Snow & Ice {Expanded}

Check out our new and expanded “Winter Fun” unit! We’ve added a few new printables, which you can now download.

All our printables are in one easy download. Just click the image above to download a single zip file of all the printables. (Can’t unzip it. Try Hamster Free Zip Archiver approved by Amber’s husband. Remember to download carefully.)

You will need to be able to view pop-ups to download the unit, as it will appear in a pop up window from our site! Last year’s printables are also included in this download.   

Here are some of the printables that may be included in this unit:

• Patterns (ABAB and AABB)
• Roll & Graph
• Letter Sort 
• Writing Maze
• Icicle Count (You’ll need our counting cards.)
• Beginning Writing/Cutting Practice
• Size Sort
• Number Order Puzzle (1-10 and 11-20)  
• Spelling Puzzle
• Count & Clip 

Tot Pack

Looking for some ideas for a younger tot?  Check out the Winter Tot Pack from 1+1+1=1.

Products We Use with Our Units

Looking for more ideas?

• Devotional & Memory Verse Helps
• Center Ideas
• Snow & Ice Counting Book and Magnet Pages
• Winter Nature Walk
• Movie Night & Snowball Treat
• Winter Water Cycle
• Book Recommendations
• Last Year's Post

There are also more  ideas, units, printables and crafts available on this theme.  Check out our Pinterest Board for some of our favorites!

We hope you enjoy these printables and please let us know if you have any issues with downloading or using the items provided. 

Please do not sell or host these files anywhere else. You MAY link people here. When leading others to these printables, please link to THIS page, not to the file page.  Thanks! (See TOU)

 

 

The Winter Water Cycle

We try to come up with fun activities for science with your little ones!  Since we are studying snow and ice this week it presents a wonderful opportunity to introduce the water cycle to your kiddos and then revisit the process when spring rains come.

This puzzle goes through the water cycle stages of Evaporation, Condensation, and Precipitation.  It uses snow as the precipitation of choice, and we will be updating it to rain in the spring.  Until then, enjoy the printable and learning about the science of snow!

In addition to the puzzle here is a fun song you can sing with your little one that will get this process in their heads, and probably yours too!  This was my favorite just because it has this awesome “whoo whoo” part.  You’ll  know what I am talking about!! Visit Have Fun Teaching to listen to it.  Lyrics are provided also.

Snow and Ice Counting Book and Magnet Pages

Well, there is no snow and ice yet in our neck of the woods.  Apparently that is the case with most of the country though!  I heard today that parts of Texas have had more snow this season than Buffalo, New York!  Talk about crazy!   So you won’t likely be counting any real snowflakes for awhile this Snowflake Counting Book might fill in the gap!

    

Here are also two magnet pages for you!  This unit is really letter intensive…we are working with SNOW and ICE.  All the same, you can use these pages to work on letter recognition and beginning letter sounds! 

  

Wondering how to use magnet pages?  Check out this FAQ post and it will help you out! 

Amber

Snow & Ice Center Ideas

So, I’m a lot late getting this post up today.  The boy had his well check and had to get 4 shots today!  Poor guy.  He did pretty good for the first two, but wasn’t really thrilled with having to get two more.  Fortunately, he won’t have to get any more for 7 years!  He was a trooper and shook off the experience quickly.  This mama sure doesn’t like to deal with the whole shot thing.  I was so relieved that my husband was in there to hold my hand, I mean the boy’s hand.

Alright, I guess you’d might like some center ideas this week, huh? Well, we are expanding our Snow & Ice Theme printables, so I tracked down some ideas that I hope you’ll enjoy. Remember to go over how to do the activity with your kiddo before allowing them to do it independently.

Felt

For our Snow & Ice week, I found some felt matching activity using shapes from Making Learning Fun. I’ll you’ll need is some white or blue felt.  Then cut out several of the shapes on page 1. Using the felt shapes to create the snowflakes on the cards provided.

Snowflake Visual Discrimination Activity

Felt or Flannel boards are a fun way to retell stories or even for matching activities.  If you don’t have one, they are easy to make.  I found several tutorials on the web, my favorite from Itty Bitty Love. I love that it is small for kiddos and CHEAP!!  If you’d like to make a bigger one then check out Totally Tots or Teach Preschool for inspiration.

Fine Motor

My Montessori Journey has wonderful winter based activities that will help your child work on their fine motor skills and practical life skills.

"Snowy" Practical Life Activities

Pretend Play

Sensory bins are a great way to keep kiddos entertain for long periods of time.  Here are a couple of examples I found around the world wide web.  Just follow the links below to get a closer look at what’s inside.

From Katherine Maries

From Nurturing Naters