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Materials

10 silly dress-up hats

Instructions

1. Give a different hat to 10 children.

2. Invite all the children to recite the following story. Repeat it 10 times, reducing the number with each verse by choosing a "snowman" to "melt" (child takes off his hat and sinks to the floor).Cold CountdownTen little snowmen,Each in a funny hat.Out came the sunAnd melted one.What a sad, sad sight was that.Nine little snowmen...Eight little snowmen...No snowmen were leftOn that snowy day.But I found ten hatsWhen I went out to play.

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