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Winter Activities

Bring the fun and excitement of winter into your lessons with these fun hands-on winter activities for preschool.

Winter Fine Motor Activities

Here are 15 ideas for winter theme fine motor activities. Your kids will enjoy playing and learning as they strengthen their fine motor skills. Great hands-on math, literacy and play-dough activities for preschool, pre-k and kindergarten. Perfect for your winter theme, mitten theme, snowman theme, snow theme, unit and lesson plans. Get out the beads, cotton balls, stickers, and hole punch. #winteractivitiesforkids #finemotor #preschool #prek

The Best Winter Books for Preschool

Find the best winter-themed books for preschool kids. Your kids will love these books about snowmen, snow, and animals in winter.

Winter Weigh Station

Are you looking for fun winter math activity ideas for your preschoolers? Click to find LOTS of great ideas to help you easily create a winter-themed weighing station today. Set up a weigh station in your #STEM center or science center. Kids love playing with the materials along with a balance or bucket scale. Ideas for your snow theme, winter theme, snowman theme, and even Valentine's day theme unit and lesson plans in #preschool and #prek.

How to Make Bright White Playdough

Looking for winter fine motor activities ideas for your kids? Learn how to make bright white playdough. I also give you a bunch of ideas for creative mix-ins....from glitter to foil. These winter white play dough recipes will be perfect for your learning activities, play dough mats and playdough tray in your preschool or pre-k classroom. Your kids will love this sensory dough for the snowman and wintery creations. #preschool #playdough #finemotor

Free Snowflake Printable Activity

Check out this simple snowflake fine motor activity for your kids. Kiddos enjoy punching holes in these paper snowflakes. Download the free printable snowflakes today. Perfect for your winter theme, snow theme, or snowflake theme unit and lesson plans in preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and OT. Add them to your fine motor center, or art and craft centers. Decorate a tree, decorate your classroom. Your kids will have so much fun with this. Ideas are included. #finemotor #winteractivitiesforkids

Teach Kids to Make Paper Snowflakes

Making paper snowflakes is so much easier for young kids, when you use these snowflake cutting templates or patterns. Your kids will experience success...it's so much fun. So much more than a craft.... they are strengthening their fine motor skills and working on improving their scissor skills! Perfect for your holiday theme, winter theme, snow theme, Snowy Day theme unit and lesson plans in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten. #winteractivitiesforkids #finemotoractivities #preschool

Printable Math Activity for Kids

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. Many ideas are included for counting, number sense, and even basic addition. Perfect for your winter math centers or math work stations in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. A great addition to your snow theme, snowman theme, winter theme unit and lesson plans. #preschool #winteractivitiesforkids #preschoolmath

Make a Beaded Snowflake Craft

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, patterning, composing and decomposing numbers and skip counting. This is a great fine motor activity for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten in class math centers or at a classroom holiday party. holiday crafts for kids, winter art projects... #winteractivitiesforkids #finemotor #preschool #wintermath

Printable Snowman Game

Use this fun snowman game to help kids work on number skills. The free snowman printable includes 4 levels of game boards and ideas for different learners. Perfect for your math centers in preschool, pre-k and kindergarten classroom. Kids can learn dot patterns, numeral recognition and simple +1 addition (one more) and simple -1 (one less) subtraction. Perfect for you snowman theme, winter, snow, snowy day or the mitten theme unit and lesson plans. Fun winter math activities! #preschool

Make a Playdough Snowman

Making a playdough snowman is a great winter fine motor and sensory activity for your kids. Use these ideas to make snowman accessories (eyes, carrot noses, scarves, and arms) to add to your winter creation... a snowman invitation to play. Perfect for your play dough centers in your preschool or pre-k classroom. Check out these tip for your snowman theme, snow theme, or winter theme unit and lesson plans. #playdough #winteractivitiesforkids #preschool

Make a Winter Playdough Tray

It's easy to put together a winter playdough tray that your kids will love.  Check out all of these fun material ideas. Perfect for working on fine motor skills in your preschool or pre-k classroom. Kids can build a snowman, a snowflake, a snowy scene or a wintery sculpture. They will love the open-ended creativity that this invitation to play provides. Perfect for your snow theme, snowman theme, or winter theme unit or lesson plans #playdough # #wintertheme

Snowman Fine Motor Activity

Are you looking for winter theme activity ideas for your kids? This fun snowman fine motor activity fits the bill. The snowman is easy to craft from a plastic bottle. Kids enjoy filling the snowman with snow (pom-poms or cotton balls) and attaching eyes, nose, mouth (buttons), and accessories. Perfect for you winter theme lesson plans and snowman theme lesson plans in #preschool #prek, and kindergarten. , snowman craft, snowman activities, fill the snowman. #winteractivitiesforkids

DIY Snowman Ornaments

Looking for snowman crafts for kids?  Here is a great DIY snowman Christmas ornament for you and your kids to make.  The snowman ornament DIY project is a great activity to make for a school party or at home. A great project to add to your winter activities. Perfect for your winter theme, holiday theme, snow theme unit and lesson plans in preschool, pre-k or kindergarten. #snowmanornament #winteractivitiesforkids #preschool #kindergarten

Make Snowflakes with Kids

You can help kids experience success while making snowflakes by using snowflake cutting templates. Kids can take their paper snowflake designs to the next level with a hole punch and the addition of sequins, crayons, and glitter. A great winter fine motor activity for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Perfect for a winter party activity or your winter theme or snow theme lesson plans or units. Kids love making these simple snowflakes.

Make a Winter Snowflake Craft

Are you looking for ideas for winter crafts for kids? They will have so much fun making these snowflake counting necklaces, that they won't realize they are working on fine motor skills and learning math. A great hands-on math activity for your math centers or your fine motor centers in your preschool, pre-k or OT classroom. Perfect for your winter theme, holiday theme, or snow theme unit and lesson plans. #finemotor #preschool #prek #preschoolmath

Winter Sensory Table Ideas

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. These sensory bin fillers will be perfect for your winter theme, snow theme, and snowman theme units and lesson plans in your preschool, pre-k and kindergarten classroom. Includes ideas for non-food fillers, fake snow, baking soda, small world and plenty of fun ideas. #sensorybin #winteractivitiesforkids #preschool #prek

 


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