My kids look forward to a winter wonderland every year. They like to catch snow with their hands, taste the snow with their tongues and create their own snowmen with things they find in and outside our house. So, when I borrowed this book, Snip, Snip…Snow, from the library, I knew that they would love reading it.  As a home educator, of course, I like to make every experience a learning one. And what better way to turn this language arts lesson into art.

Snip, Snip… Snow! by Nancy Poydar is about a little girl, Sophie, who longs for snow. Sophie was excited to hear the forecast predicted snow, but was disappointed when she learned that the forecast was wrong. In the meantime she and her classmates made beautiful snowflakes in class. As she was cutting her pretty snowflakes, real soft snow drifted from the sky. This is a delightful story. The book includes instructions on how to make your own paper snowflakes.

As an art extension, we made these snowflakes:

Materials:

1. white coffee filters or precut paper circles
2. scissors

Instructions:

Simply fold coffee filter into half 3x and start cutting. Experiment with cutting out different shapes out of the three sides and the pointy tip to see what you get. Unfold and enjoy your beautiful handiwork!

To learn how to make colorful coffee filter snowflakes, read Colorful Snowflakes. Interested in making some yummy snowflakes to eat, click Edible Snowflakes.