Snow came late in Michigan this year. A favorite activity is to build a snowman outside our window. It is fun to see it each day while it is cold and to watch it slowly melt away as the days get warmer.
If you live in an area where it snows, you know how magical it is for young children! As adults we see cold, poor driving conditions, extra work to go outside, and did I mention cold? Children see a whole new world filled with endless possibilities.
Before you head outside, use these sequencing cards to put together a snowman. Children will enjoy planning their snowman before they head into the snow! This is a FREE printable activity!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-to-Build-a-Snowman-Sequencing-Cards-6440285
Snow play is a great physical activity. Getting suited up to head out is a gross motor in and of itself. Adding movement throughout the day helps burn energy. Here are 6 movement cards that connect to winter. You can pull a card or attach them to a large dice to choose each movement.
This activity can be downloaded from the following link for FREE:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snowman-Color-Match-6572170
Snowman activities in the classroom tie together with the outside play. A simple activity to do with children of all ages is painting with small, medium, and large pompoms.
Supplies:
- Pompoms (small, medium, & large)
- Clothespins
- Paper
- White paper
Place paint in a container. Clip each size of pom pom in a clothespin.
Color matching is a fundamental preschool skill! Early identification of colors helps to create the cognitive link between visual clues and words. Children need to learn what color represents. The following snowman activity provides an opportunity to practice this skill.
Supplies:
- Printable file
- Pompoms
- Clothespins
- Hot Glue
- Laminator is helpful
Download the file from the following link for a low fee:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snowman-Color-Match-6572170
Hot glue the pompoms to the clothespins. Provide the activity for the children to explore!
After we build our snowman outside, it doesn’t take long for it to start to melt! Children will love to recreate the melty snowman with a few simple supplies.
Supplies:
- Black paper
- White paint
- Paper in colors to make hats, scarves, and noses
- Googly eyes
Fold the paper in half. Place 3 blobs of paint in the crease. Close the paper and squish the paint. Open the paper to see the melty snowman! Have the children cut out hats, noses, and scarves or have them precut. Place the items on the melty snowman.
The following printable activity will help children gain math skills. Each snowman will have a corresponding number of buttons. Use pompoms, buttons, or play doh to have children match the number of buttons on each snowman.
Skills children will be using while engaging with these cards include:
- Cardinality
- Counting
- Number recognition
- Color words
- One to one correspondence
Download from the following link for a low fee:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snowman-Button-Count-6440518
Another way to recreate a snowman is with the following activity!
Snowman Dress-Up
This activity is designed to use with cookie baking sheets or a magnet board. Simply print, laminate, and add magnets to the back to provide children an interactive activity.
This activity includes a snowman, 4 hats, 4 scarves, 3 sets of boots, 4 sets of mittens, and 4 vests to encourage children to create new snowman every time! Children will use descriptive words as they decide what items to use. Many of the items match encouraging children to use visual discrimination skills to choose items that are the same.
Skills children will be using while engaging with this activity include:
- Visual discrimination
- Color words
- Recognizing items that are the same
This activity can be downloaded from the following link for a low fee:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snowman-Dress-Up-6440480
Use the Snowman ABC Upper and Lower Case Letter Match to help children gain literacy skills. This is a later in preschool/kindergarten skill. However, it is never a bad thing for children to be introduced to letters.
Snowman ABC Upper and Lower Case Letter Match
You will receive a .pdf file with each letter of the alphabet in upper and lower case. Children will use these to complete the snowman with one upper case letter and the corresponding lower case letter.
The activity can be found at the following link for a low fee:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snowman-ABC-Upper-and-Lower-Case-Match-6572426
These activities are tried and true to keep your young child engaged and learning! They will be having so much fun, they will not realize they are learning new skills.