The Snowman

Date: 10^th October 2013

Day: Thursday

Time: 4:30-5:30pm

Class: Starfruit

Theme: Colours

Teacher: Teacher Yeong

Animation – The Snowman

The Snowman is a children’s picture book without words by English author, Raymond Briggs. I wanted to introduce this interesting book to the children because of the snowman that appears in “You are My Best Friend”. I found a 26 minutes animated version of this story.

The Snowman is a story about a boy who builds a snowman on a winter day. That night, the snowman came alive. The boy took the snowman into the house to look at all those things in the house including visiting the boy’s parents who were still fast asleep. Then the two of them venture outside and went on a ride on a motorbike. They went through the woods and scared off a lot of animals like the rabbit, the owl, the fox and horse.

Then the snowman took the boy for a flight and they reached to the arctic and flew into the aurora and they reached their destination. They went into a snow-covered forest and attended a snowman’s party. They even met the Father Christmas and his reindeer. The boy was given a scarf with a snowman pattern on it. After that, they flew back home.

When the boy woke up the next morning when the sun was up, the boy found out that the snowman had melted. The boy reached his pocket and found that there’s a snowman scarf in it. As the credits play, the boy mourns the loss of his new friend.

Even though the story ended sadly, however, the children still enjoy watching the humorous part of the story.

We shall have a discussion about the story tomorrow.