Lesson Plan: The Snowy Day Sensory Play (3/8)​

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Applying What You Have Learned

On the following pages are lesson plans that can be used to integrate Ezra Jack Keats books  in your program planning. The lesson plans are intended to be an optional resource that you may adapt for use in your classroom.  The worksheets at the bottom of each lesson plan are part of the required coursework (not optional).

Please read each lesson plan carefully and then answer the question at the bottom of the page.

The Snowy Day Sensory Play

Age Group: 

• Toddler
• Preschool

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​*Adapt this lesson for infants by putting the “snow” in a large secured zip-top bag for a sensory bag (see example).

Objectives:

• Students will experience a new sensory activity 

Caution 

Please provide appropriate supervision to the children in your care when completing all activities. You will need to decide what types of activities are safe for the children in your care.  Always use caution with anything that young children might put in their mouths. ​

CDA Competency Standard:  
II.4.3a

• Activities and materials encourage children to develop their senses.

a) Sight, sound, smell, taste and touch experiences are encouraged through a variety of developmentally appropriate materials and activities

Materials: 

• Baking soda
• Shaving Cream
• Glitter (optional)
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats 

Video:  The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Source: Joanne Kaminski
​Length: 3:16 minutes
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Procedure: 

1. Read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. When finished ask children what they think about snow. Discuss some things you can do in the snow, and what Peter did on the snowy day.
2. Create “snow” by mixing equal parts baking soda and shaving cream and allow children to play with it, making snowballs, snowmen, and even using small toys in the “snow.” Be sure to supervise children during this activity so they do not eat the "snow."
3. This lesson involves the senses of touch (texture, temperature), smell (the scent of the shaving cream), and sight.  

Assessment: 

• Ask children how the “snow” felt. Was it like real snow? Was it cold to the touch? Did it make fluffy snowballs or hard snowballs?  

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This is assignment  3 of 8.

Worksheet

Teaching Self-Expression with Ezra Jack Keats * The Snowy Day Sensory Play * Page 9 (3/8) 

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Course Navigation Menu

1. Course Agenda
2. Ezra Jack Keats Biography​
3. Life and Writings of Ezra Jack Keats
4. Self-Expression
5. Supporting Self-Expression
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6. Child’s Self-Expression (1/8)
7. Teaching Respect for Diversity
8. Diversity (2/8)
9. Snowy Day Sensory Play (3/8)
10. Respect Goggles (4/8)
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11. Montessori Pet Food Pouring (5/8)
12. Infant Animal Petting (6/8)
13. DAP Books (7/8)
14. End of Course Quiz (8/8)
15. Course Evaluation Form​
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