Skinner Street Primary ::: Classes ::: Year R ::: Snow days ***


If it's snowing outside and you are at a loss for what to do, why not try some of these ideas? Build a snowman Build an igloo - using an ice cream tub to make bricks of snow. Make white chocolate crispy cakes. Explore the snow. Maybe take some inside and watch what happens! Why not read a winter story? Here are a few to get you started: Kipper's Snowy Day - Mick Inkpen One Winter's Day - M. Christina Butler and Tina MacNaughton Winnie in Winter (Winnie the Witch) - Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul Elmer in the Snow - David McKee Here are a few more ideas taken from the Reader's Digest website: http://www.rd.com/family/5-fun-snow-day-activities/ 1. Check out some snowflakes. With no more than a magnifying glass and some dark fabric, you can prove to your kids that snowflakes really do all look different. Parents magazine shows you how. 2. Make an indoor snowman. Weather too bad to go out? Then let the little ones create their top-hatted Frosty at the kitchen table using soap suds, advises Family Fun magazine. 3. Get out the scissors. At Nickjr.com you’ll discover that fashioning pretty paper snowflakes couldn’t be easier than with a box of coffee filters. 4. Build a fort. It’s a snowy-day classic that never seems to lose its appeal: constructing a fort from blankets. Most importantly of all, HAVE LOTS OF FUN!! Don't forget to write about your adventures in your Learning Story.

4. Build a fort. It’s a snowy-day classic that never seems to lose its appeal: constructing a fort from blankets.