Materials
Snowballs by Lois Ehlert Snow
Small plastic plates Toothpicks
Tiny black beads Small buttons
Instructions
1. Read the story Snowballs and discuss what must happen in order for it to snow. Talk aboutthe temperature of the freezing point.
2. On a snowy day, take the children outside. Give each child a small plastic plate.
3. Invite the children to make tiny snowmen on their plates. They might use tiny black beads foreyes, toothpicks for arms and small buttons for decorating the front.Note: Use caution with young children who may still put small objects in their mouths.
4. Ask the children what might happen if the snowmen are taken indoors. Will they melt? Why?5. Help the children place their snowmen in a freezer and tell them you will keep them thereuntil spring. Explain how the freezer keeps the snowmen from melting.
6. Remove them from the freezer on a spring day and your class will have snowmen in May.More to doMore science: Have a snowman melting party and allow the children to watch the snowmenmelt. Discuss why this is happening.
