We are working on our winter theme and I made a snowman letter tracing activity for letter recognition and fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock and then laminated them for durability.

Children trace the letters with their fingers first and then with a washable marker. If you do not laminate the letter tracers you can use pencils as well as markers. Q-tips that the children dip in paint also work well for the children to trace over the letters.

You can watch a video of this activity by clicking the image below. This activity is currently located in the member's section which is also where I have added Snowman Fine Motor Dots ... Scissor Skills ... and Pre-Writing Cards.

We have been working on writing skills a lot so I made some hot cocoa writing cards. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out. I then laminated them and put them in a basket with washable markers.

In this activity children trace the dashed lines with their finger and then with washable markers.  I have included both black and white as well as color versions. 

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added hot cocoa alphabet punch strips.

I made a hot cocoa match for number recognition and review. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

I set the hot cocoa cups and number circles out on the table in to separate piles.  I made sure the numbers were all mixed up in each pile. Children put the cups in numerical order and then put the matching number circle on top of each cup.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added Hot Cocoa Alphabet Match.

We made puffy paint penguins after circle time today.  It was a great project for scissor skills ... sensory and fine motor development.  We used black and orange cardstock paper to make the the penguins.  We free cut the penguin shapes but I have included patterns that you can trace around on the cardstock paper.

The next step was to make the puffy paint which was really easy. The children mixed 1 cup of shaving cream and 1/2 cup of white glue together with a craft stick.  The puffy paint should be like a thick marshmallow topping ... if it is not you can add more glue.

The children applied the puffy paint to the penguins using either their fingers or craft sticks.  The penguins took a while to dry because of the thickness of the paint.

penguin pattern

You can see a video of this activity by clicking below:

I made a snowman and snowflake themed tic-tac-toe game and I wanted to share it with you.  Just print the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut out and laminate. Play as a traditional tic-tac-toe game.

snowman tic-tac-toe patterns
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​I made a snowman match for color recognition. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and and cut them out.

I set the snowman cards and color circles out in a basket making sure the colors were mixed up. The children picked a snowman card and then found the matching color circle and put it in the blank circle on the card.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added a snowman number sequence.