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Tot School, winter

Tot School: Winter

January 11, 2017

Tons of winter themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, literacy, math, science, art, sensory bins, and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

I love the holidays, but I am EXHAUSTED! I’m so over traveling, partying and never ending holiday to do lists and ready to get back into a bit of a routine around here. We had lots of snowy fun this week that I can’t wait to share with you!

Tons of winter themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, literacy, math, science, art, sensory bins, and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

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Tons of winter themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, fine motor, gross motor, sensory bins, snacks and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

    Here were our plans for Winter Week:

5 great books to read aloud for a winter theme. Perfect for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten.

  And here are the details of each activity:

Our favorite winter books for the week were: The Mitten by Jan Brett Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Nietzel The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Snowmen at Night by Carayn Buehner

We LOVE build a snowman activity for fine motor practice with a winter theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Build a Snowman:

  We used this little snowman last year as one of our very first tot school fine motor activities and it was a big hit so I pulled it back out this year.  The goal is to fill the water bottle with mini marshmallows. Last year we just used fingers, but now that Madelynn is a whole year older I added the tongs for her to grab marshmallows. She used them for a while and then started using her hands. Either way great fine motor practice!

This snowman counting tray was such a fun way to practice counting and fine motor skills with a winter theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Snowball Counting Tray:

  Since mini marshmallows make the perfect little “snowballs” we used them for our counting tray as well. We used a mini ice cube tray and tongs then practiced counting and placing marshmallows in each hole.

These snowball names turned out so cute and incorporated lots of fine motor practice. Great for a winter theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Snowball Name:

  This was such an easy low prep activity.  I taped 2 sheets of paper together since Madelynn’s name is nice and long. Then I wrote her name with large letters and gave her some white circle labels and hole reinforcements.  She then used the stickers to trace the shape of each letter.

Painting snowmen with marshmallows was an easy and fun way to practice fine motor skills with our winter theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Puffy Paint Snowman:

In order to paint these snowmen, I used a simple DIY recipe to mix up a batch of puffy paint.

Puffy Paint Recipe:
Equal parts shaving cream and white glue
Pinch of glitter
A few drops of vanilla for scent

After painting, I gave Madelynn small paper cutouts to use to decorate her snowman.

Painting snowmen with marshmallows was an easy and fun way to practice fine motor skills with our winter theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Marshmallow Paint Snowman:

I like to switch up our painting tools from time to time, and since we had all kinds of marshmallows laying around from our other activities, I thought it would be fun to use them to stamp a snowman.  Madelynn started out stamping, then used them more as a paintbrush to create her snowman. After painting we added a few felt snowflake stickers to finish our artwork.

We had a blast with our indoor snowball fight gross motor activity and it was so easy to prep and clean up. Great for a winter theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Snowball Fight:

We brought the snowball fight action indoors with this easy gross motor activity. I crumpled up lots and lots of white scrap paper and spread it around the room. Then I yelled “snowball fight” and it was game on!  The best part about using crumpled paper is that it is really hard to throw hard so no one gets hurt!

We had a blast with our snowball toss gross motor activity and it was so easy to prep and clean up. Great for a winter theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Snowball Toss:

I couldn’t throw away all those scrap paper snowballs just yet, so I came up with another way to play. For our snowball toss I set out a few metal tubs for Madelynn to toss them into.  Throwing is not her favorite gross motor activity so after she got bored with that I had her hold the tub and try to catch the snowballs as I threw them.

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! This snow shoveling activity was an easy and fun gross motor activity for our winter theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Snow Shoveling:

  Time to get this girl trained young that here in Wisconsin shoveling snow is a family affair.  Without snow on the ground outside, we practiced shoveling indoors with out paper snowballs again.  Madelynn scooped them up in the shovel and tried to fill the metal tub.

Practice building, stacking and pretending with this giant build a snowman gross motor activity. Great for a winter theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Build a Snowman:

  Of course we could build a snowman outside when we have the snow, but I mean how cute is this indoor snowman? I have an Amazon Prime addiction so we always have a million boxes laying around.  To prep this activity, I took 3 different sized boxes and wrapped then with the white side of a roll of wrapping paper facing out. Next, I wrapped a small box in black construction paper for a hat. Then, I cut out red and black circles and a carrot shape for the face  and buttons.  Finally we added a scarf for a finishing touch. Madelynn stacked the boxes largest to smallest to build the snowman, then used all of the decorations to bring her snowman to life. I even cut holes in the sides of the middle box to use wrapping paper tubes for arms!

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Practice number identification with this fun snowball scavenger hunt gross motor activity. Great for a winter theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Snowball Number Hunt:

If you have been following along with our past tot school themes, you know I love a good letter/number hunt.  This week we hunted for number snowballs and recorded them on our clipboard page as we found them.

These yummy snacks are perfect for a winter theme in tot school, preschool, or kindergarten!

Snow Theme Snacks:

Snowman Popcorn Cups – Draw a snowman face on a clear plastic cup.  Fill the cup with popcorn.
Snowman Quesadilla– Use circle cookie cutters to create the 3 parts of the snowman body. Add peppers, black olives, and pretzels for the decorations.
Donut Snowman – Lay 3 powdered sugar donuts on the plate.  Add chocolate chips, licorice, Oreo, and a Reese’s cup for the decorations.
Veggie Snowman – Use 3 cucumber slices to make a snowman body. Add carrots, peppers, and black olives for decorations.
Marshmallow Snowflakes – Push 4 pretzel rods into big marshmallows. Press 4 pretzel sticks into mini marshmallows. Push all 8 sticks into a large center marshmallow.

We LOVE this winter themed sensory bin. Lots of fun different textures and items to explore! Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Winter Sensory Bin:

  In this bin: Cotton Balls, Bells, Foam Snowflakes, Star Lights, Bowls, Scoops and Tongs

We LOVED playing and building with pretend snow in this build a snowman sensory bin. Great for a winter theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Build a Snowman Bin:

  In this bin: “Snow,”  pipe cleaners, buttons, googly eyes, black pom poms, sticks

  To make the pretend snow mix together 2 cups baking soda, 1/2 cup water, and glitter in a small bowl. Pop the bowl in the freezer for a bit so it has a chilly feel to it. Don’t make the same mistake I did and forget about it though! I left the bowl in the freezer too long and the water completely froze so we had to wait a good 30 minutes for it to thaw before it was no longer a hard brick of ice.

We LOVE this instant fake snow sensory bin. Great for a winter theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Pretend Snow Play:

  In this bin: Instant Fake Snow, clear snowman cup, scoops, and snowman cookie cutters

We LOVED playing and building with pretend snow in this build a snowman sensory bin. Great for a winter theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Build a Snow Globe:

  In this bin: Artificial Snow, plastic tubes, small trees, penguin and snowmen mini erasers, and scoops

We had so much fun with this snow shape pasta play sensory bin. Great for winter in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Snow Shape Pasta Sensory Bin:

  In this bin: Snow Shape Pasta, sorting tray, tongs, measuring cups and spoons

Want all of this week’s Winter activities for tot school?  You can grab them here:
On my site : Winter Plans & Printables On TpT: Winter Plans & Printables

Tons of winter themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, literacy, math, science, art, sensory bins, and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

Or you can grab our entire year of themes and plans:
On my site here: Tot School Bundle On TpT here: Tot School Bundle

45 Weeks of engaging themed activities and ideas ready to go for your 2-3 year old. Weekly plans include suggested books, fine motor activities, gross motor ideas, sensory bins, snacks and more! Everything you need for a year packed full of Tot School fun and learning.

Then check out the rest of our 35+ themes on the Tot School Curriculum Main Page.

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Comments

  1. Kristen says: January 11, 2017 at 6:48 pm

    I just found your blog and I absolutely love love love it!! I am a first grade teacher and my husband got a job in Florida so we are relocating the end of this month and I will be a stay at home mom. I was looking for ideas to do with my 19 month old son and your blog is amazing!! For this former teacher who needs organization and themes you rock it! I can't wait to get started with him! Thanks so much for sharing all of your amazing ideas 🙂

    Reply
  2. Jessica Plemons says: March 9, 2017 at 8:31 pm

    Awesome! I'm so glad you are loving my ideas. Good luck teaching your little one, its a fun and crazy adventure but so worth it 🙂

    Reply
  3. Naomi Tyson says: January 12, 2020 at 1:38 pm

    Great ideas for monthly themes. So helpful!
    I will be waiting for the senses theme you have in January!

    Reply
  4. Savanah says: November 28, 2020 at 5:19 pm

    Oh my gosh! I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to find your blog! I’m so happy I did! These activities seem not only fun but ACTUALLY DOABLE! a lot of “toddler” crafts/activities are very time consuming and not age appropriate if we’re being honest! These look perfect and don’t look overwhelming! Thank you!!

    Reply
    • Jessica says: January 17, 2021 at 9:51 pm

      Thank you so much! I’m so glad you love our ideas!

      Reply
  5. Jamie says: February 19, 2021 at 12:23 pm

    Thank you for these ideas. You have a cute, informative, and well-organized blog here! I appreciate the ideas and will continue to support your page.

    Reply

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