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20 Snow and Ice Activities for Preschool

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Water changes when it gets cold, and changes back when it warms up. These are the 20 activities in our Snow and Ice theme, for ages 2.5 to 5. No snow? Your freezer does the job for most of them.

The snowman buttons counting page from Snow and Ice

What's in the theme

Every activity has three levels, Begin, Build and Stretch, so one plan works for a toddler and a preschooler. Spanish words are part of the day, and there's a Survival plan for the weeks that fall apart.

The full theme has step-by-step cards, printables and a four-week plan. Here's the list, so you can see what it covers.

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The 20 activities las actividades

  1. 1. Ice rescue
    Cause and effect: warm water frees toys frozen in ice.
    Science
  2. 2. Dressing for the cold
    Independence with hats, boots and coats.
    Practical life
  3. 3. Snow scooping
    Scooping and pouring with a cold new texture.
    Sensorial
  4. 4. Mitten matching
    Matching pairs and spotting patterns.
    Sensorial and math
  5. 5. Who made these tracks?
    Matching animals to their footprints.
    Nature
  6. 6. Pour and wipe
    Careful pouring, and cleaning up after.
    Practical life
  7. 7. Coming in from the cold
    A simple routine at the door.
    Practical life
  8. 8. Snowman buttons
    Counting one button per dot, 1 to 10.
    Math
  9. 9. Melting snowballs
    Adding one more and taking one away.
    Math
  10. 10. Who's under the snow?
    Position words: in, on and under.
    Math
  11. 11. Words for the cold
    New winter words with real objects.
    Language
  12. 12. Rhyme in the snow
    Hearing rhymes and finishing them.
    Language
  13. 13. Clap the cold words
    Clapping the syllables in words.
    Language
  14. 14. Spanish word basket
    Winter clothing words in Spanish.
    Spanish
  15. 15. Drip, drip rhyme
    A short original rhyme in two languages.
    Spanish
  16. 16. Ice painting
    Painting with ice and watching color move.
    Art
  17. 17. Snow sculpting
    Building and shaping with snow.
    Art
  18. 18. Ice floe hop
    Balance, jumping and stopping on cue.
    Movement
  19. 19. Snowball toss
    Rolling, tossing and aiming.
    Movement
  20. 20. Snow globe calm jar
    A calm-down tool for big feelings.
    Heart

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