Storytime: SLEDS
Storytime: SLEDS
It’s winter and the Olympic Games are just around the corner. You might consider talking with your child about the science behind winter and how people move on skis, skates, and sleds. Don’t be afraid to use and explain “big” words such as evaporation, friction, and movement, and try some of the activities below! Also, help us celebrate the Library’s Centennial Celebration, and pick up a Books for Balloons Read ‘n Track sheet at the Children’s Reference desk.
Join us Monday, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. or Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room.
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Zoom, Zoom Zoom is a favorite game for many children. This exciting rhyme let’s the children count down to a lift-off at zero. Try this new winter version, “Snowflakes in the Sky,” where children can sing the same melody, but count up to ten. This rhyme is a great skill-builder for understanding sequencing, the order in which something takes place.
Activity
Using some cotton balls, pretend show is falling by throwing the cotton balls in the air. You can also use a towel or sheet like a parachute make the “snow” bounce in the air as you count them.
Books Presented
Red Sled by Patricia Thomas
Cold Turkey by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Kirsti Call
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Here’s a Hill
Here’s a hill
(tilt left arm so that it forms a hill)
And here’s a hill
(tilt right arm so that it forms a hill)
All covered with snow
(raise hands up, bring down in snow motion)
I’ll put on my coat
(put coat on)
And jump on my sled
(hold the rope of a sled)
And ZOOM, down the hill I will go!
(clap hands, slid hands down)
Snowflakes in the Sky
Tune of “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom”
Fly, fly fly there’s snowflakes in the sky.
Fly, fly fly there’s snowflakes in the sky.
If you want to catch them all, count the snowflakes as they fall.
Fly, fly fly there’s snowflakes in the sky.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
PBS Kids Molly of Denali Sled Dog Dash
Follow the link below to go play a fun SLED game on PBS KIDS!
Crafts and Activities
Sledding is SO FUN!
WAHOO! Make your own sled and passengers!
Additional Books
The Special Snowman - an animated book from Storyberries!
A Sled for Gabo by Emma Otheguy
Max and Marla by Alexandra Boiger
Snow Falls by Kate Gardner
