Hide and Seek Shape Activity
First published Jan 2012. I’ve been working with Little Brother on identifying some basic shapes and I thought this would be a good opportunity to use up the bag of fake snow that I used with our snowy sight words….
Snowman Ball Sort
Our Snowman Ball Sort activity requires a bit more prep than the other activities in our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers…but it is well worth it! We finally put away our Christmas Tree Ball Sort just this past week because…
Indoor Activity For Toddlers – Fizzing Snowflakes
For Day 18 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers series we decided to try a little toddler chemistry. This Fizzing Snowflakes activity is simply a frozen version of the reaction between baking soda and vinegar…but when you…
Fill the Snowman Fine Motor Game for Toddlers
It’s Day 14 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers and today we created a Snowman Fine Motor Game for Toddlers! This is something your toddler can use over and over again all winter long! It takes a…
Snow Globe Drawing Prompts
Post by contributing writer Kim of Life Over C’s Do your kids have a fascination with snow globes like mine do? My children are drawn to snow globes no matter the theme or the weather outside. They love to shake…
20 Fun Snowman Crafts For Kids
Has it snowed yet where you live? We have yet to get any snow (that is visible, anyway), although the western part of our state was recently pounded with a plethora of the fluffy white stuff. Whether you are expecting…
Snow & Ice Salt Writing Tray
I am somewhat obsessed with the smooth, shiny, ice-like texture from corn syrup paint. A few weeks ago we created a Frozen-inspired name painting. After it was finished, I thought it would be a great for a salt writing tray…
Frozen-inspired Painting
Brrrrrr…it’s cold outside! Little Brother and I spent our first frosty morning of the season with this Frozen-inspired painting activity. I absolutely love using corn syrup as paint because it dries shiny (we have made a fishbowl inspired by One…
Rainbow in the Snow
As I shared on my Facebook page yesterday, we recently got the second most snowfall ever on record where we live. The last total I heard was 14-16 inches! We have been enjoying playing together in the cold, white…
Five Snow Day Activities
Guest Post by Kellie There are bound to be snow days in the months ahead. Though children will be ecstatic about having the day off from school, you may be left scrambling to keep your children entertained. With a little…
7 Snowy Day Activities
Enjoy the snow this winter, inside and out, with these 7 Snowy Day Activities!  Puffy Snowflakes  Felt Snowman in a Bag Discovering Five Senses with Snow  Snow Ice Cream Snowy…
Teaching your child to put on his/her own coat!
Putting on a coat is tricky for even a preschooler to do by him/herself. But this technique makes it a cinch! It’s been a while since I’ve included a self-help/adaptive activity in our thematic units, so I thought our snow…
Beaded Snowflakes
 Big Brother is a bit under the weather, so making this beaded snowflake was the perfect activity to do to take a break from all the TV watching! This is the fine motor activity for our snow thematic unit….
Snowflake Matching
This Snowflake Matching activity is not only great for cognitive development and visual discrimination, but it can also be used as a decoration after the activity is over! This is also a great time to discuss that no two…
Snowy Sight Words
We’re starting a brand-new thematic unit…SNOW! Regardless of whether we have any white stuff on the ground outside here, we are going to enjoy snow, snowflakes, and even snowmen for the next few weeks. To kick off our new thematic…
Discovering the Five Senses with Snow!
I am sick and tired of snow. I am looking out the window right now as the snow continues to fall…the weather man is predicting 5-10 inches! It wouldn’t be so bad if (1) this wasn’t our third heavy snowfall in…
Snow Ice Cream
Every snow day when I was young, my mom, my 3 brothers, my sister and I would make snow ice cream. It is a memory I treasure. I thought this would be the perfect “activity” for this snowy day…and try…
Candy Wrapper Snowflakes
This idea came to me as I was eating one of the delicious Dove chocolate truffles that Prince Charming put in my stocking. Normally, I’m not much of a chocolate eater…but these truffles are delicious. And the wrappers are beautiful,…