For all Snow Day lovers, The Snowy Day and The Mitten make up a brrr-fect double feature with Novel Effect. These sweet read-alouds inspire so much fun when it’s too cold to play outside or it’s time to warm up after a snowball fight!

These activities help everyone enjoy snowy weather without getting frostbite:

• This or That: get kids moving while sharing their favorite winter pastimes. Divide the room into two activities and let kids choose between them. Give each thing its own corner of the room to get your little learners moving. Have them choose between sledding or skiing, skating or snowboarding, building snowmen or snow forts. Students can explain their choices after each round. 
• Snow Phrases: Get your kiddos playing with words! Put your little ones in small groups and give them each a piece of paper. Groups brainstorm as many compound words and two-letter phrases as they can think of that have the word snow in them.
• Encore: This activity is a favorite among older readers. Kids come up with songs about snow or with the word snow in them. Let each group share a song title. When another group has that song on their list, they say ‘Snowman!’ and check it off. That title cannot be shared again. Keep going around until every group has exhausted their list.