Connect the Dots: Snowman for Ages 5–6

Two snowballs, one small and one big, appear when five- and six-year-olds join fourteen dots with no guide line: a classic snowman ready to be dressed.

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Connect the dots: snowman

How to use this worksheet

Start at the large dot 1 on top of the head.
Dots 2 and 3 round the right side of the head; 4 is the narrow neck.
Dots 5 to 11 go all around the big body, with 8 at the very bottom.
Dot 12 is the neck on the left, and 13 and 14 finish the head; join 14 to 1.

What this worksheet teaches

Two curves of very different sizes meet at a narrow neck, so the child has to adjust the length of each stroke: short lines around the head, long ones around the body. Pinching in at dots 4 and 12 is a clear change of direction that shows at once whether the numbers were followed. Counting to fourteen without any help is a good stretch for kindergarten, especially the teen numbers on the left side of the body.

Play idea

Dress the snowman: coal eyes, a carrot nose, three buttons down the body, a scarf around the neck and a hat on top of dot 1. Add stick arms and falling snowflakes, then ask your child to tell you what the snowman would do on a sunny day.

Questions and answers

Questions from parents

Why does this snowman have only two parts?

The outline is a small head on one large body, which is easier to count around than three balls. Your child can add a scarf where the two meet.

Which part is the hardest?

The neck. At dots 4 and 12 the line turns inward sharply, and children who hurry tend to round it off, which turns the snowman into an oval.

How long does it take?

About five to ten minutes for the dots at this age. Decorating can easily take as long again.