Preschool Snow and Snowmen Theme Activities
Below you can find tons of fun and engaging Preschool Snow and Snowmen Activities!
Pick and choose the activities for your lesson.
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Pick and choose the activities for your lesson.
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Preschool Snow and Snowmen Theme Map
Do you need helping planning your Snow and Snowmen theme? Use the suggested learning objectives and vocabulary ideas found on our Theme Map to help you plan your own Snow and Snowmen Lessons.
Free Snow and Snowmen Preschool Lesson Plan
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Snow & Snowman Art & Creativity Ideas
Snowy Puffy PaintInvite your preschooler to create a Melted Snowman using Puffy Paint. Check out my tutorial on my blog: Melted Snowman Puffy Paint Tutorial.
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Snowy Crystal ArtSnowy Crystal Art is a great process art invitation and it's perfect for this theme!
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Snowman Snack
Create a fun Snowman Snack for a creative edible activity!
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Dance to Do You Want to Build a Snowman
Dance along to Do You Want to Build a Snowman (and your other Frozen Favorites) on YouTube from Adana Dance Studio.
Snowman Freeze Dance
Dance to the Snowman Freeze Dance from the Learning Station on YouTube
Snow Day Music Lesson
Play the Drum and Learn a New Song about Snow Days from Prodigies Music Lesson on YouTube
Paint Snow -Coming Soon!
Snow & Snowman Dramatic Play Ideas
Add a variety of winter weather dress up items (mittens, scarves, etc.) to your dramatic play space as well as pretend snowballs.
Build a SnowmanThis clever space below, belongs to community member Amy McMonagle of BuggaBee & Me Daycare.
Amy sewed these large snowballs from felt. After the children have stacked their snowman, they can embellish him with snowman features that attach with velcro. |
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*Shoveling Snow
Set up an invitation to shovel snow indoors. Place cotton balls, balled up socks, or pretend snowballs all over the floor. Then invite children to scoop up with a shovel.
More Snow & Snowman Dramatic Play ideas from around the web:
Coming Soon
Snow & Snowman Building & Small World Play Ideas
*Snow Plowing Small World PlayAdd Construction vehicles, cotton balls, or white pompom's to your construction area. The kids can practice "plowing" their streets.
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Snow Roof Structure
Challenge preschoolers to build a structure in a plastic bin, then test the roof construction by adding snow to the top.
More Snow & Snowman Building & Small World Play ideas from around the web:
Coming Soon!
Snow & Snowman Language & Literacy Ideas
Build a Name & a Snowman!Two things that preschoolers love in one, snowmen and their name!
Customize the snowman to reflect the child's name and letters in their name. Included in the Editable Name Activities Pack. |
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First Sounds Letter Matching
Work on phonemes and letter identification with this activity from the Snow and Snowmen Activity Pack from PKPF
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Snowman Sight Word MatchingSnowman Sight Word Puzzles is a perfect way to add sight word identification to this theme.
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Build a Snowman Sequencing ActivityWork on sequencing with this cut and paste activity from the Snowman & Snowflake Cut and Paste set.
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Five Little Snowmen Rhyme
Using Popsicle sticks have preschoolers do this 5 Little Snowman Rhyme
Five little snowman standing in a row
Five little snowman all made of snow
Out came the sun and stayed all day
Then one little snowman melted away!
Five little snowman standing in a row
Five little snowman all made of snow
Out came the sun and stayed all day
Then one little snowman melted away!
Icicles and Snowflake Fingerplays
Red Sled by Lita Judge
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner and Mark Buehner
White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin
Twelve Days of Winter: A School Counting Book by Deborah Lee Rose and
Carey Armstrong-Ellis
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner and Mark Buehner
White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin
Twelve Days of Winter: A School Counting Book by Deborah Lee Rose and
Carey Armstrong-Ellis
Snow and Snowman Math Ideas
*Snowball Counting CardsCount up snowballs while staying warm with Snowball Count and Clip cards from the Snow and Snowmen Activity Pack from PKPF
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Snowball Ordering by SizeInvite children to order snowballs by size with this activity from the Snow & Snowman Activity Pack, then try extending this activity by creating snowballs outside or with play dough and sort by size
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Snowman and Button Color MatchingIdentify the bow color on each snowman, then add buttons of the same color to the snowman to practice color matching and fine motor skills. Community Member Sheena W. used small magnets with these cards, you can also using the printable buttons included in the Snow and Snowmen Activity Pack from PKPF
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Weighing snow
Take a scale and some buckets outside to weigh snow! After the first couple buckets encourage children to guess how much each bucket of snow will weigh. This could also be done in a sensory bin with a balance scale.
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Preschoolers can practice measuring with non-standard forms of measurement with this fun snow tracks measuring activity included in the Winter Measure, Graph, and Compare pack.
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More ideas from around the web:
Jumbled Snowman from Playground Parkbench
Counting Snowball Activity from Fun-A-Day
Marshmallow Names from Fun-A-Day
Make Fake Snow from Playtivities
Snowball fine Motor Activity from Blessings Overflowing
Counting Snowball Activity from Fun-A-Day
Marshmallow Names from Fun-A-Day
Make Fake Snow from Playtivities
Snowball fine Motor Activity from Blessings Overflowing
Snow and Snowman Science, and Discovery Ideas
Hibernation
Member Jenna L. provided materials for creating animal territories and places to hibernate! I love the creative use of both classroom materials and outdoor collections that were used!
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Member Laurie C. shared this fun activity to go along with the book Footprints In The Snow. I love when activities stem from a good book!
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Community member Lori C. of Lori's House Daycare brought out play shoes to make footprints in play dough! This is such a clever way to talk about footprints and patterns!
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Create Fake SnowWhip up some fake snow for your sensory bin!
Add accessories to the bin for children to build snow people. Get this easy Fake Snow Recipe on my blog |
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Snow VolcanoCreate a volcano in the snow!
Materials:
Help your preschoolers build a mound of snow. Make a well in the center at the top of volcano, big enough to fit the cup in. Fill the cup about halfway with baking soda and place inside the top of the volcano. Mix 1/2 cup of vinegar with the food coloring and a few drops of dish soap in a small container that the children can handle. Once the vinegar mixture is ready it's time to pour it into the volcano and watch the magic happen! |
More Ideas from around the web:
Potato Heads in the Snow by Happy Hooligans
Snowman Sensory Bin by Glued to my Crafts Blog
Melting Snowman by Little Bins for Little Hands
Create a Snowy World for Trains from Play Trains
Snow Window from No Time for Flashcards
Melting Snowman from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
Snowman Sensory Bin by Glued to my Crafts Blog
Melting Snowman by Little Bins for Little Hands
Create a Snowy World for Trains from Play Trains
Snow Window from No Time for Flashcards
Melting Snowman from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
Snow People Finger play
Introduce the fingerplay 5 Little Snowpeople from Jbrary
*Snowman Action CardsUse the Snow Action Cards from the Snow and Snowmen Activity Pack from PKPF to get little bodies moving indoors or out!
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Snowflake Patterns
Support fine motor development by inviting preschoolers to create a snowflake patterns using these Snowflake Pattern Mats.
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Trace and Color a Snowman
Trace and Color Pages are a fun way to work on pre-writing skills and fine motor development. This pack includes this fun snow person page.
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Build a Snowman Cut and Paste |
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Snowman Play Dough Mat*
Use play dough to decorate a snowman. This activity can be found inside our winter play dough mats set.
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Shoveling or Hauling Snow
Shoveling or hauling snow is an excellent workout for large muscles!
Add some child-sized shovels and buckets to your outdoor space to watch this play naturally unfold.
Add some child-sized shovels and buckets to your outdoor space to watch this play naturally unfold.
Snow Bowl
Upcycle some plastic bottles by filling them with cotton balls to make snowman pins. Line them up and invite children try and knock them down by rolling a ball towards them.
Snowman EmotionsRecreate emotions on this snowman dough mat included in the Snow and Snowman activity pack.
Use with play dough or any loose parts of your choice |
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A Place to Chill
Jazz up your calm down space or box with some snow themed posters
and objects including a sign that says "A Place to Chill"
and objects including a sign that says "A Place to Chill"
Snow Buttons Rolling Game*
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EDUCATOR RESOURCES : GROUP ACTIVITIES, CIRCLE TIME, & PARENT ENGAGEMENT
Snowball Themed Attendance Chart
Combine thematic fun and name recognition in this fun snowball theme sign in activity
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Family Participation - Build a Snowman Together
Invite your families to make a snow person in your yard!
(If you don't have snow they can decorate a life sized paper snowman that you can display on your walls or fence!)
Serve hot cocoa after the event to allow time for families to socialize.
(If you don't have snow they can decorate a life sized paper snowman that you can display on your walls or fence!)
Serve hot cocoa after the event to allow time for families to socialize.
