Family Storytime
Greeting
Storytime Song – “Open Shut Them” by Hap Palmer
Mystery Letter of the Week with Napoleon (I) & Theme (Ice & Snow)
Interactive Question – What kind of house is made of ice and snow?
Action Rhyme – “Forty Years on an Iceberg“
Read a Book – The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Shaky Egg Song – “I Know a Chicken” by Laurie Berkner
Action Rhyme – “Once There Was a Snowman”
Read a Book – Something’s Fishy by Jean Gourounas
Closing Song – “Wimoweh” by Laurie Berkner
Goodbye Rhyme – “Tickle the Stars”
Holiday
Winter Solstice is on December 21, 2022. Check out the video below to learn how icicles form.
Did You Know?
- Winter Solstice marks the longest night and shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere.
- The word solstice translates to “sun stand still.”
- Winter’s coldest days happen after the solstice.
Check Out This Activity!
Click on the photo above for detailed instructions on how to make your own ice painting!
More Book Options
Big Snow by Jonathan Bean
A Thousand White Butterflies by Jessica Betancourt-Perez
Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper
No Yeti Yet by Mary Ann Fraser
Something’s Fishy by Jean Gourounas
Winter is Here by Kevin Henkes
The Snow Beast by Chris Judge
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Here Comes Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara
A Day So Gray by Marie Lamba
Winter is for Snow by Robert Neubecker
Snow by Cynthia Rylant
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