Combine this activity with other snowmen activities, such as the craft, Paper Plate Snowmen, or the fingerplay, Five Little Snowmen. The snowman game also builds physical skills as the children start and stop physical movement suddenly on a signal.

This activity builds language and literacy skills as you share the story with the children. The more you play into the character, the more the children will as well! Say aloud to yourself, “My snowmen don’t look the way I left them!” Feign surprise and bewilderment as you turn around again and continue the game. When you turn around and face the children again, they must freeze in place. When you turn around and pretend to sleep, the children come alive like the snowmen at night, wiggling, making faces, and dancing in place. You could even pretend to build them and place their arms “just right”. The illustrations are detailed and fantastic, and even contain some hidden pictures that kids love to find! The storyline is just as enjoyable with rhyming text that aids in building phonological awareness.Īfter reading this story, play a game of Snowmen at Night. It’s all in an attempt to explain why snowmen don’t always look the same the day after they’re built a little hunched over, a bit more ragged. As annoying as that habit is as a parent it’s actually really great for her fine motor development so it never makes me too angry to see.

Snowmen at Night by Caralyn and Mark Buehner, is a wonderful tale about the adventures snowmen get themselves into when they come to life at night. Snowmen At Night Craft & Book This ripped paper snowman craft was inspired by the book Snowmen At Night and my daughter’s love of ripping toilet paper into teeny tiny pieces.

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