Snowflakes Dancing

Materials

recording of music that evokes images of snow (such as "Snowflakes Are

Instructions

1. Explain to the children that snow is formed when tiny water droplets in
the clouds stick to salt or dust particles and freeze, forming ice crystals.
These crystals stick to other crystals and form clusters, which make the
larger snowflakes we can see falling from the sky. Some of the prettiest
snowflakes are shaped like six-pointed stars.
2. Encourage the children to pretend to be ice crystals in the clouds.
3. Play music that evokes images of snow.
4. Ask the children to hold out their hands and spread their legs like starshaped
crystals as they dance around the room. (Model this by doing it
with the children.)
5. When one child touches another, they should "stick together" (hold on to
each other) until clusters of "snow crystals" are formed.
6. The dancing "snowflakes" slowly drift down towards the floor like snow
falling from the sky.