Say Hello to the Snowy Animals
 

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Say Hello to the Snowy Animals by Ian Whybrow and Ed Eaves



This is a very cute book, the touch and feel flocking throughout the book is great for interactivity - I'm not sure how effective it would be for outlining/forming shapes for sight impairement.

Its narrative has brilliantly direct, rhyming keywords and looks at greetings, saying hello, replying and ends with Husky - the main character saying goodbye to everyone.

Onomatopoeia

These are a few of the words that the book lends itself to and that helps to support your children's communication:

Husky dog - pack, sleigh and sled
Polar bear - cubs and source of food - Grrr grr
Snowly owl - fowl, feathers Hoo - Hoo - hoo
Caribou - reindeer, herd, antlers, buck, stag, doe - huff huff
Whale - orca, ocean, icy, water, fins, dorsal, spout, tail - swish swash swish swash
Seal - slide, snow, dive - Honk honk
Puffin - Beak, bill, red, blue, yellow, black, grey, orange, white, webbed, food, flowers, wings, stripes - flap flap
Arctic hare - paws, tail, jump, speed, warren, thump thump thump from Australia's rscpa

If you have activities planned or freeflow access to explore Tracking and footprints / pawprints in the snow or mud maybe this is a great title to have on hand.

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Activities for play:

• Soap flake messy play
• Artificial snow and playdough - risk assess and supervise where loose snow may cause an inhalation concern.
• Ice cube towers - freeze blocks of water and fill an empty tray with them. Build towers, walls and role play with small world figures - have mittens and gloves available for prolonging & safeguarding play.
• Snowy, winter coloured touch & feel bags: use objects associated with the theme, store them in a bag for the children to touch and feel before seeing ..
• Snow globe table : shake and snow, make a snow globe, or role play sprinkling snow and glitter over a bowl of water ..
• Glitter jar activity images from the store

www.ianwhybrow.com
edeavesillustrator.com

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If you've used this book in your play please feel free to add what you all enjoyed ..

That looks really sweet! Thank you Ruth :cheerful:

hi I have used this book with pre-school and they loved it!!!!!!!!! we extended it by creating an arctic area with an igloo for role play, had a snow party in it where we drank hot chocolate and made vegetable soup. there is so much you can do with this story and they loved the repitition and feeling the soft animals on each page!!!!!!!well worth it for little ones.