Are you looking for a fun theme to use in your preschool unit during the winter months? A snowman theme is always a hit with preschoolers! In this post, I’m going to share some of my favorite snowman activities for preschool to include in a week of themed learning.
8 Snowman Activities for Preschool
When choosing activities for a snowman unit, it’s helpful to choose activities that will help your students practice important literacy and math skills at they same time they’re learning all about snow and snowmen. I’m going to share some of my favorite preschool snowman activities that will help you keep students engaged in skill practice with themed learning!
These activities are perfect for after winter break when you and your students are trying to get back into the swing of things. A snowman theme is also great for the weeks leading up to winter break, especially if you need a theme that doesn’t correspond to a specific holiday. (Gingerbread is another fun theme in this case!)
1. Snowman Read Alouds
As I’ve shared before, one of my favorite ways to introduce a theme is with an interactive read aloud. A snowman theme is no exception! One Snowy Morning by Kevin Tseng is great book for introducing a snow/snowman theme in a preschool classroom. In this funny seasonal story, a group of forest animals stumble upon a pile of snow (a snowman) covered in mysterious objects. The story shows what they do with the objects; the students always love the clever ending! (You might also like my interactive read aloud activities for Snowmen at Night.)
This story is perfect for practicing comprehension skills like making connections and predictions. For example, students can draw what they think the animals will do with the stuff they find in the woods. They can also make connections to the text by drawing what their snowman would look like if they built one.
You can also share some snowman-themed poetry with your students for a fun read aloud experience! This clever rhyme is fun to revisit throughout the unit during circle time or morning meeting.
2. Nonfiction Text
A week of snowman-themed learning is also a great time for your preschoolers to learn more about snow. You can do this with a nonfiction read aloud! This printable nonfiction reader introduces students to new vocabulary and concepts that will be helpful throughout the unit. It also uses real photographs to enhance student understanding of the topic.
3. Fact and Opinion Activity
After learning many new facts about snow, you can review with students the difference between fact and opinion. You can create an anchor chart with fact and opinion headers and then add examples as you discuss them with your students. You can review the nonfiction text with your students to find facts about snow and then compare those to opinions so students can see and hear how they differ. Identifying fact and opinion is an important part of skilled reading!
4. Fizzy Snowman Experiment
Give your students a chance to build their own snowman for a fizzy experiment! All you need for this activity is baking soda, conditioner, and vinegar. Students will use a combination of baking soda mixed with conditioner to roll balls that they will use to build a snowman.
Once the snowman is built, students will pour vinegar on the snowman to watch the chemical reaction take place. The snowman will melt right before their eyes! After the experiment, students can record their observations by drawing what happened on a recording sheet.
5. Snowman Sequencing
The process of building a snowman lends itself to sequencing practice for preschoolers! You can talk with your students about what they do first when building a snowman, then second, then third, and so on. You could even have your preschoolers create a booklet about how to build a snowman. They’ll be excited to take home their completed books to share with their families!
6. Snowman Comparison
Snowmen can also inspire some additional skill practice, like comparing objects by size! After spending time looking at and discussing snowmen, your students have likely noticed that the three balls of a snowman are not all the same size.
You can review size words with your students like small, medium, and large. You can also use comparison vocabulary like “longer” or “shorter” as students color scarves according to their lengths. They can also practice vocabulary like short and tall as they create snowmen that fit those descriptions.
7. Snowman Craft
Give your students some extra fine motor practice while incorporating a fun snowman craft into your themed unit! Students will love creating their own paper plate snowman craft to display in the classroom or on a bulletin board. This is an easy way to add some winter fun to your classroom decor!
8. Snowman Dramatic Play
Finally, the snowman theme is easy to add to your dramatic play station! Students will love running Frosty’s hot cocoa stand and fulfilling orders for their classmates. With a large menu board, order forms, and sequencing visuals, students can practice sequencing as they go through the process of making cocoa through dramatic play. This is also great for practicing those important social skills!
Printable Snowman Unit for Preschool
All of the activities mentioned in this post (and many more!) can be found in one easy-to-download resource.
This set of preschool activities includes everything you need to plan a week of snowy fun for your class! Your students will love these snow and snowman activities for preschool. They cover a variety of content area skills while incorporating a fun seasonal theme. These activities are a great way to add extra engagement to your winter lesson plans!
If you’d like to take a closer look at everything included in this resource, you can find it in my TPT store.
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