Sign language: Snow, mittens, and hat
Book: No Two Alike by Keith Baker
Rhyme: Jack Frost’s nose
Where did you get that little red nose? (touch nose)
Jack Frost kissed it (pinch nose)
I suppose.
He kissed it once (one kiss on nose)
He kissed it twice (two kisses)
Poor little nose, it’s as cold as ice (wiggle nose)
Rhyme: Rickety rocking horse
Book: Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka
Song: Snowflake, Snowflake (Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”)
Snowflake, Snowflake, dance around,
Snowflake, snowflake, touch the ground,
Snowflake, landing on your nose,
Snowflake, landing on your toes,
Snowflake, Snowflake, dance around,
Snowflake, snowflake, touch the ground.
Flannel: Red mitten, red mitten
Song: “Hands Go Up and Down” – Fisher- Price; Babbles to Books
Song: Buckle, buckle (Tune: “Sailing, Sailing”)
Buckle, buckle, buckle my baby in (pat tummy)
Start up the car and drive around (sign for car)
Until we get to town (sign for travel, as you travel up the tummy to tickle chin)
Buckle, buckle, buckle my baby in (pat tummy)
Start up the car and drive around (sign for car)
‘Til we come home again (sign for travel, as you travel up the tummy to tickle chin)
(Credit: Leah Portz)
Book: In the Snow by Sharon Phillips Denslow, illustrated by Nancy Tafuri
Song: Baby Hop (Tune: “Bunny Hop”)
Snuggle up together
Baby’s in your lap
Snuggle up together and clap, clap, clap
Snuggle up together
Baby don’t you nap
Snuggle up together and tap, tap, tap
You’re working out together
Baby don’t stop
You’re working out together now hop, hop, hop
Rhyme: Balloon goes up
Balloon goes up (lift)
Balloon goes down (lap)
Balloon goes up to reach the clouds (lift high)
Storm rolls by (wiggle side to side)
Babe rocks down (sway to lap)
Made it home, safe and sound (hug and kiss)
(Credit: Leah Portz)
Rhyme: Diddle diddle dumpling
Book (choral): Winter Friends by Carl R. Sams II and by Jean Stoick
Song (shaky eggs): “Let’s Play in the Snow” – Rachel Buchman; Sing a Song of Seasons
