Games:Snowflake Numberland - Print 2 copies of 10 different snowflakes. Number them 1-10. Hide one set of snowflakes around the house and have your child "match" the snowflakes OR have them find the snowflakes according to their number. You could do many variations to this game. Comment to this post if you played a different variation!
Winter Waltz - Cut two sheets of wax paper. Have your child stand on the wax paper and "waltz" to wintery music.
Activities:
Sock Snowmen - Older preschool and kindergarten learn about estimation and have fun making a snowman that they can take home during this winter season.
Materials: Rice, white adult socks, colored children's socks, hot glue gun, hot glue sticks, rubberbands, jingle bells (optional), toothpicks, black and orange paint. various fabric pieces, various colored buttons. The hot glue gun is for adult use only!.
Description: Place a white sock in a 8 oz. drinking cup, opening the top of the sock and folding it over the rim of the cup. With a 1 cup measuring cup have the children estimate how many cups of rice it will take to fill the sock in order to make a snowman body. Have each child fill their sock about ¼ of the way and put a rubber band around it. Repeat this process two more times to create the snowman body.
Have each child count how many cups of rice it took to make their snowman. After making each part of the body, with the rubberbands, hot glue around the rubber band and squish it down. Fold the remainder of the white sock down to create the rim of the hat. Take a children's colored sock, cutting the toe out and cut strips up to where the cuff of the sock begins. Place over the top of the white sock to make a colored hat. Rubberband the colored hat where the strips end and the cuff of the sock begins ~ to create fringe like strips hanging off of the hat.
Glue under the colored hat to attach it to the white rim part of the hat, leaving some white showing. Have the children paint a face on the front of the snowman, and cut strips of fabric. Tie the strips around the neck to create a scarf. Then cut strips at the end of the fabric to create fringe on the scarf.
Have the children color the pointy part of a toothpick orange with an orange marker, and glue on as the nose. Place 3 buttons down the front of the snowman and add bells if desired.
Homemade Igloo -Cut a U shape out of a box to create an opening. Cut white paper into block sized pieces. Turn the box upside down and have the children glue the igloo paper blocks onto the box. Let them play and pretend in their new creation!
Ice Blocks - In a metal pan (with sides), place several ice cubes in the pan. Pour salt on the ice cubes and watch the changes. Next drop food coloring on the ice cubes and watch as the mixture creates tunnels in the ice cubes.
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