Weather/Seasons Theme

The indoor snowballs are so fun and not cold. We divided into two teams and had an indoor snowball fight! This is good gross motor fun.

A couple of fine motor ideas for a Weather or Seasons Theme include leaf rubbings that are then painted with watercolor paint, painting with water colors and ice cubes, and

playing in shaving cream. We practice writing our names and many different letters and numerals in the shaving cream.

Mittens can be matched and rocks can be painted to look like snowmen parts and then put together in many different ways.

Rain clouds can be painted with sponges and then raindrops can be cut out and glued to the cloud. Drops of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple paint can be placed inside a sandwich bag and then sealed. Then students can mix the colors and trace letters on the rainbow in a bag.

Tissue paper rainbows are also a cute craft but time consuming for little hands.

In our Winter STEAM box that I place at our Science Center, I include pictures of snowflakes, mittens, cotton balls, and a sandwich bag full of either shaving cream or white paint. Styrofoam peanuts can also be used in the sensory table. Also at the Science Center, dirt and water can be mixed to create mud or take the students outside for some puddle jumping if you want to avoid the mess inside.
Some books that I use for our Weather/Seasons Theme are:
*"What's the Weather?"
*"Worm Weather"
*"Spring for Sophie"
*"A Tree for All Seasons"

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