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Preschool Winter Theme Activity Plans

When the weather outside is frightful, learning can be so delightful! Winter is a great time to explore learning with snow, ice, and snowmen. These printable winter activities for preschool are the perfect way to explore winter with your young learners. Delve into the season with preschool winter arts and crafts activities, science, math, literacy, sensory, social-emotional activities and more! Great for preschool at home or in the classroom, these versatile winter activities will fit the needs of all your preschoolers without a bunch of extra planning time.

Recommended Age

For Preschool Activity Plans:

24 Interactive Winter Theme activity plans for young children

Get ready for fun and learning with all our preschool activity plans. These preschool winter activities are packed with literature-based plans that are easy to prepare and fun to do.

Just like all of our themed activity plans, the winter activities for preschool included in this activity plan are created around a set of high quality, classic winter books that your preschoolers will love. We have included the list of books below so that you can grab them from your public library or purchase them for your personal library so that you can use these activities year after year.  

Winter lesson plans for preschool including literacy, math, science, songs, crafts, and more.

What are the benefits of the winter preschool activity plans?

  • Explore a variety of themed hands-on winter learning activities!
  • Build vocabulary and early literacy skills with winter songs for preschoolers and circle time games!
  • Get learners ready for school with printable winter lesson plans for preschool!
  • Develop math skills through fun winter math activities for preschool.
  • Our winter science experiments and fun winter art activities for preschool bring out the creativity in your learners!
  • Use snow and ice in your math, art and sensory activities to learn more about nature.

These easy-to-follow winter theme preschool plans include modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all of your preschoolers.

Every theme comes with recommended book lists, songs, material lists and more.

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Digital Download

Each of the Preschool Activity Plans themes is a digital download that you will receive access to immediately after purchase.

No need to wait for a book to come in the mail to implement these fun preschool activities!

Every theme contains 2 files within a .zip file. Once you open the .zip file you will see one PDF with all the printable activities and one PDF with the themed activity plans.

Take a Look at What is Included:

Layout of winter lesson plans for preschool

Mini Winter Themes included within the Winter Activity Plans :

Winter, Snow, Snowflakes

Recommended Reading:

• “The Mitten,” by Jan Brett
• “The Snowy Day,” by Ezra Jack Keats
• “Animals in Winter,” by Henrietta Bancroft
• “Snowballs,” by Lois Ehlert
• “The Biggest Snowman Ever,” by Steven Kroll

Materials List for Winter Preschool Activity Plans:

  • Construction Paper (blue, black, white, orange, brown)
  • Scissors
  • Markers (black)
  • Washable Paint (white)
  • Paper plate
  • Items to stamp (cotton swabs, cotton balls, empty spools)
  • Empty washed small milk carton or tissue box
  • Printer Paper
  • Tape
  • Laminating Materials (optional)
  • Paint Brush
  • Salt
  • Globe
  • Dice
  • Kitchen spices (cinnamon, clove, anise and other interesting shapes)
  • White blanket/sheet
  • Trapeze (optional)
  • Circular cake pan
  • Paperclip
  • Paper fastener
  • Blue gems (or similar)
  • Several pairs of matching mittens/gloves
  • Clothespins, string, or yarn (optional)
  • Glue
  • Cotton balls
  • Access to a refrigerator
  • Chenille stems-three (white)
  • Pony beads (2 colors)
  • Thread (optional)
  • Snow (or ice if snow is unavailable)
  • Tray
  • Mittens (optional)
  • Cornstarch or flour
  • Olive oil
  • Clean plastic bottle
  • Corn syrup or baby oil
  • Snowflake confetti
  • Tunnel or small chair/table (optional)
  • Small paper bag
  • Plastic zipper bags
  • Kitchen timer
  • Small containers
  • Small objects (plastic toys, etc.)
  • Sensory bin or container to hold water
  • Plastic hammers
  • Pipettes or medicine droppers
  • Food coloring (blue)
  • Pencil
  • Painters tape (blue)
  • Blue watercolor paint
  • Cup
  • Cardstock
  • Icicles (or cubes if unavailable)
  • Cotton swabs
  • Peppermint essential oil (optional)
  • Funnel
  • Fine glitter (optional)
  • Super glue (optional)
  • Stuffed animals (optional)
  • White foam sheets (optional)

Winter Themed Activities at a glance:

What is included in the Winter Preschool Activity Plans?

Winter Math Activities for Preschool:

  • Counting Spin & Cover
  • Mitten Matching
  • Snowy Numbers
  • Beaded Snowflake

Winter Literacy Activities for Preschool:

  • Sight Word Snowman Building
  • W is for Winter
  • Roll a Winter Animal
  • Lowercase Matching Snowball Game

Winter Science Activities for Preschoolers:

  • Snowball Melting
  • Freezing & Thawing Objects

Winter Social Studies Activities for Preschoolers:

  • Where Does It Snow?

Winter Sensory Activities for Preschoolers:

  • Fake Snow
  • Snowflake Sensory Bottle

Winter Art Activities for Preschoolers:

  • Tape Resistant Painted Snowflake
  • Snowflake Art
  • Icicle Art

Winter Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers:

  • Fine Motor Snow Painting
  • Count & Cut Snowman

Winter Gross Motor Activities for Preschoolers:

  • Acting Out “The Mitten”
  • Snowflake Hop
  • Winter Animals Pretend Play

Winter Social Emotional Activities for Preschoolers:

  • Snowman Emotions

Winter Circle Time Activities for Preschoolers:

  • Measuring with Mittens
  • Snowball Number Line

Who Developed the Winter Activity Plans for Preschoolers?

Developed by a team of talented teachers and parents, these winter preschool activities range from winter art project ideas to active learning games. All activity plans have been carefully crafted and kid tested!

Whether you are a new teacher developing an entire preschool curriculum, a veteran teacher searching for new inspiration, or a parent homeschooling your preschooler, these Winter Preschool Activity Plans are a great addition to your repertoire.

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Digital Download

Each of the Preschool Activity Plans themes is a digital download that you will receive access to immediately after purchase.

No need to wait for a book to come in the mail to implement these fun preschool activities!

Every theme contains 2 files within a .zip file. Once you open the .zip file you will see one PDF with all the printable activities and one PDF with the themed activity plans.

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