31 Days of Read-Alouds: The Snowy Day

I absolutely love the artwork in The Snowy Day.

If you aren’t familiar with Ezra Jack Keats’ artwork it is definitely worth checking out a few of his books from the library. Using a mixture of cut-outs, watercolors, and collage your children can illustrate and write their own “Snowy Day” type book.

In The Snowy Day a little boy, Peter, wakes up to a winter wonderland and spends the day exploring his city. He does all the typical snow day things like make snow angels, trying to save a snowball, and knocking snow from the limbs of a tree.

In our homeschool we used this book for art more than reading, but my kids always enjoyed the story, especially when they didn’t have many snowy days of their own!

Hand’s On Activities

• Snow Painting
• Snow Dough
• Frozen Build a Snowman
• Can Lids Winter Craft
• Toilet Paper Tube Snowman Craft
• Polar Bear Craft
• Polar Bear Paper Plate Craft
• Polar Bear Milk Jug Craft
• Marshmallow Snowman
• Snowman Pointillism Art
• Paper Cup Penguins
• Penguin Handprint Craft
• Snowman Counting
• Snowflake Painting
• Snow Paint
• Popsicle Stick Puzzles
• Pasta Snowflakes
• Memory Mitten 

Snowy Snacks

• Snowman Kit
• Homemade Ice Cream
• Snow Ice Cream
• Starbucks CopyCat Hot Chocolate
• Snowman Popcorn Cups
• Snowman Pizza
• Banana Snowmen
• Snow Muffins
• Marshmallow Snowmen
• Pretzel Snowmen
• Melted Snowman Cookies
• Snowman Pancakes
• Snowman Rice Krispie Treats
• Snowman Veggie Tray

Worksheets & Printables

• Winter Elementary Printables
• Snow Themed Worksheets (2nd & 3rd grade)
• Snow and Ice preschool printable pack
• The Snowy Day printables
• Roll-a-Snowman Activity Sheet
• Winter Word Search
• Winter Mad Libs
• Snow Adjectives Worksheet
• Snow Addition
• Winter Riddle Math Worksheet
• Winter Fun tot printable pack
• Montessori Winter Math Activities
• Snowman Preschool Pack

See all of our Read-Aloud Books and Activities for the entire series here!