Five Little Snowmen Felt Story and Math Activity

Enjoy this felt rhyme and pattern for five little snowmen with big red bows. Follow-up with the math extension activity giving chidlren practice with the numbers 1 through 5 and their quantities.

 

 

Print the Snowman pattern and trace on to felt.

 

Cut out each item and assemble snowmen. Add a different number of buttons (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) to each snowman. 

 

 

Place the five little snowmen on the board. Let children describe the snowmen: the shape and color of the hats, how many buttons, etc.

 

 

As the rhyme progresses, take one snowman off the board.

 

Place the activity in a classroom center and allow children to act out the felt rhyme individually or in pairs.

 

 

Original Author Unknown

 

Five little snowmen stood in a row.

Each wore a hat and a big red bow. 

Out came the sun and it was hot all day.

One little snowman melted away.

 

Repeat verse with 4, 3, and 2 snowmen. End with the following verse:

 

One little snowman stood in a row. 

He wore a hat and a big red bow. 

Out came the sun and it was hot all day. 

The last little snowman melted away.

 

K.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.

K.CC.4c Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.

 

First, have children count the buttons on the snowmen.

Then, let them place the snowmen in sequencial order from 1-5.

Next let them find the matching cards (numbers, number words, and number of buttons) and place them under each snowman.

 

 

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