Snowmen all Month

This month at Sprucewood we decided to read as many snowmen books that we could to our classes.  We loved, All You Need for a Snowman, by Alice Shertle,  had fun looking for hidden pictures in, Snowmen at Christmas, by Carolyn Buehner a local author, and enjoyed the interesting medium of the illustrations in Snowball, by Lois Ehlert.  As part of our snowman celebration we have added a Makerspace to our Media Center.  The first week of December when the students came to the library we directed them to our station and let them have some hands on learning time.  After the students had checked out his/her books and were reading at their tables we invited the quiet readers, by fours, to come to the Makerspace and add snowflakes to a snowman. We had just read, All You Need for a Snowman, so the students knew exactly what was needed. 

We spent the next week adding more snowflakes to our snowman body and he began to take shape.  Our snowmen were a bit slimmer and trimmer than most but the students had a wonderful time.  After the snowman body was complete we added a head, a scarf, a Merry Christmas Greeting from the Media Center and of course we couldn’t forget the carrot nose.  Each Snowman was then filled with a Christmas treat and returned to each classroom for the students to enjoy. 

 We are hoping to use our Makerspace for several more hands on learning experiences in the coming months.  Just thinking of the science experiments, nature wonders or introduction to architecture or music is getting us very excited. We hope your holidays are filled with

lots of good reading time.

 Janette and Karen