Look back at the illustration of Iggy and Martina’s bedroom at the beginning of the book. The end of a pencil dipped in thick white paint would make great snowflakes printed on coloured paper. If there’s snow outside you could play in the snow, make a snow sculpture, or try sledging on a slope – hopefully not too steep! If not there are lots of other things you can do linked to the story: Move like a snowbear If there was enough snow what would your child like to build, a snowman, a snowbear or something else?.Talk about whether your child thinks the bear did go away to live in the woods.Talk about what it feels like to be very cold, does your skin tingle? How do your fingers and toes feel? What would you wear if it was very cold?.Was there anything your child didn’t like or wanted to skip over quickly? Talk about your favourite parts of the story and look at those again together.Children could follow the path of the sledge down the hill and join in with parts they remember. When you read it again maybe you could both emphasise the cold words like ‘shivering’. What can you both see, what might happen in this story? Read the story aloud pausing if your child wants to talk about the story or illustrations. What if the creatures you make from snow could come alive? Would you have adventures with them as in Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman or might they come to your rescue as in this lovely story?īefore beginning the book look at the cover and the first illustration together.
Has he melted or gone to live in the woods? This is a beautifully illustrated picturebook with a story to capture the imagination on snowy days.
In the morning the snowbear has disappeared. But then help arrives in the shape of the snowbear! The wolf slopes off and the snowbear carries the two children safely home. Suddenly they see a very scary wolf staring at them. They feel worried and want to go home but can’t pull the sledge back up the hill. When they have finished they sledge down the hill despite mum’s warnings about being careful and travel so fast they go straight into the woods. Their mum says they can make a snowman and they are pleased with their creation – although they agree it looks much more like a snow bear than a snow man. Age 3-5 One day Iggy and Martina wake up to find the whole world is white.
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