Making Lois Ehlert style paper plate snowmen in preschool
“Snowballs” by Lois Ehlert is such a great book! I love the large snowman illustrations throughout the book and so do my students… Miss Abby read the book to our class and as she came to each new...
View ArticleMore fun with penguins in preschool
Engaging activities to encourage learning through an exploration of penguins! Yesterday I shared with you our fun penguin exploration with the help of our Scholastic Classroom Magazine. We then...
View ArticleSnow scientists at play
There are many ways to explore snow outside and inside your preschool classroom! We had a nice surprise this morning before heading off to preschool – it snowed! Usually, we have lots of snow by now...
View ArticleMaking puffy paint snowmen in preschool
As mentioned the other day, we read the book “Snowballs” by Lois Ehlert which led to our exploration of a cotton ball snowball blizzard and our cotton ball science. The book “Snowballs” was a great way...
View ArticleWinter science in preschool
While I prefer to stay inside by a cozy fireplace during the freezing cold days of winter, our students prefer to be outside digging up chunks of ice. So after zipping up coats, struggling to put...
View ArticleHave you read this winter tree book before?
Finding books about winter trees instead of Christmas trees can be quite challenging. We’ve seen you say things like “What a cute idea, but we can’t do Christmas trees at our school.” Well, I want to...
View ArticleSix crazy cool ways to explore with snow inside the classroom
The weather here has been all over the place from well below freezing to beautiful blankets of snow. I am not a fan of the freezing but the snow…. well I love it! Snow gives us some crazy cool ways to...
View ArticleHow to make sticky paper mitten collages
It is definitely winter time outside which makes it the perfect time to explore all kinds of mitten art. Let’s kick off this amazing freezing cold season with a mitten sticky board collage. What is...
View ArticleInvite your preschoolers to build a loose parts snowman!
Are you ready to build a snowman? Then let’s get started with one of the best ways to build an indoor snowman. Let’s build a loose parts snowman!To get started, you will want to collect some loose...
View ArticleLet’s build snowflakes from loose parts!
You can build anything out of loose parts including a loose parts snowflake. After all, no two snowflakes are exactly the same.I love almost any kind of activity that includes the use of loose parts....
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