Preschool Lesson Plan: Snow

Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee

Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Snow

Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about snow, but also with books about all sorts of weather.

Snacks for Preschool Lesson Plan: Snow

Some cool snow-themed snacks to serve your preschoolers include:

-snow cones
-snowballs (snack cakes sold at food stores)
-vanilla ice cream

Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Snow

Letter: Ss for snow
Number: 4 for the 4 letters in the word snow
Shape: snowflake
Color: white

Fine Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Snow

Paper snowflakes: Teach your preschool students how to make paper snowflakes using folded white paper and safety scissors. Encourage your students to make several paper snowflakes.

Gross Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Snow

Snow ball fight: Fear not, whether you live in Alaska or Jamaica, this is an activity that your preschool students can participate in. For those of you who live in cold climates, take your students outside for a gentle snowball fight. For those of you who live in warmer climates, push your classroom furniture to the sidelines. Let your students wad up sheets of used white paper. Blow a whistle and let the festivities begin!

Art Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Snow

Let it snow!: Give each of your students a large sheet of blue construction paper. Set out white finger paint on paper plates. Have your students pull on art smocks and then finger paint to their hearts' delights!

Songs/Finger Plays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Snow

A simple little rhyme that I have made up can be sung to the tune of Ten Little Indians.

One little, two little,
Three little snowflakes.
Four little, five little,
Six little snowflakes.
Seven little, eight little,
Nine little snowflakes.
Ten little snowflakes falling down!

When singing the last line, have your students hold their hands in the air, then bring them down, wiggling their fingers like falling snowflakes.

Pre-math Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Snow

Set out the letters s, n, o, w that you have previously cut from felt or laminated construction paper. Put out an example of the word snow for your students to use as a guide. Have them set out the letters, properly spelling the word snow. Instruct your preschool students to count the number of letters in the word snow. Now have your preschool students count out 4 snowflake shapes to set beneath the 4 lettered word.

Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Snow

For younger students, provide sheets of paper with the letters S and s lightly printed on them. Have the children trace the letters. Do the same with the number 4.

For older students, provide an example of the letters S and s and the number 4. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.

Write the word snow on your preschool classroom's white erase board. Let your students copy the word snow on the white board with dry erase markers.