Earlier this month, in the middle of December, I looked at the calendar and the list of themes that I would like to cover this homeschool year and decided I needed to fiugre out a theme we could do before our third child is born. I decided that since there would be about two months before he comes that we would learn about all things winter.
Here is the winter unit that I came up with :
Here is a look at some of the activities (suitable for 2 to 6 year olds) that we did for weeks 1&2 :
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Some cutting practice *
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A 2-in-1 puzzle from George Luck, somehow the one polar bear is already missing!
This puzzle is became a favorite from the moment we opened the package. Mr. Z misplaced the polar bear he told me he threw it away but I think its in one of those hidden places aka the black hole for all things toys.
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Match the snowman with his hat and buttons *
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Match the snowman with his hat and buttons *
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Sorting clean and dirty snow with tongs or tweezers
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Make a bead snowflake
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Transfer the water beads to the other bowl with the spoon and without spilling
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Transfer snow with a spoon
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Pouring water with ice beads and cleaning up spills with the sponge
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Transfer the water beads to different size cups
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Snowmen Shape Matching *
![](http://themultilingualhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_0753-224x300.jpg)
Les Alphas had to play in the snow
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Penguins ice excavation and sensory bin
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Color the snowflake *
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Cutting practice with snowflakes *
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and pasting them onto paper
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Pin Punching Mitten or Snowflake
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Snowflake Couting Cards
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Snowflake and Mitten Counting Cards
Links to Activity Printables
Cutting Practice part of Free Winter Printable set / Totschooling.net
Snowman Hat and Button Matchup / The Kids Place
Snowman Shapes / Welcome to Mommyhood
Color the Snowflakes / 3 Dinosaurs
Snowflake Matching – **this was used as the glue and cutting practice** / Pre-Kinders
Mittens Matching / The Stem Laboratory
Snowflake Couting Cards / Welcome to Mommyhood
Snowflake and Mitten templates / Google Search