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Free Printable Kindergarten Worksheets | Awesome Winter-Themed Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

December 1, 2024 | Leave a Comment
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Today, I’m sharing free printable kindergarten worksheets and a fun winter alphabet scavenger hunt. Also, look at my page Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum for more fun ideas and activities.

Although I’m a huge advocate of hands-on but beginning penmanship skills need to be reinforced too.

So a worksheet or two should be another tool we have to boost alphabet and phonics recognition.

Free Printable Kindergarten Worksheets | Awesome Winter-Themed Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

One way of doing that is by themed worksheets.

By focusing on a theme or unit study children are engaged with a topic while learning about the alphabet.

Then, another way to nurture penmanship skills is to play a game.

For example, with my printable winter themed alphabet scavenger hunt kids are doing both.

They’re enlarging their vocabulary with winter themed words and practice writing skills by noting things they find in the scavenger hunt.

BEST PHONICS FOR KINDERGARTEN

Next, along with learning the alphabet it’s important first to teach kids sounds that letters represent.

Through games and books, it makes teaching phonics easy.

11 Best Phonics for Homeschool Kindergarten

Teaching kids how to read doesn't have to be hard, you just have to have the right tools.

You'll love these phonics resources.

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All About Reading Level 1

Package includes: one Teacher's Manual, one Student Packet, and three readers

Evan-Moor Daily Phonics, Grade 2, Homeschooling, Phonemic Awareness, Decoding, Word-Study, Teaching Editions, Reproducible Worksheets

Provide explicit, systematic phonics instruction and practice in just 15 to 20 minutes a day!

Daily Phonics, Grade 2 helps students in second grade—including students learning English—develop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers.

The 32 weekly units in grade 2 cover:

Photo Credit: www.starfall.com

Welcome to Starfall PreK & Kindergarten

Starfall.com® opened in September 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read.

Since then it has expanded to include language arts and mathematics for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade.

Starfall’s emphasis on phonemic awareness, systematic sequential phonics, and common sight words in conjunction with audiovisual interactivity has proven effective in teaching emergent readers

Explode the Code 4 Books

Explode the Code is a research-based, multisensory program geared to improving literacy with direct, systematic, phonics instruction.

Photo Credit: www.progressivephonics.com

Progressive Phonics

Progressive Phonics all-in-one reading program that is easy, fun, and totally FREE---that's right, totally and completely free.

And with Progressive Phonics, ANYONE can teach a child to read and write in just a few minutes a day, which makes it ideal for parents, teachers, tutors, volunteers and home-schoolers.

Photo Credit: www.opensourcephonics.org

Open Source Phonics

Free Phonics Materials for Teachers, Tutors, and Families Literacy is a civil right.  The research supporting phonics is too strong to ignore. All families deserve access to high-quality phonics materials.

Foundations by Logic of English

Help you child learn to read and spell - while having fun. Teachers and parents are raving about it! This first step in the Logic of English Foundations series opens the door to reading with phonemic
awareness activities, fun lessons that practice the sounds of a-z, and creative blending games

Horizons K Phonics and Reading

Prepare your child for a lifetime of reading and successful learning with the Horizons Kindergarten Phonics & Reading Student Book 1 from Alpha Omega Publications.

Photo Credit: winterpromise.com

Early Language Arts Overview - WinterPromise

Adventures in Pine Hollow is designed to engage students so thoroughly that whether they can’t wait to read or would rather wait forever, they are pulled into a forest world, where they join critter adventures and forget there’s learning going on!

First Start Reading, Book A

First Start Reading covers consonants, short and long vowels, 45 common words, and manuscript
printing, accompanied by artist-drawn coloring pictures and drawing pages for every letter.

Alpha-Phonics Primer

Mr. Blumenfeld created Alpha-Phonics (spiral-bound) to provide parents, teachers and tutors with a sensible, logical, easy-to-use system for teaching reading. It is an intensive phonics instruction
program based on the author's many years of research and experience in the reading instruction field

Additionally, you need a variety of ways to teach the alphabet not just worksheets.

I’ve uses games, songs, art and even dance.

8 WAYS TO TEACH PHONICS OF THE ALPHABET

Look at this list of easy ways to teach the alphabet for your kindergarten size kids.

  1. Play a is for apple and d is for dog as you spend time throughout the day.
  2. Kids love sensory trays. It promotes tactile learning. So use a sensory tray to dig for the letters of the alphabet or to find items to match a letter. Even place items for 2 different letters in the tray. Have your child match the item to the correct letter sound.
  3. Scavenger hunts encourage moving which is a natural part of learning at this age. Don’t fight the need to wiggle. Use the need to move while locating things around the house or better yet outside to fit the letter sound you’re focused on.
  4. Along with the printable kindergarten worksheets, read story books like Chicka Chicka Boom and Dr. Seuss’s ABC.
  5. Songs and dance also allows kids to move and learn.
  6. Some kids love to color letter worksheets.
  7. Too tracing letters is another way to engage senses. Kids can do this with their finger.
  8. Use edible peanut butter dough to form letter. Doesn’t hurt if your kids take a taste or two as long as they have no allergies.

Also, look at these free printable kindergarten worksheets.

FREE PRINTABLE KINDERGARTEN WORKSHEETS

  • Free Beginning Alphabet Sound Worksheets
  • Help your child quickly master their alphabet with these capital letter recognition worksheets.
  • Alphabet Printable Chart Coloring Pages
  • Free Printable Uppercase & Lowercase Letters Worksheets
  • Printable Dotted Letter Tracing Pdf Worksheet
  • Free Printable Uppercase Alphabet Dot Marker Coloring Pages
Free Printable Kindergarten Worksheets | Awesome Winter-Themed Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

Finally, look at how to grab the free winter themed scavenger hunt for kindergarten.

HOW TO GET THE FREE WINTER THEMED SCAVENGER HUNT

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Winter Easy Crafts with An Adorable Moose Head Craft

November 26, 2024 | Leave a Comment
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We’re doing some winter easy crafts. Also look at my Winter Season Unit Study Free Lapbook & Hands-On Ideas.

Winter is such a special time for crafts and activities.

From winter solstice to snow, winter foods and traditions, and polar animals there are a wide variety of topics to learn about that you can choose from.

Winter Easy Crafts with An Adorable Moose Head Craft

For this activity today I wanted to focus on the larger-than-life cold weather loving moose through a simple and sweet craft activity.

Use it as a base for a whole moose unit study or just a quick and simple winter craft on its own.

Popsicle sticks have to be up there in my top 5 favorite inexpensive craft items for their versatility.

And of course they are so easy to get and cost just pennies.

MOOSE BOOKS FOR KIDS

MOOSE BOOKS FOR KIDS WHO LOVE TO READ AND BE READ TO

Grab a book or two to add to your home library or for a unit study.

If You Give a Moose a Muffin

If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him feel at home. If you give him a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it. When he's eaten all your muffins, he'll want to go to the store to get some more muffin mix.

In this hilarious sequel to the beloved If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, the young host is again run ragged by a surprise guest. Young readers will delight in the comic complications that follow when a little boy entertains a gregarious moose.

This classic book is the perfect gift for young readers who like to giggle.

Deneki: An Alaskan Moose

Child's nature picture book.

Honk the Moose (Nature) by Phil Stong (2001) Hardcover

What do you do when a moose takes over your town?

Three young boys try to save a moose through the cold Minnesota winter.

Grab some fascinating facts as well as more ideas for winter crafts to keep hands and mines busy through the season.

MOOSE FACTS

  • Moose are the largest members of the deer family. They are found in North America, Europe, and Asia.
  • Moose are gentle animals, but they can be dangerous if they feel threatened. They will charge at anything they perceive to be a threat, including humans.
  • They are herbivores, which means they eat plants. They are also ruminants, which means they have a four-chambered stomach that helps them digest their food.
  • Moose are very tall animals. They can grow up to 6 feet tall at the shoulder and weigh up to 1,800 pounds. Moose have long, gangly legs and a large, humped back. They also have a long, droopy nose and big, floppy ears.
  • They are covered in a thick coat of fur that helps them stay warm in the cold winter months. They have dark brown fur on their backs and sides and lighter brown fur on their bellies. Moose also have a white patch on their rump.
  • These cold weather loving creatures are solitary animals. They only come together to mate. Moose calves are born in the spring and stay with their mothers for about a year.
Winter Easy Crafts with An Adorable Moose Head Craft

Now here are 8 easy but really cool winter crafts for kids from winter lights to the cutest abominable snowman you’ve ever seen.

8 WINTER EASY CRAFTS

  1. Learn Why Evergreen Trees Are the Ultimate Winter Wonder & Tree Craft from dyed pasta turned into pretty pine trees.
  2. Make beautiful Mason Jar Snow Globes to create a suspended winter scene that will never melt away.
  3. Make these super easy DIY Luminaries For Winter Solstice celebrations to light up the night indoors or out.
  4. The Snowflake Art Project is so pretty and while it is simple the impact is far above your basic snowflake craft.
  5. This Abominable Snowman Fork Painted Craft is just absolutely adorable and would be precious framed and hanging up.
  6. Not only are these Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets a fun craft but they provide an activity that keeps the kids entertained for hours.
  7. For a craft that encourages a little more movement, try this Pom Pom Popper Snowman to get your kids up and running on a wintery day.
  8. Check out these 10 Toilet Paper Roll Winter Crafts and Make An Adorable Toilet Roll Winter Village, I just love a basically free craft especially when it’s this cute.

ADORABLE MOOSE HEAD CRAFT FOR KIDS

You will need:

  • 6 wooden popsicle sticks
  • Black felt
  • Google eyes
  • Brown paint
  • Paintbrush
  • Tacky glue or hot glue
Winter Easy Crafts with An Adorable Moose Head Craft

Use scissors or a straight edge to cut down 1” on either side of one popsicle stick for ears, discard the remaining piece or save it for another craft.

Spread out 5 popsicle sticks, I like to use silicone mats like these to contain the mess and make cleaning up easy.

Paint at least one side of all the popsicle sticks brown, including the ears and set aside to dry.

To keep it a little neater you could also let your child color them with markers instead.

Winter Easy Crafts with An Adorable Moose Head Craft

While you are waiting for the paint to dry, cut two small ovals out of black felt for nostrils, two antlers,

Also, cut a rectangle piece just wide enough to cover the width of your popsicle sticks and long enough to cover ¾ of the height.

Winter Easy Crafts with An Adorable Moose Head Craft

Flip the dry popsicle sticks over and line them up evenly, glue the rectangle to the back to stabilize and keep them all in place.

Winter Easy Crafts with An Adorable Moose Head Craft

Add ears and antlers, secure with hot glue or strong tacky glue.

Winter Easy Crafts with An Adorable Moose Head Craft

Turn over and glue the nostrils onto the face.

Winter Easy Crafts with An Adorable Moose Head Craft

Add large googly eyes to finish off your cute moose and allow the glue to dry.

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How To Create Toilet Paper Roll Penguins For A Bowling Game

November 25, 2024 | Leave a Comment
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We’re making these super cute toilet paper roll penguins for a bowling game. Be sure you grab more ideas for winter fun on my page Winter Season Unit Study.

And then of course you know I found 12 more toilet paper roll craft ideas to make.

Toilet paper roll crafts are a great way to upcycle something that is already on hand.

How To Create Toilet Paper Roll Penguins For A Bowling Game

Once you see these cute ideas you are going to want to start saving up all your empty toilet paper rolls to work your way through them.

Penguins are flightless birds that live in the Southern Hemisphere.

Additionally, penguins are known for their black and white feathers, waddling walk, and love of swimming.

They happen to make adorable inspiration little bowling pins for a wintery themed bowling game.

And you can make as small or as large a set of pins as you like.

Six seems to be a good number and manageable to knock over.

Before we waddle into all these crafts let me leave you with a few things to share with your preschooler about these formal wearing little Antarctica cuties.

BOOKS ABOUT PENGUINS

11 Penguin Books & Resources for Kids Who Love to Read and Be Read To

Add some of these books and resources about penguins to your learning day.

Penguin's Way

With a new children’s book imprint, the Bodleian Library brings beloved classics back into print, beginning with a beautiful storybook about the life of a fascinating Antarctic species. Originally published in 1962, Penguin’s Way by Johanna Johnston tells the surprising story of these creatures, complete with colorful artwork by award-winning illustrator Leonard Weisgard. In Penguin’s Way, a playful colony of emperor penguins lives on the edge of a faraway secret sea. During the summers, the penguins are content to fish and swim in the icy waters. But, when the seasons change, they must travel more than one hundred miles to the snowy lands surrounding the South Pole. All across the snow plain, the penguins sing songs to welcome newly hatched chicks into the world, but how will the fluffy newborns survive the freezing winter? Few things pique children’s curiosity about the world around them better than a good book. Brought back for a new generation of young readers, Penguin’s Way offers a fun and creative introduction to these fascinating animals.

Mr. Popper's Penguins: All-Time Popular Children Book

Charming Characters: Meet the endearing Mr. Popper and his comical penguins, each with their distinct personalities and quirks, creating a delightful and memorable cast of characters.

Whimsical Adventures: Follow Mr. Popper and his penguins on a series of whimsical escapades, as they navigate unexpected challenges and create joyous chaos in their small town.

Heartwarming Message: Experience the heartwarming message of friendship, family, and the importance of embracing the unexpected, as Mr. Popper's life is transformed by the presence of his unusual feathered companions.

Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World

Whiteblack the Penguin is worried. He has run out of stories for his radio show, a dire situation for the Chief Storyteller of Penguinland. So Whiteblack decides to travel in search of new tales to share. The result is a journey that spans the globe and not only introduces the precocious penguin to a host of colorful characters but teaches him about the power of friendship and what it means to be a hero. Originally created in 1937, while the Reys lived in Paris, this delightful story is being published for the first time, and is sure to enchant readers young and old. From the creators of Curious George, Whiteblack the Penguin Sees The World is a timeless tale with all the hilarity and childlike sense of adventure characteristic of the Reys’ previous work.

The Emperor's Egg: Read and Wonder

Can you imagine spending the winter outdoors in Antarctica without anything to eat? That’s just what the male Emperor penguin does. While his mate is off swimming and catching loads of fish, he stands around in the freezing cold with an egg on his feet for two whole months, keeping it warm and waiting for it to hatch. Welcome to the story of the world’s most devoted dad!

Penguins!: Strange and Wonderful

A new edition to the acclaimed Strange and Wonderful series. The seventeen species of penguins come in all sizes and are fascinating in many other ways. The little blue penguin, the smallest, stands about sixteen inches high, and the emperor penguin, the largest, stands almost four feet tall. Some penguins are named for how they look, such as the black-footed penguin, while others are named for where they live, such as the Galapagos penguin. Laurence Pringle's informative book, with stunning illustrations by Meryl Henderson, introduces young readers to the life and behavior of one of nature's most remarkable birds.

12PCS Realistic Penguin Figurines

This penguin figures set was made by hand painted with high realistically detailed appearance, cute face and childish eyes. Their uniquely molded textures and richly painted details make the animals vivid. And all the animal figures stands up very well, they do not fall over. Children would like to spend more time to observe and play with them.

The Great Penguin Rescue: Saving the African Penguins

African penguins waddle around nesting colonies in lower numbers than ever before. Despite South African government efforts to protect the penguin colonies and their ocean fish supply, young penguins still struggle to survive. Fuzzy chicks waiting for food in open nests may overheat in the sun or become prey. Others simply may not get enough food to survive on their own once their parents leave. But new conservation methods, including rescuing and hand-feeding vulnerable chicks, are giving experts hope. Can volunteers and scientists help save Africa's only penguins before it's too late?

March of the Penguins

This documentary chronicles the heroic and harrowing journey that emperor penguins make amid subfreezing temperatures and violent snowstorms at the South Pole in order to mate.

365 Penguins (Reissue)

A family finds a penguin mysteriously delivered to their door every day for a year. At first they’re cute, but with every passing day, the penguins pile up—along with the family’s problems. Feeding, cleaning, and housing the penguins becomes a monumental task. They’re noisy and smelly, and they always hog the bathroom! And who on earth is sending these kwak-ing critters? Bright, striking illustrations with lots of opportunity for counting (and lots of laughs), 365 Penguins has become a perennial wintertime favorite.

Penguin: A Season in the Life of the Adélie Penguin

Beautiful, full-color photographs and an engaging first-person narrative introduce young readers to an Adelie penguin family's first view of the harsh, wild Antarctic environment.

Penguins!

An illustrated introduction to those wonderful waddling water birds!Living only in the southern hemisphere, there are seventeen different kinds of penguins.  With bright watercolor illustrations and kid-friendly language, Gail Gibbons introduces these black and white birds, describing where and how they live, what they eat, and how they hatch their young.   An exploration of the egg-laying and chick-raising habits of the emperor penguin is also included, describing how these large penguins take care of their babies in extremely cold temperatures, working together to look after one large egg at a time. Readers will also learn about threats to penguin populations, and what conservation efforts have been made to help preserve them.  A collection of penguin facts is also included.

Also, look at a few fun facts about penguins.

FUN FACTS ABOUT PENGUINS

Penguins are typically black and white.

WHAT COLOR ARE PENGUINS?

Their black feathers help them absorb heat from the sun, while their white feathers help them camouflage themselves in the snow.

WHERE DO PENGUINS LIVE?

They live in the Southern Hemisphere, in places like Antarctica, South America, and New Zealand.

In addition, they prefer to live in cold, coastal areas.

WHAT DO PENGUINS EAT?

Penguins eat a variety of things, including krill, fish, and squid. They use their beaks to catch their food.

HOW DO PENGUINS STAY WARM?

Too, penguins have a thick layer of feathers that helps them stay warm in the cold weather.

They also huddle together in groups to keep each other warm.

12 TOILET PAPER ROLL CRAFTS TO TRY

  1. There is no buzz about it, cutting strips from your toilet paper rolls creates the cutest little Toilet Paper Roll Honeycomb Honey Bee Activity.
  2.  Not only is it a cute craft but also a great game for building hand eye coordination-How To Make A Frog Craft Toilet Paper Roll.
  3. These Reindeer Toilet Paper Craft friends are just too cute.
  4. What a unique take on recycling a toilet paper roll, this Craft And Play: Toilet Paper Roll Car Craft looks so fun to make and play with.
  5. Fun and easy, try this Robot Toilet Paper Roll Craft.
  6. These unique snow people can be found in How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts.
  7. What a pretty Cardboard Tube Unicorn Crafts, I think this one would even be a great craft for a unicorn themed party as well.
  8. Learn how to Make An Adorable Toilet Roll Winter Village to brighten up wintry days with a craft and a great decoration.
  9. While this How to Make a Toilet Paper Tube Flower Garland is left brown you could absolutely have your child paint the rolls and let them dry before cutting to add some color.
  10. Toilet Roll cats can be made in any color or pattern to match your own personal kitty, maybe even craft an entire herd of them.
  11. For a space unit or just a space loving kid this Rocket Ship Craft is out of this world.
  12. Great for preschoolers this Toilet Paper Roll Owl Craft also allows them to work on some fine motor skills as they wrap yarn.
How To Create Toilet Paper Roll Penguins For A Bowling Game

Now, let’s get to put together a set of penguin bowling pins that your preschooler will love to set up and knock down over and over again.

HOW TO CREATE TOILET PAPER ROLL PENGUINS FOR A BOWLING GAME

You will need:

  • 2 sheets black construction paper
  • 3 sheets white construction paper
  • 1 sheet orange construction paper
  • Google eyes
  • 6 empty toilet paper rolls
  • Glue sticks
  • Hot glue gun/sticks
  • Scissors
How To Create Toilet Paper Roll Penguins For A Bowling Game

First, cut out 6 pieces of black construction paper to 3 ¾”x 6 ¼”, this is the perfect size for a toilet paper roll.

Cut out 6 orange beaks (about 1” long) and 12 half sized orange triangles for feet.

Finally, cut 6 small white ovals out of construction paper.

How To Create Toilet Paper Roll Penguins For A Bowling Game

Let your child use a glue stick to put the parts of the penguin together on the center of each black paper, including google eyes

How To Create Toilet Paper Roll Penguins For A Bowling Game

Continue until all 6 are done, let glue dry completely.

How To Create Toilet Paper Roll Penguins For A Bowling Game

To make sure that it holds up to being knocked over repeatedly I highly recommend that you wrap the paper around the toilet paper roll.

How To Create Toilet Paper Roll Penguins For A Bowling Game

Secure it with hot glue rather than a glue stick.

How To Create Toilet Paper Roll Penguins For A Bowling Game

Finally, tightly ball up a couple pieces of white construction paper to make a snowball bowling ball.

How To Create Toilet Paper Roll Penguins For A Bowling Game

This fun little set is now ready for playtime, when not in use keep

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Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

September 25, 2024 | Leave a Comment
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I have got a pile of fun winter animal craft ideas for you to use with kids of all ages including a tutorial for felt winter animal puppets. Also, look at my pages Arctic Region and Winter Season Unit Study Free Lapbook & Hands-On Ideas,

When you think about winter animals you probably think of Arctic animals like polar bears, puffins, walrus, and even the adorable narwhal.

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

Me too, which is why those are the animals I chose for our puppets today.

Crafting these simple puppets together is a great way to teach characteristics of each of these animals.

Ocean Anatomy makes a great resource and contains beautiful illustrations and a bit of info on each of these winter creatures.

Also, look at these books about the Arctic.

BOOKS ABOUT THE ARCTIC REGION AND ANIMALS

12 Arctic Books about People & Animals of the Arctic

Studying about the region of the Arctic is a fascinating topic. Grab some of these books about life in the Arctic and animals of the Arctic.

The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder

How do snow crystals form? What shapes can they take? Are no two snow crystals alike? These questions and more are answered inside this exploration of the science of snow, featuring photos of real snow crystals in all their beautiful diversity. Perfect for reading on winter days, this book by a nature photographer and a snow scientist will inspire wonder and curiosity about the marvels of snow. Snowflake-catching instructions are also included for aspiring young snow scientists!

In Arctic Waters

This arctic adaptation of “This is the House that Jack Built” follows polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhals and beluga whales as they chase each other around “the ice that floats in the Arctic waters.” Not only is the rhythmic, cumulative prose good for early readers; it is a pure delight to read aloud. The “For Creative Minds” section helps children learn how these animals live in the cold, icy arctic region.

Arctic Fox: Fascinating Animal Facts for Kids (This Incredible Planet)

Fascinating Animal Facts Arctic Fox Learn all about the amazing and adaptable Arctic fox. This small yet hardy creature survives in the harshest of environments!

This Incredible Planet series provides young readers with interesting information about the Earth’s most fascinating creatures.

Beautiful color photography makes each animal come to life. Learn about the Arctic fox’s habitat, diet, breeding, lifespan, behavior, threats, and so much more!

Over and Under the Snow

A wonderful winter book for kids from the author and illustrator of the beloved Over and Under series, now in paperback! Part of the acclaimed nature book series that includes Over and Under the Pond, Over and Under the Rainforest, and Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, this volume takes readers on a cross country ski trip through the winter woods to discover the secret world of animals living under the snow.

Animals in Winter (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science)

Read and find out about how animals cope with winter in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

This is a clear and appealing book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. Introduce kids to basic science ideas as part of discussions about the seasons and animals.

Have you ever seen a butterfly in the snow? Probably not. Butterflies can't survive cold weather, so when winter comes, many butterflies fly to warmer places. They migrate. Woodchucks don't like cold weather either, but they don't migrate; they hibernate. Woodchucks sleep in their dens all winter long. How do these and other animals handle the cold and snow of winter?

Read and find out in the proven winner Animals in Winter!

This is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades.

The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations (We Thought of It)

Today’s Arctic communities have all the comforts of modern living. Yet the Inuit survived in this harsh landscape for hundreds of years with nothing but the land and their own ingenuity. Join authors Alootook Ipellie and David MacDonald as they explore the amazing innovations of traditional Inuit and how their ideas continue to echo around the world. Some inventions are still familiar to us: the one-person watercraft known as a kayak still retains its Inuit name. Other innovations have been replaced by modern technology: slitted snow goggles protected Inuit eyes long before sunglasses arrived on the scene. Andother ideas were surprisingly inspired: using human-shaped stone stacks (Inunnguat) to trick and trap caribou. Many more Inuit innovations are explored here, including: • Dog sleds • Shelter • Clothing • Kids’ stuff • Food preservation • Medicine. In all, more than 40 Inuit items and ideas are showcased through dramatic photos and captivating language. From how these objects were made, to their impact on contemporary culture, The Inuit Thought of It is a remarkable catalogue of Inuit invention.

Mini Arctic Animals Figurines Set, Polar Animals Toy for Kids Plastic Arctic Reindeer,Walrus,White Whale,Polar Bear,Arctic Fox,Wolf Figures,

Tiny Animals Figures Party: 18 PCS Package include orca, walrus, white owl, reindeer, husky, 2pcs seal, 2pcs beluga whale, 2pcs arctic wolf, 2pcs arctic fox, 2pcs arctic rabbit, 2pcs polar bear figurines and igloo model.

Who are the Eskimos? Arctic People's Traditional Way of Life

Who Are The Eskimos is perfect for early to middle elementary students and makes a great addition to your library.

North: The Amazing Story of Arctic Migration

“A treat for middle-graders of an ecological bent.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review) At the top of our world is a huge wild place called the Arctic. In the winter, it is a cold and barren land, where few animals can survive. But when spring comes, it attracts animals from every corner of the earth. This lushly illustrated picture book celebrates the resilient wildlife and barren, beautiful landscapes of the Arctic Circle, tracing the awe-inspiring spring migration of millions of creatures to the Arctic and reminding the reader of the hardships and harmony of life in the wild.Back matter includes additional information about the arctic, a glossary, and an index.

Arctic White

When you live in the Arctic in winter, everything is a shade of white. A young girl looks around her home in the Arctic and sees only white, white, white...but one day her grandfather takes her on a journey through the tundra.  And at the end of their cold walk across the ice, they find something special that brings color into their world.

Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North (Modern Library Exploration)

In 1893, Fridjtof Nansen set sail in the Fram, a ship specially designed and built to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel with the sea’s drift closer to the North Pole than anyone had ever gone before. Experts said such a ship couldn't be built and that the voyage was tantamount to suicide.  This brilliant first-person account, originally published in 1897, marks the beginning of the modern age of exploration. Nansen vividly describes the dangerous voyage and his 15-month-long dash to the North Pole by sledge. Farthest North is an unforgettable tale and a must-read for any armchair explorer.

This Place Is Cold: An Imagine Living Here book

Can you imaging living in a place where it's so cold your breath turns instantly into tiny ice crystals that glitter in the sun? Where temperatures can drop fifty degrees below zero and even lower and the sun only comes out for a few hours per day? In This Place Is Cold readers will learn how people and animals survive in Alaska's ferocious cold, and how because of global warming this region is now in trouble. Vicki Cobb and Barbara Lavallee travelled the world together to research this groundbreaking geography series, that is now updated and redesigned to appeal to today's readers.

Next, before you get to crafting here is a short round up of facts on each of our puppet friends.

Share with your child as you create.

FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS IN THE ARCTIC

Polar Bears

  • Polar bears are the largest bears in the world.
  • They live in the Arctic, where they hunt for seals and other animals.
  • Polar bears have thick fur that keeps them warm in the cold weather.
  • They are very good swimmers and can hold their breath for up to two minutes.

Puffins

  • Puffins are small seabirds that live in the North Atlantic Ocean.
  • They have brightly colored beaks and feet.
  • Puffins eat fish and other small sea creatures.
  • They make their nests in burrows on cliffs and islands.

Walrus

  • Walruses are large, marine mammals that live in the Arctic.
  • They have long tusks that they use to dig up clams and other food from the ocean floor.
  • Walruses are very social animals and live in large groups.
  • They are also very vocal and communicate with each other using a variety of sounds.

Narwhal

  • Their tusks are used to hunt for food and to defend themselves from predators.
  • Narwhals are medium-sized Arctic whales that are known for their long, spiral tusks.
  • That tusk is actually a tooth that can grow up to 10 feet long.
  • Narwhals live in pods and communicate with each other using a variety of clicks and whistles.
Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

Also, look at more winter animal craft ideas.

5 MORE WINTER ANIMAL CRAFT IDEAS

Grab my Free Arctic Ground Squirrel Lapbook & Unit Study Resources.

If you have a paper plate and white tissue paper on hand you can make this Paper Plate Arctic Fox Craft For Kids.

Crafts can be delicious, just look at these Polar Bear Science Activities Preschool | How To Make A Fun Dessert, tasty polar bear pops.

Using one of my favorite inexpensive craft supplies, you can make a variety of Popsicle Stick Arctic Animal Crafts.

How to Make Wooden Peg Easy Arctic Animal Crafts.

Gather up a couple of pinecones and make this Easy and Fun Pinecone Snowy Owl Winter Craft for Kindergarten or any other age.

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

Finally, look at how to make your own felt puppets.

MAKE YOUR OWN FELT PUPPETS WINTER ANIMALS

This puppet tutorial is so simple you don’t even need a template.

To create the body, you’ll just need one piece of 9×12 felt for each animal.

You will need:

  • White felt-2
  • Black felt-2
  • Orange felt
  • Brown felt
  • Cream felt
  • Grey felt
  • Google eyes
  • Black marker/paint pen
  • scissors
  • Hot glue gun/glue
Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

The first part, creating the body, will be the same for all four animals.

And then I will give you more specific directions for each one.

Start by folding each piece of felt you are going to use in half.

Then cut out a mitt shape, cutting through both pieces at the same time so they match up perfectly.

You will want to use roughly 3/4 of the piece, leaving some scraps for noses, ears, etc. or just have extra felt pieces on hand.

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

Here is what you will want to cut out for each puppet:

POLAR BEAR PUPPET

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

NARWHAL PUPPET

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

WALRUS PUPPET

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

PUFFIN PUPPET

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

Once you have all the pieces cut, arrange the features until you’re satisfied with how it looks.

 Keep your pieces together in stacks while you work on one at a time.

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

Assemble each body by running a bead of hot glue close to the edge, just across the top of the felt piece.

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

 Quickly press the matching felt piece on top and allow the glue to harden.

Once the glue has set, fold the top piece back and run a few inches of glue down each side.

Press the top piece back into the glue and let it set.

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

 Continue all the way down until you’ve reached the end.

For the polar bear and narwhal, you will want to place the ears and the horn in between the two layers and glue them as you are putting the body together.

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

For the horn of the narwhal and the winged eyes of the puffin use a black marker or paint pen to draw on a bit more detail.

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

Now you can assemble all the features, layering them and attaching them with a bit of hot glue.

Arctic Winter Animal Craft Ideas: Make Your Own Felt Puppets

If you want your younger child to be part of making the puppets you can use a tacky fabric glue instead.

It will just take longer to dry but will be just as effective at holding it together.

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W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

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W is for winter and there is so much to learn about for this delightful season and the letter W. Also, I have more alphabet letter fun on my page How to Homeschool Preschool.

You can dive headfirst into snow, ice, snowmen, icicles, snowflakes, frost, and more with the theme as you learn all about W.

I have a great collection of ideas for you to make a full and wonderful study.

W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

There is a fun melting snowman oobleck activity, books, songs, and even adorable winter-themed snack ideas.

I kept the oobleck simple, needing just a couple of simple supplies.

But I can promise this activity is going to keep them busy no matter what the weather is outside.

So, bundle up and let get chilly with these fun hands-on activities.

Oobleck is a wonderful sensory activity that preschoolers love, a non-Newtonian fluid because it has properties that are both liquid and solid.

If you hit it fast or keep it rolling in your hand it almost seems solid like a playdough but stops the movement and it quickly liquifies.

More How to Homeschool Preschool Letter of the Week Activities

  • Alphabet Letter A is for Apple Craft for Preschool | Fun Apple Study
  • Letter O is for Owl Preschool Craft | Fun Great Horned Owl Study
  • Alphabet Letter H Handprint Craft For Fun Preschool Horse Study
  • How To Make An Alphabet Teeth Cleaning Activity | 5 Preschool Letter T Crafts
  • Alphabet Letter R is for Rainbow Craft for Preschool | Fun Rain Mobile
  • Alphabet Letter M is for Monkey Handprint Preschool Fun Monkey Study
  • Alphabet Letter G is for Gorilla Fun Paper Plate Preschool Mask
  • W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity
  • Letter E Is For Eagle Easy Preschool Eagle Study
  • Alphabet Letter N Is For Nest Handprint & Fun Nests Preschool Craft
  • B is for Bird Craft | Free Preschool Bluebird Study
  • X is for X Ray Craft | Unique Crayon Resist Skeleton

Language Arts Focus Day 1

W-w-w winter. Practice that sound a little each day as well as show it so they learn to recognize it. Because in life they will encounter it in many ways including environmental print.

I like to show letters in various fonts and settings. What other words start with W besides winter? Wet, wiggle, warm, white, wood, wool, and wind.

W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

Letter/Sound Recognition- Grab a little snowflake punch to work on building muscles in little hands and let your child create this simple W is for Winter Craft.

Book- Over and Under The Snow is a precious story of what happens above and below a winter blanket of snow that has wonderful illustrations and simple text.

Craft/Activity-Learn  How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts for a fun wintery friend, maybe a whole gang of snowmen to decorate your home.

Song/Fingerplay- Learn the letter W with Jack Hartmann, a favorite.

Snack-easy and adorable try a cup of this Deconstructed Snowman Popcorn treat, you won’t even need any real snow to make this kind of snowman.

Science Focus Day 2

The science of winter is fascinating, from snowflakes to learning why some places don’t get snow. Break out a globe and show your child the equator.

This is a great time to explain that places closer to the equator are more consistently warm and don’t get snow like places that are farther away from it.

Letter/Sound Recognition- Name recognition and learning to spell it is one of the first literacy activities for preschoolers, help them put together this Name Snowman for some fun practice.

Book- The Snowy Day is a classic winter read about a boy waking up to find that it snowed during the night and his adventures in the snow.

Kids love the bright illustrations and the simple magic of a snowy day.

Craft/Activity- Raid your pantry for some aluminum foil and create this Stunning Sparkly Icicle Craft, it is fun, easy, and creates a lovely decoration for the house. Your preschooler can create one or a long strand.

Song/Fingerplay- I found not one, not two but three cute snowman fingerplays on this library website.

Snack- How cute and easy are these Baked Snowflake Tortillas, kids in Texas, Florida, and other places that don’t get snow will be tickled with this treat.

Math Focus Day 3

Count items, compare piles, ask which is less and which has more. Count the points on a snowflake. Work math naturally into your day.

Letter/Sound Recognition- This Snowy Letter Hunt activity can be practiced with all W’s or use all the letters your child is familiar with for review.

W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

Letter/Sound Recognition- This Snowy Letter Hunt activity can be practiced with all W’s or use all the letters your child is familiar with for review.

Book- Sneezy the Snowman.

Craft/Activity- Make Snowman Oobleck, and turn it into a math activity by counting buttons, eyes, “sticks”, and hats.

Cut the buttons out in different sizes and have them sorted and ordered by the size of each button, which one is the largest? Smallest?

Song/Fingerplay- Little Snowflake is easy to learn with simple lyrics that are displayed in the video so you can learn it with your little one quickly.

Snack- Aren’t these Marshmallow Snowman S’Mores just the cutest thing? It feels like a pretty simple snack that can be made.

History/Geography Focus Day 4

 Point out places where it snows on a map like Antarctica, Canada, and Michigan. Look at my free lapbook and Arctic Unit Study.

Letter/Sound Recognition- These Hot Cocoa Letter mats are great for practicing letters with playdough, dry-erase markers, pipe cleaners, or marshmallows.

Book- Learn about Animals in Winter

Craft/Activity-Snowballs and Snow Plow Sensory Tray is a great segue into talking about city workers who clear the roads in the winter, an important community helper that happens to be a very important part of social studies for preschoolers.

Song/Fingerplay- Dance around to I’m a Little Snowman and use hand motions as they sing.

Snack-Make up a batch of Snowman Poop for a giggle, kids will love it.

W is For Winter Themed Books

W is for Winter Preschool Theme

Teach your child the sound of the Letter W and add in these fun books and resources about winter.

Over and Under the Snow

Part of the acclaimed nature book series that includes Over and Under the Pond, Over and Under the Rainforest, and Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, this volume takes readers on a cross country ski trip through the winter woods to discover the secret world of animals living under the snow. Over the snow, the world is hushed and white. But under the snow lies a secret world of squirrels and snow hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many other animals making their winter home under the snow. This beloved nonfiction picture book reveals the tunnels and caves formed beneath the snow but over the ground, where many kinds of animals live through the winter, safe and warm, awake and busy, but hidden beneath the snow. 

The Snowy Day

The magic and wonder of winter’s first snowfall is perfectly captured in Ezra Jack Keat’s Caldecott Medal - winning picture book. This celebrated classic has been shared by generations of readers and listeners, a must-have for every child’s bookshelf and a perfect gift for the holiday season.

Sneezy the Snowman

B-R-R-R-R! AH-CHOO! Sneezy the Snowman is cold, cold, cold. To warm up, he drinks cocoa, sits in a hot tub, stands near a warm fire–and melts! But the children know just what to do to build him up again–and make him feel “just right”. Hilarity chills the air with playful mixed-media illustrations by Stephen Gilpin as Sneezy attempts to warm himself with some silly results.

Animals in Winter (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science)

Have you ever seen a butterfly in the snow? Probably not. Butterflies can't survive cold weather, so when winter comes, many butterflies fly to warmer places. They migrate Woodchucks don't like cold weather either, but they don't migrate; they hibernate. Woodchucks sleep in their dens all winter long. How do these and other animals handle the cold and snow of winter?

There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!

The old lady is swallowing everything from snow to a pipe, some coal, a hat, and more! With rollicking, rhyming text and funny illustrations, this lively version will appeal to young readers with every turn of the page. And this time, there's a surprise at the end no reader will be able to guess!

Language Arts Focus Day 5

Letter/Sound Recognition- Draw W’s and several other letters on a piece of paper and give your child some small objects.

I found these snowflakes at Dollar Tree sold as table scatter decor. Have your child locate and cover up each W with their object. You could also print out some small wintery images and cut them into squares for your child to use.

W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

Book- Remember the There was an old lady who swallowed a fly?

There are dozens and dozens of new variations out there that kids adore for the ridiculous items she swallows, There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow, is perfect for this winter unit.

Craft/Activity- You can make these  Fun Paper Cup Snowman Game Matching Upper and Lowercase Alphabet Letters in as many or as few letters as you want to practice.

Song/Fingerplay- Wonderful W is very fun and engaging.

Snack-You could make this Winter Wonderland Snack Mix with whatever white dry treats you have on hand.

Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

You will need:

  • 1 cup water
  • 2 cups cornstarch
  • Craft foam
  • Scissors
  • Glitter-optional
  • Shallow container
  • Bowl
  • Spatula for mixing
W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

First, in a large bowl mix water and cornstarch until combined.

W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

You might want to get in there with your hands and mix it up well.

W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

Grab some craft foam and cut out whatever items you like for your snowman like buttons, eyes, limbs for arms, hats, scarves, etc.

Make different items so your child has a choice of hats, arm positions, eyes, etc..

W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

I couldn’t resist adding a little detail to the hat and carrots.

Now pour the mixture into a shallow container, these large ones at Dollar Tree are perfectly sized and come with a lid to cover it up when done playing.

Sprinkle on a little glitter if desired.

W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

Set up the melting snowman items all around him as an invitation to play and let your preschooler’s imagination go crazy.

W Is For Winter Craft Easy Snowman Oobleck Activity

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