Pre-k
lesson plans for the theme of winter may vary depending on where you
live. It is a good idea to discuss the weather around the
world
in your winter lesson plans.
The preschool winter activities below are written for the cold winters
we get here, in the northern part
of the planet. Brrrrrrrr.
Here are my Pre-K Lesson Plans for Winter: Big
ideas, concepts and values:
There
are changes in the weather.
Animals
adapt themselves to the weather.
People
also adapt to the weather.
Winter
allows us to do things we can not do during the other seasons.
Essential
Questions:
How do we adjust to the changes in the
weather?
How do the animals adapt to the weather?
What are some winter activities?
In
Class Activities:
Dramatic Center: Turn your dramatic corner into a cave
with costumes of animals that hibernate during winter.
Art
Center: Below are images of my preschool winter
activities. To learn
about the process of making these art activities visit my winter art
activities section.
Music
and Movement Corner: These are my two favorite winter songs
Five
Little Snowmen Fat (Also great for math)
Frosty the Snowman
Blocks
and Lego: Build your neighborhood and cover it
with snow.
Language
Skills: Expose the children to words such as
hibernationand
migration. Clothing words: Boots, coat, scarf, hat,
mittens.
Weather words: Cold, ice, snow, melt, icicles, snowman.
Winter activities: Skiing, sledding, tobaggon, skating, shoveling.
Math
Center:
Use the concept of size: Big, medium, small as you
teach the children how to draw or build a snowman.
Create a graph with the children's favorite winter activities.
Books: Visit this page for my favorite winter
books.
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One last tip - I got this from my son's daycare. One day it was too
cold to go outside and play so the teachers decided to bring buckets of
snow into the classroom. They set it up instead of the water and sand
table and needless to say the children had a blast!
Pre-k
lesson plans for the theme of winter may vary depending on where you
live. It is a good idea to discuss the weather around the
world
in your winter lesson plans. 
