Ready or not, it’s just about time for a new year! Let’s bring in the year with TONS of fun, hands-on Winter activities to make one of the coziest seasons extra special! Today I’m sharing Winter activities that are sure to keep your little learners engaged.
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Winter Preschool Centers
These Winter activities are perfect for toddlers and early Preschoolers! This unit includes 10+ hands-on, printable activities in color and black/white. Your little ones will love practicing common Preschool skills like counting, colors, shapes, and more! Each center in the unit can be adapted for little ones ages 2-4 years old and includes tons of fine motor skills practice!
If you’d like to see how we include this theme in our Preschool year PLUS find out which themes we use for the other 11 months of the year, click the button below to download our FREE Preschool Curriculum Map!
Fine Motor Skills Worksheets
One thing you can NEVER practice too much with Preschoolers is fine motor strength! This is such a crucial skill for our littlest learners in order for them to complete basic tasks both in school and out – think of holding a pencil, tying their shoes, even grasping a fork! But just because they’re important skills doesn’t mean they have to be difficult to practice!
Our NO PREP fine motor skills worksheets are a great resource to add to your Winter activities collection. Included you’ll find 25 NO PREP practice pages for children to practice tracing, cutting, gluing, coloring, sorting, and so much more! Plus they make fantastic crafts and keepsakes!
Winter Books
We have SO many wonderful Winter books in our collection, I decided to put together an entire blog post full of our favorites! You can the post by clicking the link below! *These links are Amazon affiliate resources. I will earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you choose to purchase using my links!*
Winter Sensory Bins
Sensory bins make GREAT Winter activities. We may not get a ton of ice or snow, but when we do it’s nice to know that we have engaging activities to help up combat the Winter blues! Sensory bins help children strengthen fine motor skills, and add a fun twist to their usual academic practice when combined with Math and Literacy resources. We love them so much, I’ve written an entire blog post about our favorite Winter sensory bin activities that you can read by clicking below!
Math & Literacy Worksheets
One of our favorite activities each month are our themed worksheets. Using worksheets with preschoolers may sound a little odd, but my girls LOVE these practice pages! All of the pages include coloring, cutting, gluing, tracing, and more! That way your kiddos are combining fine motor skills practice with academic skills! With 35+ practice pages, this NO PREP set of Winter activities is a lifesaver!
Preschool Skills Sensory Bins
These sensory bins are a fun addition to your Winter activities whether you choose to use a sensory bin or NOT! Simply provide your kiddos with the cut out pieces and help them make their matches on the matching mats, or guide them in recording their answers on their worksheets! This Winter themed set practices shapes, colors, counting, beginning sounds, and letter identification!
Puzzles and Matching Mats
Want to test out sensory bins with your Preschool but not really sure where to begin? Our puzzles and matching mats are a perfect place to start! This set includes 3 puzzles and 3 matching mats. To play, children choose picture cards from their sensory bin and match them to their mat to cover all the pictures or complete the puzzles. This is a great, low-pressure way to explore sensory bin activities without adding academic skills for children who aren’t ready yet.
FREE Counting Cards
Of course we had to bust out our FREE counting cards with the snowflakes and snowmen! LG loves getting to practice each month with a different manipulative. And I love that I can make a reused resource new and fun each time we use it!
Penguin Life Cycle Study
The penguin life cycle is a great Science addition to your Winter activities! It’s also a great way to modify your Winter themed plans for older siblings or students who are ready to move along in skills. LG loves learning about different life cycles with these studies!
This study includes tons of hands-on activities like sensory bins, STEM activities, sequencing cards and more! It also includes book recommendations, videos, real-life photos and practice pages!
Snowflake Life Cycle
If you’re like us here in North Texas, studying the life cycle of a snowflake might be the closest you get to actual snow! HA! This study has been such a fun addition to our theme, and includes all of the same components as the penguin life cycle study mentioned above!
Let’s Hang Out!
Well, friends… Are you ready to dig in to cozy fun yet?? I hope all of these ideas for Winter activities help your family enjoy all sorts of Winter fun! I’d love to chat and get to know you better! Come hang out with us in some of our favorite places!
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