Looking for the best winter activities for preschoolers? Stay At Home Educator has you covered with fun, engaging, and educational ideas that will keep your little ones entertained and learning all season long.
Winter Activities for Preschoolers
Winter activities for preschoolers are a perfect way to bring some extra fun and learning into the classroom!
From sparkly winter art that is frame worthy and white and icy blue winter sensory bins, exploring sensory bins to winter prewriting practice and snowman ten frame counting cards, there’s no shortage of exciting hands-on activities.
Many of the ideas on this page can also be winter themed toddler activities. For your convenience, these winter activities have been arranged by categories, like literacy, math, fine motor, and so on.
Winter Literacy Activities for Preschoolers
Winter is a wonderful time to introduce fun and interactive literacy activities for preschoolers. From snow-themed stories to letter hunts in the snow, these activities help foster early reading skills while celebrating the season.
Check out these activities:
- Winter Preschool Prewriting Printables
- 5+ Snowman Matching Activities for Preschoolers
- Penguin Alphabet Find and Cover
- Arctic Animal Nomenclature Cards
- Arctic Animal Alphabet Activities
- Winter Literacy Printables
Winter Literacy Activities for Preschool
Winter-themed math activities offer exciting opportunities for preschoolers to practice counting, sorting, and shape recognition. Using snowflakes, mittens, and winter animals, these engaging tasks make learning math concepts fun and seasonal.
Don’t miss these great activity ideas!
- Snowman Winter Counting Cards
- Topographic Melting Snowman Craft
- Winter Patterning Cards
- Hot Cocoa Dominoes Game
- Winter Math Printables for Preschool
- Penguin Graphing Mats
Winter Process Art Activities for Preschoolers
Winter process art activities allow preschoolers to experiment with colors, textures, and materials, creating unique winter masterpieces. From painting snowy scenes to making textured snowflakes, these activities focus on the creative process, not the final product.
Enjoy these hands-on activities!
- Sparkly Winter Process Art for Preschoolers
- Fluffy Paper Plate Snowman Craft
- Fine Motor Winter Process Art
- Frame Worthy Winter Process Art for Toddlers
- Stamping Snowflakes: a Preschool Winter Process Art
- Winter Landscape Art for Preschoolers
Winter Sensory Ideas
Winter sensory activities are a great way to engage preschoolers in hands-on learning while exploring the sights, sounds, and textures of the season. From snow-themed sensory bins to ice play, these activities help develop fine motor skills and stimulate creativity in a fun, interactive way.
- Winter Sensory Bin
- Pure White Playdough Recipe
- Sparkling Snow Playdough Recipe
- Cooling Peppermint Playdough Recipe
- Candy Cane Playdough Recipe
- Slime Avalanche Arctic Animal Activity
Winter Fine Motor Activities
Winter is the perfect time for preschoolers to strengthen fine motor skills with seasonal activities. Whether it’s stringing beads to create icicles or using tongs to pick up cotton ball snowflakes, these tasks help develop hand-eye coordination in a fun, festive way.
See what activities we have in store!
- Rainbow Snowman Fine Motor Activities
- Marshmallow Snowballs Winter Counting Activities
- Snow and Icicles Winter Math Activities
- Arctic Animal Fine Motor Rescue
Free Winter Lesson Plans
Winter provides the perfect opportunity to create engaging lesson plans that incorporate the season’s unique elements. From exploring winter weather and animals to learning about winter holidays around the world, these lessons can be both educational and fun for preschoolers.
Grab these free winter themed preschool lesson plans.
- Snow and Ice Preschool Lesson Plans
- Winter Clothing Preschool Lesson Plans
- Arctic Animal Preschool Lesson Plans
- Penguin Preschool Lesson Plans
Winter Theme Activity Ideas
Winter-themed activities offer a creative way for preschoolers to explore the season through hands-on play. Activities like making snowflakes, playing in a “snow” sensory bin, or reading winter stories can help reinforce concepts such as shapes, colors, and sensory exploration.
Check out these awesome ideas to try!
- Winter Preschool Theme Ideas
- Even More Winter Themes for Preschool
- 6 Snowy Winter Printables
- 35+ Awesome Snow Day Activities
- Snow and Ice Winter Preschool Printables
- 6 Arctic Animal Preschool Printables
Monthly Winter Preschool Theme Ideas
Looking for lesson planning ideas for your winter theme, but based on the month? Got you covered with these monthly preschool theme idea collections!
December Preschool Themes
January Preschool Themes
- January Preschool Theme Ideas
- More January Preschool Themes
- All Time Favorite January Preschool Themes
February Preschool Themes
FAQ About Teaching January Themes in Preschool
Like any preschool theme, there is always a larger theme that can be broken down into smaller themes. For example, in a winter preschool theme, you can teach your preschoolers about snow and ice, snowflakes, frozen ground, hibernating animals, sledding, winter clothing, cold weather animals and so on.
All of these things can be taught through winter themed alphabet activities, winter math activities, and of course, winter preschool art projects and sensory activities too!
Just see all the ideas below!
While still snowy woodland scenes are icons of winter landscape, you can teach a winter preschool even if it doesn’t snow where you live. You can still teach about ice and frozen things, hibernating animals, as well as coats and mittens.
You can purchase fake snow that makes a really fun science experiment, but you can even make your own faux snow by mixing baking soda and shaving cream together.
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