Cozy up with a good book, and a fun song and activity, as we usher in the coldest season!
READ: A Day So Gray by Marie Lamba
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Once you start to notice, colors and reasons for gratitude are everywhere, and that changes everything! Celebrate the hues and comforts of a cozy winter day as a discontented girl at first notices only dull grays and browns in a snowy landscape but is coaxed by her friend to look more closely. Soon she finds orange berries, blue water, purple shadows, and more. Warm friendship and a fresh way of seeing things transform a snow-covered landscape from bleak to beautiful!
Increase pre-literacy skills as you read together:
- As you read, encourage your little one to act out the story by pretending to stomp through the snow, make a snowball, pet a cat, and blow on hot cocoa.
- Invite your little learner to join you in saying the repeated phrase "No it isn't!" as you read the story together.
- Before reading what colors are on the page, ask your child to name and point to the colors they can see.
SING: Spread Winter Cheer
(Tune: We Wish You a Merry Christmas)
EXPLORE: Ice Painting
Materials:
- Shallow plastic container or similar
- Watercolor paint
- Chunky paintbrushes
- Ice cubes or bag of ice
- Jar of water
Instructions:
- Add ice to shallow container, and place jar of water in middle of container to avoid spills.
- Lay out watercolors and paintbrushes next to ice container.
- Invite your little learner to paint the ice with the watercolor paints.
- While your little learner paints, ask them questions about their choices, such as:
- What do you think will happen if we add blue to that red ice?
- What color are you going to add next?
- I see you painted the ice over here yellow and orange, why did you choose those colors for this corner?
- When it seems your little learner has painted all of the ice, scoop or shift ice from the bottom of the bin to the top to expose the unpainted ice.
JOIN: Visit us at the library and attend a program!
View all early childhood programs and events offered this month.
For in person programs, registration is required. If space allows, walk-ins will be admitted. Use the link in the program information to register.
