It's a snow day for the schools. The little bit of snow that fell isn't as much of an issue as the extreme cold. It snowed until 3:00 this morning so the road crews haven't had a lot of time to clear secondary streets. The single digit temperatures, though, are promoting icing and dangerous conditions and it's been requested that you not go out if you don't have to do so.
Days like these make me fondly recall the following poem that I used to teach my first graders. It appeared at our poetry center and was used not only for instructional purposes, but also for memorization.
Merry Little Snowflakes
Merry little snowflakes falling through the air,
Busy little snowflakes falling everywhere!
Blowing in our faces and falling at our feet,
Falling on the children as they run across the street!
There are no children or birds out and about yet!I'm sure the feeders will be busy later in the day.
Do you like snow days?