WINTER
Put snow suits, mittens and scarves in housekeeping. I have mine hanging on hooks that look like real fingers from Archie McPhee. Their safe and funny.
Bulletin Boards
WINTER
Put snow suits, mittens and scarves in housekeeping. I have mine hanging on hooks that look like real fingers from Archie McPhee. Their safe and funny.
Bulletin Boards
Background Black... (trust me)
Stick cotton balls all over the bottom
to resemble snow. Draw some simple log cabins (or
copy from coloring books)
Cut them out and place on board. Splatter (lightly)
some white paint to look like snow falling. Background Blue:
Place the large butcher paper on art table and let
kids sponge paint
with shapes. Circle, square, rectangle and triangle. Hang up in the (childrens)
blackboard area which of course is eye level.
Add a
couple of cheap snow toys. The kind that you shake. If it snows
where you are at make a small, medium and large snowball.
Freeze and set in bowls
to see which one will melt first. Also get some icicles in different sizes
and do the same. Make sure you break off the sharp point at the tip. Add white and
blue color cans. Stick a small
branch in a coffee can (lined with white paper) of
rocks. Leave bare for winter. Add white pom poms or cotton balls when it snows outside.
If you live in an area with no snow wait until a large snow storm hits the north
and add the balls. These kids do watch T.V. news and hear their parents talk about these things!
Make
white Playdough. (just leave out the food coloring) Add all blue toys,
plates and gadgets to use with the playdough. Glue cotton balls
on paper plates. Use food color for blue glue! Using cardboard boxes cut out Large,
Medium and Small shapes like circle, square, rectangle
and triangle. Have kids trace around them. Cut pictures out
of old magazines. Look for blue things. Fold blue paper and staple sides for
a pocket holder. Show kids how to make snowflakes with scissors.
Yes they can do it even if they are not as detailed as yours. Hang from the ceiling all over the room. Easel paint with blue.
Or white with blue glitter in it! Take a walk outside to collect pine needle paint brushes. Use with
blue and white to make light blue. Let kids play
with shaving cream for snow! Note: Watch what kind you buy. Some smells pretty bad while others are refreshing. Add blue food
coloring while they are playing in it. Roll pine cones in glue then roll in bird seed.
Tie yarn around the top and hang from trees. Brush on glue and sprinkle a paper plate with seeds.
Read a book on polar bears such as
Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear Go outside and make Snow Angels in the snow.
No snow? Make Sand Angels on the playground. No sandbox? Bring some sand in and make Finger Sand Angels in a small box or bowl.
Add a small person figure and make Toy Angels. Read
Cordurory. Use blue
Magic Box to bring out out small animal
toys and have kids
quess which ones sleep in the winter time. Name the
animals and make sounds like them. Use several
large pictures of birds. Talk about what they eat
and where they find food in the winter. Show and
taste
sunflowers seeds. Use this idea the same day you make
bird feeders at the
art table.
Make a flannel
board story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Bring ice cubes in and pass around the group
to feel. Discuss how they feel, cold, wet, slick...Make Koolaid
Ice cubes
and stick a popcicle stick in after one hour in the freezer. Yummy!
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