INSIDE: Snow Counting activity is a fun way to practice counting in winter or on snowy days! Bring the snow indoors for this fun and easy snow numeracy activity for toddlers and preschoolers.
We had a white Christmas this year. One good things to come in a year filled with many disappointments. And then it snowed again the next day so we had lots of snow to play with outdoors and in! To practice counting with my toddlers, I set up this simple counting activity indoors using real snow but you can also use fake snow.
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How to Set Up Snow Counting
Grab a baking sheet and head outside and fill it with snow. The key to keeping it from melting too quickly once you bring it inside is to pack it down. Bring it inside and pack it down and smooth the surface with spoon or spatula or your hand.
Grab a marker and numbers and punch small holes in the snow to correspond to the numbers. See the picture above. Place the foam numbers beside the holes.
Snow Counting with Pom Poms
Next, grab enough Pom Poms to count out and place inside the holes. You can also use buttons, squeeze pouch caps, small stones or just about anything you have that will fit in the holes in the snow.
Invite your preschooler to come and count out the correct number of Pom Poms for each number and place then into the holes.
Snow Counting with Coloured Water
Here is another way to extend this activity using the same baking sheet of snow, numbers and holes you just created. Grab your eye droppers and bowls. Fill the bowls with a small amount of water. Add a few drops of food colouring to each bowl.
Invite your preschooler to use the eye droppers to colour the snow inside the holes with coloured water. As they colour each hole, have them count out the number.
Extend this activity further by having them use the eye droppers snd coloured water to colour the rest of the snow. See Snow Art for more.
Supplies
- Baking sheet
- Snow (real or fake)
- Pom Poms
- Colourful bowls
- Eye Dropper
- Water
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
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These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
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Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
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Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
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Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
