If you've never tried it before, salt painting is a perfect winter activity that kids of all ages will love. Salt painting is one of our favorite activities. It's simple to set up, and the results can be stunning! With just a few simple materials, you can make your snowflake painting sparkle like real snowflakes! We're actually going to show you three different ways that you can make snowflakes with watercolors! This is ...
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Preschool Snowman Printables – Alphabet Matching
Help your little one learn the letters of the alphabet with this fun winter alphabet matching activity! Snowman printables are perfect for wintertime learning and fun! Young children will love placing the correct lowercase letter hat on each of the uppercase snowmen, and you'll be amazed at how easy it is to put together. This really is the perfect alphabet activity for preschoolers and young children. Be sure to check out ...
Ice Cream Stick Crafts
Ice cream sticks are a craft supply that I love having full stock of. They are inexpensive, durable and super easy to create with. We have found so many fun ideas that involve crafting, creating and even helping my kids learn. Popsicle sticks are fantastic for helping strengthen fine motor skills for kids and so much more. These are some of our favorite Ice Cream Stick Crafts, Ideas and Ice Cream Stick Learning ...
Christmas Sensory Bin
We had so much fun with this Christmas sensory bin. Making it was almost as much fun as playing with it! I had the kids help me dye the rice (we added some peppermint oil for a lovely candy cane scent) and then we went on a hunt to find Christmas items to add to our Christmas sensory bin. Involving them in the process of making it gave them ownership of the activity. If your looking for Christmas sensory activities this is a ...
How To Encourage Creativity In Preschoolers
Did you know that creative thinking is essential in the world we live in today and can have long term benefits for your child? By encouraging children to be creative during the process of an art or imaginary play activity, we are allowing them to come up with their own unique thoughts and ideas. This will enable them to later on approach ideas in unconventional ways and think out of the box. But now, you may be wondering how to ...
Kids Snow Hunt and Sensory Exploration
Teach your kids about arctic animals with this fun sensory exploration snow hunt activity. Although we don't live in a snow filled area (I wish we did) we made do by making our own snow and having my daughter search for the animals in the snow. This activity is great for kids of all ages, from toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners and even elementary aged kids. Kids Arctic Snow Hunt Sensory Bin This fun sensory bin will work ...
Penguin Free Printable Counting Mats
These adorable Penguin Free Printable Counting Mats for Pre-k and Kindergarten kids are a great way to get children and students actively learning about numbers. Kids learn math much quicker when we use hands on learning activities. Students will work on one to one correspondence, fine motor skills, number recognition and more. My preschooler was able to use this (with my help) and I love that we are working together to ...
Snowman Dress Up Busy Bag
I love busy bags for kids because it allows me some quiet time at home by having an already prepared activity ready for the kids. You can use this adorable Snowman Dress Up Busy Bag activity at home or take it with you and use it at a restaurant. (They call that a restaurant kit!) Kids will enjoy creating different versions of a snowman... I have to ask for my frozen lovers, "Do you want to build a snowman?" This would be AMAZING ...
Printable Winter Paper Dolls Dress Up Busy Bag
I've been looking out for some DIY busy bags, restaurant kits, and quiet time activities that would be suitable for toddlers and preschoolers that would encourage new vocabulary words, encourage color recognition, and imaginary play. These printable winter paper doll dress-up busy bag clothes were the perfect solution! I love that dress-up activities attract a wide range of ages. Kids will play while working on color recognition, ...
Free Winter Read Build Write Mats
When winter break is over most kids are going to go back to school and write all about the fun things they did during the school break. This can be made easier by working on some of those tough to spell winter themed words. These Winter Read Build Write Mats should do the trick. By working with Read Build Write Mats your child's spelling and reading should naturally improve.These free printable winter read build write mats ...