Teaching young students how to use scissors and glue takes time and lots of practice—even halfway through the school year. In this post, I’m sharing simple tips for continuing to build scissor and glue skills in the winter months, plus easy winter cutting activities that give practice with straight, wavy, and curved lines. Instead of cutting random paper scraps, students create meaningful winter crafts like snowflakes, snowmen, and Christmas trees they’ll be proud to show off.
Explore fun and engaging activities for teaching animal adaptations and migration in your animals in winter unit! From hands-on sorting games to creative Arctic animal and monarch butterfly crafts, this post offers ideas for reinforcing key concepts through crafts, bulletin boards, interactive maps, and more. Plus, discover videos and printables to make learning about how animals survive the winter exciting and meaningful for young students!
The winter months can be hard for young students (and teachers) when outdoor recess is limited and the holidays are over. This is why I like to add something different and exciting to our lessons. I started creating escape rooms for kindergarten after doing a few with my family and having such a great time […]
Looking for winter digital activities your students can complete independently? These winter-themed literacy and math centers are perfect for small groups, center time, or extra practice. Includes Google Slides and Boom Cards for skills like letter sounds, 2D and 3D shapes, word families, and more—plus a free sample to try with your class.
Explore meaningful and engaging Martin Luther King, Jr. activities for young students. Discover writing prompts, crafts, egg comparisons, sequencing, bulletin boards, and more to teach peace, equality, and Dr. King’s inspiring dreams. Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary classrooms!
Discover engaging snow science activities perfect for young learners! Explore fun snow experiments like catching snowflakes, testing if snow sinks or floats, building snowmen and igloos, color mixing with snow, and melting snow challenges. Ideal for incorporating snow-themed STEM, math, and language arts into winter lessons.
No two snowflakes are alike. Science Exploration Explain to students that back in the late 1800’s Wilson Bentley was the first to photograph snowflakes by attaching a camera to a microscope. After taking many pictures of snowflakes he coined the phrase “no two snowflakes are alike”. A good book to read is Snowflake Bentley. It […]
Teaching the Signs of the Winter Season I can’t believe it is time to start talking about winter already! This year has really flown by! When discussing the different seasons of the year I like to use real photographs to which the students can relate and go out and explore their own environment as much as […]
Signs of the Four Seasons Bundle Pack (Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall) Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade Save money with this bundle pack! It includes all four signs of the seasons PowerPoint presentations (fall, spring, summer, winter). Each PowerPoint presentation explains the season in simple terms using real, full-color photographs. Each presentation also includes slides […]
Is it true that no two snowflakes are alike? Find out by putting pieces of black construction paper in the freezer overnight. On a snowy day take the frozen pieces of paper outside and catch snowflakes on them. Look at the snowflakes through a magnifying glass. You may also like: Snow Science Experiments and STEM