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Winter Q-Tip Painting Printables

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Winter-Q-Tip-Pictures

Winter is in full swing and I have the perfect printable for your little learners! Create some winter art with this q-tip painting activity. Not only are the pictures simply adorable, but this is wonderful for practicing fine motor skills! Here’s What You Need: Handful of Q-tips Washable paint Fall Q-tip Printable (at the bottom of this post) Directions: Before you begin, print the pages onto card stock paper. Using card stock paper prevents the paint from bleeding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts, Fine Motor Skills, Printables, Winter Activities Tagged With: fine motor skills, q-tips

Building a Snowman Sequencing Printable

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

building a snowman sequencing printable

I think snowmen activities are the cutest! This Building a Snowman Sequencing Printable is a great way to discuss the steps to making a snowman and develop sequencing skills. Sequencing is simply putting events, ideas, and objects in a logical order. There are so many things we sequence every day, like getting ready for the day, riding a bike, or brushing your teeth! Sequencing involves understanding the order in which something occurs. Key words for sequencing are words like "first," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Printables, Winter Activities Tagged With: sequencing, snowman

January Preschool Themes And Activities

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

January is almost here and it is the perfect time to use theme units to teach preschoolers! Make learning exciting with these fantastic thematic units that are well-loved by kids! If you are looking for inspiration for your January calendar, this is the perfect place to start! Today I'm excited to share my favorite January preschool themes with you! There are so many wonderful themes for the month of January...the possibilities are endless! The only problem I see is that you won't have enough … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Thematic Unit, Winter Activities Tagged With: january, thematic units, themes, winter

Polar Animals Preschool Packet

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Winter is the perfect time to learn about polar animals! This Polar Animals Preschool Packet will help you get started with this winter theme. Here are 15 printables all about polar animals that you can add to your polar animals unit or Arctic animals theme in your classroom! You could teach about Arctic animals any time of the year, but winter is great if you live in a colder climate. It helps students connect with the topic more easily! This polar animal packet has the following … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Winter Activities Tagged With: polar animals

Winter Break Math Packet for Kindergarteners

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

Make sure your students don't lose all their hard-earned knowledge over the long holiday break with this FREE winter break math packet!   Winter Break Math Packet This math packet works on the following skills: counting addition missing numbers ten frames color by number subtraction writing numbers identifying larger numbers This is a very simple packet and would be easy to send home with students over their winter holiday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kindergarten, Math, Printables, Winter Activities Tagged With: winter break

Holiday Slime Recipe

by Angela Thayer 14 Comments

Holiday Slime Recipe

Are you in the holiday mood yet? Christmas is in about a month, so you have plenty of time to make this holiday slime recipe! It just a few ingredients and it's easy to make. Love how this turned out!   This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details. Here's what you need for holiday slime: 1/2 cup clear Elmer's glue 1/2 cup warm water 1/2 cup Sta-Flo liquid starch  (you can find this in the laundry detergent section of most stores) sequins or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays, Sensory Play, Winter Activities Tagged With: Christmas, slime

Life Cycle of Snowflakes Booklet

by Angela Thayer 16 Comments

It's snowing like crazy today! In fact, the boys didn't have school today because of the snow. Watching the snow fall had got me thinking about the life cycle of snowflakes. I put together a booklet to teach little ones how a snowflake is formed. It's really quite cool! First, let me recommend the book we love to read. It has so many great facts about snowflakes! It's called The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino. The facts in this book inspired me to write this printable booklet for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kindergarten, Preschool, Printables, Winter Activities Tagged With: life cycle, snow, winter activities

Snowman Bowling

by Jeana Kinne Leave a Comment

snowman bowling game

December has arrived and so has winter! It doesn’t snow much where I live, but we have so much fun when we visit the snow. One of the first things we do is build a snowman! It’s wet, slimy, and full of wonder! Let’s bring snowmen home with us in this super fun activity. I call it “Snowman Bowling.” Kids will learn colors and numbers through active play! Are you ready? What you need: 3 (or more) Empty 12 ounce drink bottles (could be little water bottles) 3 Markers, each a different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Winter Activities Tagged With: gross motor skills, snowman

Winter Slime

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

winter slime recipe

Winter is the time of year where we spend more time indoors in the Midwest! Yes, we love to play in the snow and go sledding, but we do have a lot of bitterly cold days where we need indoor activities. We love to make slime on those days! I'm excited to share my favorite winter slime recipe with you. It's super easy to make and your kids will love it! Materials for Winter Slime One 6oz bottle Elmer’s Clear Glue 1/4 to 1/2 cup warm water, as needed 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2-3 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sensory Play, Winter Activities Tagged With: indoor activities, slime

Winter Counting Books

by Angela Thayer 3 Comments

winter counting printable booklet

Learning to count is a critical skill for preschoolers and kindergarteners to practice. There are many ways hands-on ways to teach little ones to count. In order for children to have a solid number sense, it's important for them to have many opportunities to practice counting. Today I'm sharing an activity that will help little ones practice counting along with a free printable. These winter counting booklets include practice with numbers 1-20. The first thing to teach young children is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Math, Printables, Winter Activities Tagged With: counting, numbers

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