Welcome to Winter Play Days, a series I’m participating in with Play Trains!, Fantastic Fun and Learning, Buggy and Buddy, Nothing If Not Intentional, and My Nearest and Dearest. We’re each going to bring you three winter-themed activities this week, so you’ll have a ton of winter fun ideas once we’re through. Today, I wantKeep Reading
10 Free Winter Printables for Preschool to Third Grade
As always, I enjoyed reading through the activities and ideas linked up to last week’s Share It Saturday. Today I’d like to focus on the fun and free winter printables that were shared last week, as well as one of my own! So many great resources in one place! Without further ado . . .Keep Reading
Winter Pretend Play – Scooping Snowballs
My preschool kiddos had a blast with this super simple winter pretend play idea. It also served as a bit of sensory play and fine motor play. So easy to set up, but it really packed a punch! “snowy” winter pretend play What We Used Lots of cotton balls Glass containers Plastic scoops Kitchen tongsKeep Reading
DIY Snowman Kit – Book Inspired Family Fun
I’m excited to be collaborating with some of my fellow “All Things Kids” mamas this week — Leanna of All Done Monkey, Blayne of House of Burke, Heather of Crayon Box Chronicles, Jaime of Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, Tina of Mamas Like Me, and Colleen of Sugar Aunts. Each day for the next seven days, we’ll bring activities and crafts based on winter books.Keep Reading
Snow What Fun – 15 Snow Themed Activities!
Engineer and I had a ton of fun celebrating the holidays with our family and friends. I hope all of you are having a great new year thus far! 🙂 It has been so very cold here recently, and we’re expecting snow next week . . . so I’m in a snowy frame of mind.Keep Reading
Snowman Fingerprint Ornament
a snowman fingerprint ornament makes a great keepsake Helping my students make their parents Christmas gifts is always fun! I love helping them create meaningful, sentimental presents. I’ve done some variation of these snowman fingerprint ornaments many times over the years. They are cute, use the kiddos’ fingerprints, and they get the children involved inKeep Reading
Christmas Senses Book – Holiday Book Making in Preschool
Make a Christmas senses book with the kids during the holidays For those of you new to Fun-A-Day, I’ve been in early childhood education for over 12 years now. For almost all of my teaching career, I have LOVED book making with my students. Very simple homemade books work well with them, of course, andKeep Reading
Winter Sensory Activities With Water Beads
The kiddos really enjoyed the winter sensory activities Mary Poppins and I had out recently. Actually, they ended up enjoying the bins a little too much! Let me share what happens “when preschoolers go wild”! Are you following Fun-A-Day’s Winter Pinterest board? winter sensory activities with water beads, ice, and fake snow We began the weekKeep Reading
Super Easy Snow Play Idea – Snow Building Blocks
Looking for an easy snow play idea for the kids? Last week, we had snow on Friday (yet again), which led to school being canceled. Little Hurricane and Snoopy came over to play with Engineer for a bit that morning. We brought all sorts of “outdoor toys” into the snow with us — mixing bowls,Keep Reading
Name Snowmen Winter Activity for Preschoolers
Working with 4 and 5 year old children, I tend to use names a ton in my teaching. I find it fun to create new ways for children to have fun learning their names, their friends’ names, the letters and sounds in their names, etc. With a snowy theme for winter, I knew I wantedKeep Reading
