Snowball Fight!

Caregiver CornerWinterGames and Extensions
Written By Linda

How is Your Child’s Word Collection?

Is your child’s word collection getting out of control? Or are you feeling like the word collection is nonexistent this winter? Looking for a word activity for these cold indoor days? Here at JOYcabulary we understand and have a no cost activity that will sure brighten everyone’s darkest days. Have a snowball fight!


Snowball Fight Activity

Write words from your child’s collection on half sheets of paper and crumple into a “snowball.” Yell “Snowball Fight!’ and let those words fly. After the fight, unwrap the words and use them in a sentence or just tell what it means. Crumple again for more play. Even the pets might join in! Need some word ideas? Check out our January Winter Words list:

 


Connect Activity with Books and Poems!

"Snowball" by Shel Silverstein

"Winter, Winter" by Nicolette Lennert

 
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Linda

Linda Szakmary has five decades of experience working as a classroom teacher, a district curriculum writer, a district facilitator of K-5 writing, and as a county K-8 literacy coach. She now works for Sullivan and Orange-Ulster BOCES as a content specialist. A poetry advocate and a lover of words and children’s literature, she has been a presenter at several state-wide conferences on vocabulary and writing. Currently, she is working with the staff developers of Mossflower to study intermediate vocabulary instruction within a reading workshop. Linda lives in Stone Ridge, NY where she enjoys gardening, yoga, reading, and rooting for the Yankees. You can often find her on a beach searching for sea glass.

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