Five Little Snowmen Winter Circle Time Activity

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I just love finding songs that get our circle times active.

You know when you find that song that lights the children up and gets them participating with you?

While putting together my January playlist, I found a fun song called Five Little Snowmen by The Kiboomers.

I just knew it would be perfect for our snowman theme, plus I could work on simple counting skills, too.

I decided to take it one step further by creating numbered snowman props that I could use as visuals while singing the song.

Such a great addition to our winter circle time!

❄️ Scroll towards the bottom of this page to find the link to the free download!

 

Five Little Snowmen Winter Circle Time Activity

If you’ve been following me on Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds for any length of time, you know how I struggled with circle time for years.

I’d open my book or turn on a song and just could not grab their attention.

I was frustrated.

And I know so many of you have been in this same place – you might even be there now – because I get emails all the time asking how to make circle time go more smoothly.

I won’t go into lengthy detail here, but will give you my top resources if you’d like to know my secrets:

My Secret to a Successful Circle Time

The Best Preschool Circle Time Tips

If you teach toddlers, I have additional tips here:

The Secrets to a Successful Toddler Circle Time

In each of the above resources I mention one thing over and over again:

Use Props

I can’t remember exactly how far along in my teaching career I finally figured this out, but what I DO recall is that once I did, things got a whole lot easier.

Not perfect.

Circle time will always have it’s hiccups (and I address those in the above resources).

But props grab the children’s attention, pulling them in, keeping them engaged.

So that brings us to today’s post.

When I found the song Five Little Snowmen, I knew I could make it that much better if I had some props.

So I created these cute numbered snowmen that have the same details that are mentioned in the song.

Assembling the Five Little Snowmen Printable Circle Time Props

What you will need:

• Laminator (optional)
• Scotch tape
• Printable snowman props (scroll down to find the link)

I suggest either printing these on heavy paper or laminating them for extra durability.

Make enough copies so that you have one mittens for each student and yourself.

Preparation:

Cut out the snowmen.

Then decide how you will be displaying them.

Here are some ideas:

Flannel Board: Place velcro pieces on the backs of each snowman and attach to the flannel board (this one is my favorite).

Cookie Sheet:  I love using cookie sheets during circle time. For this type of activity, I will be using a small cookie sheet that I spray painted white. Simply attach a self-adhesive magnetic dot on the back of each snowman and attach!

You can place the cookie sheet in a book holder, or you can hold it.

Stick Puppets: This is another favorite of mine, especially if you don’t have a flannel board or a magnetic board. After copying the snowmen onto heavy paper and/or laminating, tape them to popsicle sticks. Easy to hold! (You can see how I created stick puppets with our snowflake printable in this post.)

Five Little Snowmen Winter Circle Time Activity

Now that you have your numbered snowmen ready to go, it’s time to grab your music and gather your children at circle time.

You can find the song on Amazon:

Five Little Snowmen by The Kiboomers.

I also have it in my January playlist, if you are using Spotify:

And if you like more visuals, here’s the video version:

Teaching virtually?

I’ve found that props are even more important when teaching through a screen.

You can see how I use them in my online video snippets which are on my virtual teaching resource page.

I send my props home in a take-home packet that each child gets every two weeks.

 

 

FREE Printable Five Little Snowman Props

Click below for the pdf download:

 

 

Toddler Winter Circle Time Counting Props

Keep toddlers engaged while working on simple math skills with these winter counting props.

We love using these during our classroom circle times!

6 Prop Sets (19 Pages):

• How Many Buttons Are On the Mitten?
• Numbered Mittens
• Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Counting
• Numbered Penguins
• Numbered Snowflakes
• Numbered Snowmen