Snowman Suggestions: Math, Snacks, and Sensory Exploration

I am "snow" in love with this winter-y sensory bin activity from KatherineMaries.com. This must visit link also features some great snowman crafts and activities.

H is for Homeschooling shares some other ideas for a snow themed sensory bin.

Preschool Alphabet has a picture of a healthy snowman snack idea.

The kids at Under the Big Top practiced their names by making snowman with every letter.

Swamp Frog First Grade made a downloadable snowman to practice fact families.

Fabulously First Grade has another version of a snowman themed fact family practice activity.

Tons of Fun used the idea of stacking a snowman to practice number ordering.

Teacher Time 123 suggests building a paper snowman to practice measuring length and diameter.

Somewhat Simple is offering a free printable for one of our favorite dice games, this version is Roll-A-Snowman.

Pitner's Potpourri put together an activity to combine drawing snowmen and practicing multiplication facts.

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December Sensory Play

Preschoolers enjoy exploring their senses by experimenting with texture, color, sound, and more.  Many of our readers have put together colorful Christmas themed sensory boxes for their little ones to enjoy all season long.  Here are a few for you to check out as you get your wheels turning  - in your mind & on the way to the dollar stores;)

Shining Our Light

Growing Up Our Style

Teacher Art Exchange has an extensive list of ideas for filling a sensory table.  One of there ideas is to fill it with hay and barn animals, which would be appropriate for Christmas, as well as the following suggestion:

"Fill your sensory table with old bows from your Christmas presents and 
tissue paper from gift bags! You can even throw in some gift bags for the children to stuff." 

Play Create Explore - how brave are you feeling today?!?!

Learning through the Clutter

Too Blessed to Be Stressed

Purposeful Chaos

Wishing you are Friday full of sensory box fun!

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Falling into Sensory Play

I love this time of the year here in Florida. We have the best of both worlds; cool in the morning, warm in the afternoon. I know it's confusing for fashion, but for a girl that does not like cold weather, it's my cake and pie, too!

It also causes a creative fever for teachers and so today my Taylor and I put on our sweaters and went exploring on our property for all things turning fall for a sensory box to add to my classroom. You can go cheap with these things and they keep kids exploring and engaged!

We started with a  cardboard box that held drinks and added rocks to the box.

Then we began to explore the back field where we began to find some things fallish. It's hard here at this time of the year, but we found what we needed.

It doesn't take long before our box is full and I have to stop myself from adding any more. If you are able to take your children on a nature walk to find all things fall, this is a great hands-on activity that teaches exploration, scientific thinking, classification and much more.

All in all my new sensory bin for the week didn't cost me a thing except a beautiful walk in the yard with my daughter, which I'm willing to pay.

Keep in mind that sensory play is one of the most extraordinary tools you can use in an early childhood classroom. It is calming, focus-effective and introduces or enhances spatial awareness for children.

The end result is beautiful and I can't wait to take it and share it with my little kiddos!

Until Next Time, Go Teach The Children!

Priscilla of PB&J Preschool Consulting Services

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