Recommended Winter
Resources
Celebrate
Winter!
Part of Education
World's lesson plans, this page offers more than a dozen suggestions
for celebrating winter solstice. Most activities are geared toward upper
elementary students.
Hummingbird's
Seasons: Winter
Hummingbird's
Winter Archives
These two pages offer dozens of seasonal cross-curricular activities for
preschoolers through elementary-age students. Visit to find language activities,
crafts, snack suggestions, math and science ideas, and more.
Kids
Domain Winter Fun
Visit this site with children to play seasonal games online, print coloring
pages and puzzles, download kid-friendly software, and more.
The
Mitten
This activity page on Bry-Back Manor's site includes both text for
"The Mitten" and printable pieces to act out the story. Mitten pattern
may be printed on heavy paper for children to "sew" together with yarn. Animals
can be copied onto white paper, colored, and put inside the mitten at the
appropriate time in the story. Character patterns also work great for creating
a flannel board story.
The Mitten Teacher's Guide
Teachers using Jan Brett's The Mitten in the classroom will be
delighted to find this guide to teaching the work on Brett's web site. Included
on the site are face masks (color printer required) that students may use
to enact the story.
Nuttin But
Kids Winter Page
Designed for childcare providers, this site offers cross-curricular activities
appropriate for young learners.
Snowflake
Fingerplay
Another Bry-Back Manor special, this activity page provides fingerpuppets
and a copy of the fingerplay "Five Little Snowflakes."
Snow
Fun
This page, created by a preschool teacher, offers dozens of learning activities
centered upon the theme of snow. While the ideas are geared toward the youngest
learners, several could be adapted for early elementary.
Stop
by the Web on a Snowy Evening
Part of Education
World's lesson plans, this page suggests snow-related activities for
students of all ages and abilities.
Winter
Theme
This page, created by a kindergarten teacher, offers about twenty winter-related
activities. Also included is a list of recommended books.