Winter Fun + Valentine's Day FREEBIES

We've been working on all things winter and have Valentine's Day ready to go for next week.  It has been a weird weather year for us so it has been odd to be doing snow activities when there is NO snow to be seen.  Definitely unusual for Michigan in January.  I've finally gotten around to posting our winter preschool unit in my store.  I've turned two of the activities into FREEBIES, so keep reading to the end to download your free Valentine templates and puzzles.

Here's a peek at some of what is included in the unit:

Snowball Fight Letter and Number Identification

Throw the "snowballs" until you hear the word stop.  Grab a snowball, open it up and read the letter or number inside.  Repeat.  All. Day. Long!  We loved this one!

 Winter Themed Maze Booklets

K is really into doing mazes right now.  She loves to do them on placemats at restaurants and she is actually pretty good at them.  I made her some mini books with winter shapes.

 Valentine's Day Tens Frame Match

A new matching game and a reason to use my cute felt envelope from Target.  I think this is going to go in K's quiet boxes next week.

 Coloring Pages

Both of my girls are LOVING coloring right now.  This week they started requesting what they wanted to color.  Lucky for them they have a mom who owns a lot of clip art and can make that happen pretty quickly.

 Spin and Cover Games

We loved playing these with our December unit so I made some more with a winter and Valentine's Day theme.

 Snowman Sequencing

In this quick activity, K had to sequence the steps to make a snowman and then use the pieces to build her own.  This is when having some snow outside would have been handy because we could have made a real one.  Oh well.  It is only January so I'm sure we will get some snow soon.

 Playdough Mats

Playdough is always a hit around here and it gives my girls a chance to make some more snowballs - yet another kind that doesn't melt!

 Arctic Animal Clip Cards

I love clip cards.  They are an easy activity with a built in self checking option.  Pair it with cute clothespins (Target for the win again) and it is a definite win!

 Rip Art Templates

Rip art was one of my favorite art mediums to use in the classroom.  It was so fun to see the pictures my students could create with just ripped construction paper.  It was one of my favorite ways for them to illustrate their books.  I made a few templates so we can try ripping paper and gluing it down next week.

You can download all of these activities by clicking HERE. 

FREEBIE TIME

I created two different valentine's templates.  One is a foldable valentine that makes a heart  and has "I love you because" as the prompt.  

 I also did a flipbook valentine.  The top page says "Happy Valentine's Day," the middle page says Me and You and is designed for a picture, and the last page says "I love you because."

Click to download your free valentines. 

But wait, I have one more freebie for you.  This is a heart puzzle that has four different ways to make each number (1-10).  In the interest of full disclosure, this can be tedious to cut out because they are not standard shapes.  However, the thick black line is very forgiving so you can easily assemble the puzzles even if the cuts aren't exact.  

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