun snow and sledding can be. By taking it slow and facing small hills, Enrique gradually warms up to the snow. When they arrive safely at Icicle Cave, Enrique teaches them a Spanish song about hot chocolate. Everyone joins in singing as Zak and Wheezie accompany them on the icicle xylophones. Web Resources: While You’re Watching… Ask Children: • What s thei i r favorite thing to do in the s • now? To describe all the extra clothes they wear to keep warm in snowy weather. ‘Tis the Season for Germs: http://www.pbs.org/parents/talkingwithkids/health/healthy.html Snow Days, A Mom Recalls how Great Memories are Made: http://www.sesameworkshop.org/parents/advice/article.php?keyword=snow+da ys&contentId=790
Transcript of SNOW! VIEW - THIRTEEN · 2008. 7. 10. · The Snowy Day By Jack Ezra Keats Peter wakes up to find...
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December 2005 PBS Ready To Learn is supported by a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Education, PR/Award Number R295A00002 SNOW!
SNOW! VIEW: DRAGON TALES (302) Super Snow Day
Despite the unseasonably warm weather winter is right around the corner, and with winter comes Snow! Nothing compares to the look in a child’s eye when they catch sight of the first snowfall of the year. Watch as Enrique experiences the excitement of his first snow sighting ever in Dragon Tales Super Snow Day. Read The Snowy Day and get lost in Ezra Jack Keat’s exquisite illustrations as a young boy in Brooklyn explores the new world outside his window on a snow day. Then channel your children’s anticipation for snow into a fun project! Use this month’s activity and make snow mobiles to hang in the window as a welcome for the wintry days to come!
Wednesday, December 28, 2005 @ 9:30 a.m. It's a warm spring day, but Enrique walks into the playroom and finds Max & Emmy in their winter gear. They're going sledding on Snowy Summit in Dragon Land. Enrique has never even seen snow except for in books or on TV, so he is hesitant to try sledding. When the gang decides to go to Icicle Cave, a place only accessible by sled, Enrique decides not to go. His friends really want him to come, so they decide to help Enrique take small steps to safely overcome his fear and see how much fun snow and sledding can be. By taking it slow and facing small hills, Enrique gradually warms up to the snow. When they arrive safely at Icicle Cave, Enrique teaches them a Spanish song about hot chocolate. Everyone joins in singing as Zak and Wheezie accompany them on the icicle xylophones.
Web Resources: While You’re Watching… Ask Children:
• What s theii r favorite thing to do in the s
• now? To describe all the extra clothes they wear to
keep warm in snowy weather.
‘Tis the Season for Germs: http://www.pbs.org/parents/talkingwithkids/health/healthy.html Snow Days, A Mom Recalls how Great Memories are Made: http://www.sesameworkshop.org/parents/advice/article.php?keyword=snow+days&contentId=790
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December 2005 PBS Ready To Learn is supported by a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Education, PR/Award Number R295A00002 SNOW!
Step Two: Apply glitter and glue to snowflakes, let one side dry then repeat on the reverse side.
Step One: Cut snowflakes out of the white cardstock, supervising scissor use carefully
DO: Snow Mobile
Other Recommended Books: First Snow by David Christiana The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel, Amy Cohr, Nancy Winslow Parker (Illustrator) Winter Eyes by Douglas Florian When the Moon is Full: A Lunar Year by Peggy Polluck Oh! By Kevin Henkes
READ:READ: The Snowy Day
By Jack Ezra Keats Peter wakes up to find the world covered in snow-crisp, clean, and white. Excitedly, Peter ventures out to play. His feet make a variety of tracks, and when he hits a snow-laden tree with a stick, the snow falls off-plop! onto his head. Keats's sparse collage illustrations capture the wonder and beauty a snowy day can bring to a small child.
Materials • White cardstock • Scissors • String, glitter, glue • Clothes hanger
Directions
Step Three: Attach snowflakes to the wire hanger with string. Hang near sunlight and watch your snowflakes dance and glisten in the window!
