The Mom I Want to Be

Children love to build a snowman out of snow, but they are also fun to build out of paper, especially if you live in a warm climate, or it is way too cold to go outside. This is a great way to teach children different shapes, sizes and color contrast.            

 

Dark construction paper

White construction paper

Scissors

Glue

            

Counting Concepts, Critical Thinking, Fine Motor Coordination, Following Directions, Opposites, Size and Shape Discrimination

 

Give children a piece of dark construction paper and 3 white circles of different sizes. Ask your child to show you which circle is the smallest? the biggest? What shape is the snowball? Count to see how many snowballs there are. Have them build their snowman by gluing the white circles on to the dark construction paper from the biggest (on the bottom) to the smallest (on the top).  Then have your child point to the one on the top, middle and bottom. Add other shapes such as squares, ovals and triangles for face features. Now it is time to glue the facial shapes onto the snowman. At this time have your snowman maker identify the various shapes, sizes and colors.