How to make an Ice Rink Dramatic Play for Preschool, Pre-K, & Kindergarten classrooms. Perfect for a winter, polar bear, ice, penguin, or arctic theme.
Winter Activities and Centers for Preschool, Pre-K, and Transitional Kindergarten (TK). These centers work on letters, numbers, & fine motor.
A polar animal theme is always fun in the winter months! I'm sharing my favorite polar animal activities and centers for Preschool, Pre-k, and Kindergarten (and a fun freebie too!) If you want all the Polar Animal Math and Literacy Centers click HERE.
Are you looking for fun, themed The Mitten activities for preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st grade? Your students will love these!
Winter theme activities for Preschool and Pre-K. Literacy, math, printables, book lists and more to make learning fun!
Scoop up my winter activities & centers for preschool, prek, & kindergarten students. They will love the snow theme & fun hands-on activities.
Winter is here & it can be a struggle to entertain your students. Check out my winter process art activities for preschool, pre-k, & kindergarten students.
Scoop up my winter activities & centers for preschool, prek, & kindergarten students. They will love the snow theme & fun hands-on activities.
These preschool activities on winter are full of ice fishing, ice skating, snowmen, and snow much fun! Check out these winter literacy activities!
This snowflake craft for kids is a great winter project combining hands-on math learning and fine motor activities. Learn how to make the beaded snowflake ornament. Kids can work on counting,
Preschool kids can practice their names while making a name snowman. Be sure to use the free printable as part of the snowman name craft.
A fun snowman play dough activity for a winter theme in your preschool or pre-k classroom. Make a snowman with white play dough and loose parts.
Making paper snowflakes is easy and fun for your kids using a simple snowflake cutting template. The printable snowflake cutting templates will help your kids, experience success, build confidence,
Outrageously FUN exploding snowman is a fun winter science experiment for kids of all ages. Simple winter activities for preschoolers!
Looking for fun, skill based activities to keep kids engaged all month long? I have compiled a list of my top 5 favorite Math, Literacy, Science, and STEM activities to do with students this January! 1. Build a snowman - Literacy or Math Craft I love doing these activities each winter because they are fun, can practice a variety of skills, and always come out looking cute! No matter what skill you choose to practice, prepping the activity is the same. All you need are large pieces of construction paper cut in half length wise, white paper, glue, and crayons/markers/colored pencils. You can either cut the circles for students ahead of time or create a few circle templates or something for them to trace and cut out their own circles. In literacy I like to have students create these sweet little snowmen: For students still learning how to write their first (or last) name, the name spelling snowman is perfect! Once everyone has created theirs, you can also turn it into a math activity and compare how long each name is and graph your results! For students who are ready for sight words, I like for them to create these sight word snowmen. You can either give them a word to practice or they can choose a word that they have recently learned. Students can even write a short sentence using their sight word at the bottom of their snowman. For math, students can create snowmen that help them practice counting, patterns, or addition. To create a counting snowman (not pictured) students can create their snowman, draw a group of buttons, and then write the numeral that represents the quantity of buttons at the bottom. To create a patterned snowman, students can create a button pattern using alternating colored buttons on the snowman. To create an addition snowman, students can choose 2 different colors to draw buttons on their snowman then write an addition equation at the bottom showing how many buttons the snowman has in all. 2. Snowball fight This is a very fun, low prep activity that gets students up and moving and can be used with pretty much ANY skill you are teaching! To prepare for the snowball fight, gather lots of pieces of white paper (AT LEAST 1 per student but more is better) and write down whatever skill you want students to practice on each sheet. For example, if you want students to practice letter ID, write a different letter on each piece of paper. Ball up each piece of paper into a "snowball" and toss the snowballs around the room. Here is how I like to play: When you give the signal, students will race to grab a snow ball and open it up. From that point on, there are two ways you can have your students play: •Find a partner – Students must find a partner that has the snowball that goes with their snowball. Using the letter ID example, students might find someone who has the same letter as they do matching capital to capital or lowercase to lowercase. •Produce – Students must say what is on their snowball. For letter ID this could be naming the letter. Other students could make the letter sound or even produce a word that begins with that letter. After students have completed the task, they can divide into two groups, throw the snowballs, and continue the learning fun! There are SO many skills that you can use this game to practice and students are sure to love it every time! For skills that I found I needed an illustration to practice since many of my students are not reading yet, I created these snowball fight activities: Rhyming snowball fight helps students practice identifying, matching, and producing rhyming words. This activity includes 32 colorful snowball cards (16 different rhyming pairs) and is ready to print and crumple! You can find it here or by clicking the picture below. Snowball Rhyming Alliteration/Beginning sound snowball fight helps students practice identifying, matching, and producing beginning sounds as well as words that begin with the same sound. This activity includes 52 snowballs with colorful pictures (2 pictures for each letter of the alphabet) and is ready to print and crumple! You can find it here or by clicking the picture below. 3. STEM Snowflake Building When I saw this awesome activity by Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls, I knew it would be PERECT in my classroom! To prep this activity, all you need are popsicle/craft sticks, paint (optional), and magnets (optional). I say optional for paint because while her popsicle sticks look beautiful painted, I know as teachers we don't always have time for that! I also think that the magnets are optional because while it is always neat to work on a vertical or magnetic surface, this activity would work just as well on top of a table or spread out on the floor! To create the different sizes, leave some of your sticks whole while cutting others in half. I think this is a great way for students to get their creative juices flowing as a STEM activity or a perfect activity to go along with a lesson on symmetry or even shapes! 4. Snow storm in a jar If you are looking for a simple science experiment that your students will LOVE, you should definitely check out this Snow storm in a jar freebie from Mrs. Richardson's Class. With just a few simple ingredients (most of which you probably already have) you can do an engaging density experiment that is perfect for this time of year! She has even included a teacher page with materials, questions to ask, and student journal pages! 5. Math and Literacy Activity Bundle This collection of 11 fun, hands-on Math and Literacy activities is perfect to use whole group, small group, or in centers all winter long! The bundle contains activities that practice the following skills: ♦ Capital and Lowercase letter ID ♦ Compound Words ♦ Beginning Sounds ♦ Rhyming ♦ Syllables ♦ Sorting ♦ Number Order ♦ Measurement ♦ Patterns ♦ Counting ♦ Graphing You can click on any of the pictures to go to that resource or to save BIG and get all of the activities, you can view the bundle here.
Explore over and under concepts in block center or as STEM activity in this book expansion activity; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Perfect for a snow or winter theme.
The best winter songs for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids. Your kids will love these teacher approved winter songs!
When it's SUPER cold outside, it's the perfect time to explore ice! There are so many ice activities and experiments you can do with it, too. Ice changes as you investigate it, which captivates their attention and gets them excited about science. Ice can melt, break, change color, and so much more.
Cute, Snowman Printables to learn 11 shapes. Use these Shape Puzzles for shape recognition with a winter activity for preschoolers.
Young learners will have fun practicing counting to 10 with free winter printables to count with cotton snowballs. Winter math activity!
Are you having trouble thinking of new fillers for your sensory table? Here are a few winter sensory table ideas that your kids will LOVE.
Winter is here & it can be a struggle to entertain your students. Check out my winter process art activities for preschool, pre-k, & kindergarten students.
Looking for for winter themed preschool lesson plans? Check out these free plans with a week's worth of winter themed crafts and activities! It's all done for you and free to print!
Who else is all about WINTER fun?! I am so excited to give you a look at some (so many more in the set here) of the activities included in...
Here are six ways to create pretend snow in the sensory table for your preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten students to explore! Winter is here! Whether you
Looking for winter math activities for your kids? Try these snowflake number circles. Use the free math printables in muffin tins or use them to make counting containers.
Kids will get excited to practice letters and numbers with these adorable, Winter Worksheets for Preschoolers. Just print and learn!
Here are some Winter activities, lessons, and printables for Pre-K, Preschool, and Kindergarten. There is a wide variety to be found here, but don’t be
Making paper snowflakes is easy and fun for your kids using a simple snowflake cutting template. The printable snowflake cutting templates will help your kids, experience success, build confidence,
Soft as silk, snow dough lets you bring the snowman making inside! With only 2 ingredients, you may already have everything you need.
These preschool activities on winter are full of ice fishing, ice skating, snowmen, and snow much fun! Check out these winter literacy activities!
Embrace the winter wonder with our latest educational adventure! Dive into the frosty realm of learning with our Winter Free Printable Pattern Mats designed especially for kindergarten learners. As the chill sets in, warm up to the joy of exploring AB Patterns in a playful and engaging manner. These printable mats promise a delightful way
In this article, you'll find a set of fun free printable winter tracing worksheets for preschoolers. Preschoolers will love tracing and coloring these fun winter tracing worksheets. Just hand them a box of crayons or
These winter preschool themes are a great way to keep your preschoolers excited about learning during the chilly winter months!
Winter is one of my favorite preschool themes! Something about snowflakes and snowballs is so much fun! Here is a peek inside my Winter Preschool Pack. There are TONS of math, literacy, and writing centers and activities for little learners. You can grab this pack in my TPT shop. Be sure to scroll to the end of the post for a fun, winter FREEBIE! Winter Preschool Pack Mitten Name Craft- I LOVE name crafts! They are so much fun for preschoolers, and great for scissor skills, gluing, and writing their names. Rhyming Mittens- Clip each rhyming pair of mittens. This is also great for fine motor practice. Winter Letters- Trace each letter with loose parts, or play doh. Winter Sensory Bin- My FAVORITE part of any theme is making a fun sensory bin for my boys! To keep them engaged, they need something to scoop with and something to scoop into! They always amaze me with how they decide to play with these bins! This took my just a few minutes to throw together. I added mini erasers (Target), foam stickers (Michales), snowflake gems (Hobby Lobby), and white beans. The blue beans I dyed blue with acrylic paint! The scoops were from Hobby Lobby, and the plastic cups were from Dollar Tree! I love how this looks all mixed together! Snow globe Alphabet Match- Fill each snow globe with the correct letter. We love using the lacing alphabet letters from Learning Resources. Snowman Counting- Count cotton balls onto each snowman. Mitten Counting- Count buttons onto each mitten. Shaving Cream 'Snow' Writing Tray- Trace each letter in a sensory tray of shaving cream! This was a BLAST! Icy Excavation- Does water play ever get old?!?! We have a LARGE collection of mini erasers, thanks Target! I threw them in our snowflake mold (Joann Fabrics) and froze! I gave the boys colored salt (in Dollar Tree plastic shakers) and warm water! They LOVED playing with this! Watercolor & Salt Snowflakes- This is such a fun art project. Outline a snowflake in glue. Sprinkle salt over top of the glue. Then, carefully add drops of liquid watercolors! Ten Frame Counting Mats (both color and b&w options are included)- Practice counting and number recognition as you count mini erasers, beads, or pom poms onto the ten frames. Ice Fishing for Letters - Attach a paperclip to each fish card. Pull them out, and read the letter. A recording page is also included! Winter Syllable Count - Count the syllables in each word. Read and Throw Snowman- I drew a large snowman on butcher paper and wrote some sight words (you can do letters, shapes, numbers). Hayden threw a beanbag, and read the word it landed on. Prewriting Lines- Trace each line with dry erase marker. Invitation to Make a Snowflake- We love making these every year! We glue together popsicle sticks and let them dry! Then we pull out a variety of art supplies to decorate! Easy and fun!!!! There are SO MANY more activities in this pack! Winter Preschool Pack And here is a FUN FREEBIE!!! Winter Count the Room! Grab this free download HERE. For more preschool ideas, follow us on Instagram @michele_dillon
FREE Snowman shape matching activity perfect for toddlers and preschoolers to learn shapes with a Winter theme.
Melting Snowman Science is a science experiment that will keep your little learners engaged while they explore dissolving a substance with water. This
This snowflake STEM center is such an easy way to stretch students' learning! Just grab a box of Q-tips and you're ready to go.
Here are 20 ideas for winter fine motor activities. Your kids will enjoy playing and learning as they strengthen their fine motor skills with these fun winter-themed activities. Winter Fine Motor
This snowflake craft for kids is a great winter project combining hands-on math learning and fine motor activities. Learn how to make the beaded snowflake ornament. Kids can work on counting,
Scoop up my winter activities & centers for preschool, prek, & kindergarten students. They will love the snow theme & fun hands-on activities.
Winter books for little learners that are perfect for a winter theme, snowman theme, hibernation theme, or penguin theme.
FUN melting snowman experiment where they will use winter science with a SIMPLE snowman activities for preschoolers!
Looking for winter math activities for your kids? Try these snowflake number circles. Use the free math printables in muffin tins or use them to make counting containers.
December Preschool Themes and Preschool Lesson Plans, Children will enjoy these wonderful winter themes with activities and printables all season long. List of Themes for Preschool, Acts of Kindness for Preschoolers, 20+ Preschool Activities for Winter with preschool themes for the year
Sneak in some winter fun with this fun, educational melting snowballs winter science experiment for preschoolers❄!
