5 Minute Snowman Games for Small Groups

Speech Therapists often need quick, go to games that can be used with a variety of groups.  Using just a few images, you can make games like these based on various thematic units or story characters that you can store and use throughout the year. Today we are using the fun and engaging Snowman Theme.

Gathering of Snowmen: Don't Let Them Melt! 

This is a fun game where students can draw picture cards (following their language or artic practice). Whoever has the most cards at the end wins!

In this game, we used a snowman for the “keep” image and a melted snowman for the “lose” image.  After each turn in speech/language group, a card is drawn from an envelope or container.  But... when a melted snowman card is drawn, then the player must put back all (or designated amount) of his/her snowmen cards.  The winner has the most snowmen at the end of the activity.

Variations:

• Write numbers on each of the snowmen and the child with the most points wins. 
• Create other theme such as fish/shark, Gingerbread Man/fox, bears/Goldilocks, eggs/bunny, etc.

Can You Build a Snowman? 

Create picture cards to use with snowman sequence strip or make multiple copies and put in an envelope.  When kids complete their artic or language turn, they pick one picture.  The winner is the one who collects all the steps to build a snowman first. 

The group can decide if the melted snowman is the last step or if it requires you to return one piece back to the envelope. 

U se the pictures with the snowman sequence strip for the kiddos who require a visual cue.

More Extension Activies:   

• Write about the picture/story sequence..older kids can add more characters and detail.
• Build a snowman with ice shavings, magic sand, or white playdoh.
• Mix shaving cream with packing peanuts in a sensory box and use to shape into a snowman. Add potato head parts on your snowman for added fun! 
• Make a snowman craft with different sized circles or paper plates.
• Read Sadie and the Snowman and work on inferencing.