Little STEAMers: Winter

Storytime Portion

Opening Song	Tickle the Sun Tickle your toes. Clap your hands And tickle your nose. Reach up high. Reach down low. Turn around, And say hello!Source: Storytime Katie has a closing version she found on pinterest. I wanted an opening song, so my coworker reworked it to make an opening song.
What is Winter? What Do we need for winter?	I found simple Clipart pictures for discussion. My pictures included: Snow, a person imitating cold, mittens, coat, and a hat with mittens.
Rhyme	It Is Winter Tune: Are You Sleeping?”It is winter, It is winter, Oh, so cold! Oh, so cold! Icy, snowy weather, Long nights and short days, Winter’s here! Winter’s here!
Book	Supertruck by Stephen Savage
Flannel	Where is Snowball I hid the two snowballs and had the kids guess which mitten the snowball was under. If they found the yellow snowball, we talked about why you don’t eat yellow snow.
Rhyme	Jack Frost Where did you get that little red nose? Jack Frost kissed it I suppose. He kissed it once. He kissed it twice. Poor little nose it’s as cold as ice!
Book	Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant
Action Song	We’re Marching in the Snow
Action Song	I’m a Little Snowman
Goodbye Song	Tickle the Clouds Tickle your toes Turn around And tickle your nose Reach down low Reach up high Storytime’s over So wave goodbye! Source: Storytime Katie

Activity Portion

Winter in a Bag	Source: A Little Pinch of Perfect
Ball Sort	Source:I Can Teach My Child
How Tall are you	I marked out 9 ft on a piece of duct tape. The kids had the option of either laying down and their grown up laying mittens next to them, or they could jump and see how many mittens it would take to measure the distance.
Counting	The kids would take a handful of buttons and work on matching the number of buttons to the number on a mitten. Source: Play to Learn Playschool