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Jack Frost

Related by the wise old groundhog Pardon-Me-Pete, this charming tale tells of a girl sobeautiful she melted the heart of Jack Frosthimself. While visiting the village ofJanuary Junction, Jack Frost falls head oversnowflakes in love with Elisa, the town’sprettiest maiden. Turning into a human boy,Jack begins his courtship – only to lose Elisato the evil clutches of Kubla Kraus. Teamingup with his friends, Jack must use all his icypowers to free Elisa from Kubla. Theenchanting music will delight the young and“the young at heart.”

Jack Frostby Gabriel Setoun

The door was shut, as doors should be,Before you went to bed last night;Yet Jack Frost has got in, you see,And left your window silver white.

He must have waited till you slept;And not a single word he spoke,But pencilled o'er the panes and creptAway again before you woke.

And now you cannot see the hillsNor fields that stretch beyond the lane;But there are fairer things than theseHis fingers traced on every pane.

Rocks and castles towering high;Hills and dales, and streams and fields;And knights in armor riding by,With nodding plumes and shining shields.

And here are little boats, and thereBig ships with sails spread to the breeze;

And yonder, palm trees waving fairOn islands set in silver seas,

And butterflies with gauzy wings;And herds of cows and flocks of sheep;And fruit and flowers and all the thingsYou see when you are sound asleep.

For, creeping softly underneathThe door when all the lights are out,Jack Frost takes every breath you breathe,And knows the things you think about.

He paints them on the window-paneIn fairy lines with frozen steam;And when you wake you see againThe lovely things you saw in dream.

Purpose: The rhythm of this poem, as well as the story that ittells, make this a particularly appealing poem for children. Therhyme scheme is also fun, and the children will enjoy picking outthe rhyming words. The children will learn that a poem can tell astory.

LanguageStrand skills Theme Type

listening,Reading,speaking

motivation toread, rhyming

nature,seasons

Chant/Poem,group activity

Jack FrostBy C.E. Pike

Look out! Look out!Jack Frost is about!|He’s after our fingers and toes;And all through the night,The gay little spriteIs working where nobody knows.

He’ll climb each tree,So nimble is he,His silvery powder he’ll shake.To windows he’ll creepAnd while we’re asleepSuch wonderful pictures he’ll make.

Across the grassHe’ll merrily pass,And change all its greenness to white.Then home he will goAnd laugh ho, ho ho!What fun I have had in the night.

Directions: Improvise hand and body movements such assnatching fingers and toes and painting pictures on the windows.A particularly effective way to teach children to recite a poem is:

1. First read the entire poem.2. Then ask the children to repeat each line after you.3. After doing each line recite two lines and let them

repeat.4. Then do three lines in the same way.5. Finally, try a whole stanza (one stanza each day).6. Make a chart with the words.

Paper Snowflakes

Below is a diagram of the first five steps to make a paper snowflake. (If youhave made the 6 - Point Star - Paper Relief these are the same five stepsexcept in the last step the cut is made as shown below.) Begin with asquare sheet of paper and in the first step, fold it on the diagonal. Continuethrough the other steps.

When making additional cutsfor the snowflakes, the point Eforms the 6 points of the star orsnowflake and the point Dforms the center of the star orsnowflake. (If you choose to cutoff D, a hole will be in thecenter. If you choose to cut offE, the tips will have morepoints!)

Make cuts leaving a 'path'from E to D. Then open toreveal snowflake. Thesnowflake can be flattenedor made into a relief byfolding the 12 creases fromthe center, alternating in andout (as shown with the 6point star).

Shown below are differentsnowflakes made fromdifferent cuts.