Attention all Kindergarten teachers looking for a new winter read: look no further than Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright! This charming tale follows the adventures of a snowman named Sneezy who can't seem to get warm. We have 7 Sneezy the Snowman Activities and Printables to guide learning. What is Sneezy the Snowman About? But every time Sneezy the Snowman tries to play, he gets too … [Read more...]
10 Snowmen Activities for Kindergarten
If you are looking for snowmen activities, I have 10 Snowmen activities for kindergarten that are sure to make your learners happy and help with skill building. These are perfect activities to use in January with your current curriculum to make skill building, skill practicing, and engagement happens in your classroom. Snowmen Activities Introduction Since I teach down south in the USA, … [Read more...]
Winter Animal Fun
Last week, I was prepping for a week of Arctic and Antarctic Animals. I needed some center and hands on activities for the week but I just couldn't find what my students needed. What is a gal to do but create it! Let me introduce you to some winter animal learning fun integrating math and phonics. This is what we used this past week for our learning centers. Winter Animal Fun: Matching … [Read more...]
Winter Sports Activities for Little Learners
I am obsessed with watching the Winter Olympics. I love the culture it brings in my home and the idea of worldwide competition. Simply put, these games are jammed pack full of meaningful learning opportunities for everyone. Since I love using this event in my house, I wanted to incorporate these Winter Sports Activities for Little Learners in my classroom as well. So far it has been … [Read more...]
Roll’n Write Activities Bring Writing Alive
Writing isn't my favorite subject to teach so I am always looking for ways to make writing more fun for my little learners and myself. I want to engage my learners and make them enjoy writing. One way I will be teaching writing this year is my using Roll'n Write Activities. I love how they integrate nouns, verbs, and adjectives to create real or silly sentences but with a hands on … [Read more...]
Breaking Down the Water Cycle for Little Learners
Let's chat about how to breakdown the water cycle for little learners in lots of fun ways. Since I live in Georgia and snow isn't a common occurrence, I like to have this unit prepped and ready for when the cold weather does come! When the words "snow" and "ice" show up in the meteorologist's vocabulary, we all start paying attention. When the teachers and parents start chatting about a "snow day" … [Read more...]
Cheetos Snowflake Freebie
Cheetos Snowflakes?? They have done it again. Just when we think their seasonal Bag of Bones were the highlight of the year for us teachers... Cheetos has released another seasonal product called Snowflakes. And they are YUMMY.So of course I jumped on the chance to make you guys another fun, interactive, and delicious snowflake freebie file. And seriously... this file is completely free. Sorting … [Read more...]
Snowmen Activities for Kindergarten
Snow much fun learning ideas are here. We are here to cover everything about SNOWMEN in a kindergarten classroom, including an awesome Classroom Management idea with a HUGE freebie. {Keep reading... it will be worth it.} Snow Much Fun with Snowmen Activities for Kindergarten Each January, I get excited when I get to teach about snow, ice, and SNOWMEN. Here in Georgia, we get snow maybe once … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Welcome to a weekly post where I show you and tell you all about my weekly math centers. My have 5-6 math centers to practice those skills we have been learning about and building our knowledge about each week. I encourage them to work on two centers a day, hopefully allowing them to complete all their centers before Thursday. {This gives me time to review and help those who … [Read more...]
Water, Ice, and Science That is Nice
Last week we worked on the Water Cycle. I enjoy this week because there are so many FUN science experiments with water that help us think and learn. I also love this week because we are able to integrate great books that connect science and literacy. Here are some of the books I love to use this week. Amazon.com Widgets Here are some of the science activities we … [Read more...]
Brrrrilant Winter FUN
January is always snow much fun in Kinder. These babies start to grow up and we really build on our prior knowledge. Since behaviors seems to settle in, the learning grows... and our ability to stretch the activities and have amazing amounts of meaningful fun occurs. AKA- We have a blast learning because we can handle it. Meaningful FUN learning is what makes Kindergarten the BEST … [Read more...]
Easy as {Eskimo} Pie
Happy Snow Day! It didn't actually snow here in GA, but man is it COLD. We had yesterday and today off of school, so I was able to spend a LOT of time with the girls and spend a little bit of time on my newest art project. Here is a look at this pack called Easy as {Eskimo} Pie. The center of the pack is the Eskimo Art Project. {I included directions and tracers to make this as … [Read more...]