First day of winter activities

A Gingerbread Theme Day loaded with gingerbread activities for first grade including literacy, STEM, math, crafts, and more.

{UPDATE - Purchase NEW and IMPROVED templates HERE) I love incorporating the children's pictures into our art/writing activities. They are so cute! This week we read "The Snowy Day" and then wrote about what we like to do on snowy days. I think our little snow children turned out super duper adorable! :)

Winter officially begins on December 21st. Here are some meaningful and fun winter solstice activities for kids.

With the excitement of winter, the new year, and winter vacations, it can be hard to keep students focused and engaged in learning. Winter themed academic activities motivate students by connecting what they are experiencing

Download Children's Activities for Annual Holidays. Color pages, word searches, crosswords, puzzles for lots of learning fun.

Seven Kindergarten winter activities you can easily setup in your classroom that will transform it into a winter wonderland.

Snow science experiments & STEM challenges - Harness students' excitement about snow & use it for learning! These hands-on, engaging science activities use real snow. #snowscience #snowscienceexperiments

Looking for simple and low prep (yet fun and creative!) ways to ease back into school on the first day back after Christmas Break? Check out this blog post- complete with 2 engaging free resources- to help make your return to the classroom as stress free as possible. #freeteacherresources #upperelementary #thirdgradeteacher #fourthgradeteacher #fifthgradeteacher

Celebrate National Chocolate Day October 28th with this fun Hot Chocolate PlayDough Recipe. This is sure to be a hit with kids of all ages.

Because of winter break and other holiday-time activities, my week with my 1st graders was cut down into only 2 days, so instead of trying to do the alligator weaving project, I opted to change it up and we made snowglobes instead! I had students use tracers to create the shape for their snowglobes on blue paper, brown paper, and a sheet of transparency paper for the "glass" on the snowglobe. The first day students cut out all the parts and used white tempera paint to create their snowy…