A list of ideas for activities and discussions:
To Do:
Sledging/ Tobogganning
Make snow angels
Snowball fight
Build a snowman
Build a snow sculpture
Catch snowflakes on your tongue
Fill empty washing-up liquid bottles and spray bottles with either diluted paint or water with a few drops of food colouring and 'paint' the snow
Make giant stencils and use the spray bottles mentioned above to make colourful snow pictures
Ski
Look for animal/ bird tracks/ spider webs
If you know snow is forecast, lay out items that won't be damaged by the cold to create patterns when you lift them up, or weigh down heavy cardboard - perhaps in a giant snowflake design?
To Discuss:
:chat: Where snow comes from and why we don't get snow in the summer
:chat: Which animals/ people live in snowy areas - polar bears, penguins, Eskimo/ Inuit, arctic fox, arctic wolf, arctic rabbit, whales, yeti......
:chat: Animals that hibernate in the winter
:chat: Countries that are snowy
:chat: Igloos - what they are made from, how they are built
:chat: How people travel on snow