Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
Wonderful story and illustrations by Kenard Pak. I love to use this book just as the first real snowfall comes. We talk about how it’s not actually winter yet, but it looks and feels like winter.
Julia Cestra-de Vries
Ten Ways to Hear Snow
A beautiful story by Cathy Camper of connection between a girl and her grandmother using onomatopoeia of different snow sounds.
Kristina Tran
Snip, snip...snow!
I love reading this book by Nancy Poydar. After reading the story, I provide a large round circle template for my kindergarten students to cut out and then I teach them how to fold the circle and “snip” with scissors to make a paper snowflake. We then discuss how no two snowflakes are alike and that we are all different and that is part of what makes us unique.
The snowflakes also make a great winter-themed bulletin board!
Michelle Fatica
The Mitten
There are so many ways to use the book, the illustrations and the story. This Ukrainian folk tale, by Olha Tkachenko, can be expanded to themes of inclusion, new winter clothes, even staying warm!
Dana Robb
Fishing with Grandma
This book by Maren Vsetula and Susan Avingaq is a wonderful picture book that ties Inuit culture and traditions with my students’ traditions in central Alberta. It’s about two children going ice fishing with their grandma and then sharing their catches with the community. It is one of my very favourite stories to share with my own children as well as my students.
Erynn Rice
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