Snowman Math Game

C is really into math right now, so I made this quick snowman game for us to play together.

I cut circles for the bottom, middle and head of the snowmen.

Then wrote numbers on them so the top and middle circles would equal the number on the bottom circle. I made them reversible as well and made a few sets, using different colors.

Tot School - Snowmen & Snow

C is 32 Months

(J is 10 months)

 C dropped the buttons we used in last week's activities into a water bottle

 Sorted hot and cold pictures

(images were from a Mailbox Magazine from a few years ago)

 Glued circles (snowballs) onto paper

C used scissors for the first time! I helped her cut on the line and thought it was too hard for her since we were struggling. After that I just let her do it on her own and she cut (off the line) just fine!

 Traced lines
Printables from Itsy Bitsy Learners

 Threw yarn snowballs into a garbage can

 J had some sensory fun with the snowballs! (with close supervision of course)

Other things we did with the snowballs, but I did not get pictures

* Snowball fights! C thought that was great!

* Tossed them onto our foam ABC mat and named the letter it landed on

* juggling -- well attempting to :)

Foil snowflake (idea from Frugal Family Fun Blog)

We did this together, C lost interest :(

Name Snowman (idea from Live, Learn, Love)

C and I worked together to make J's while she napped.

We played with small colorful hair ties.

 They are great fine motor practice for making patterns and sorting colors


 She also matched the pattern on her pants

Tot School - Snowman Week

C is 32 months

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 I am not sure if they still make Danimals drinks in this shape? I don't buy them, but I saved these from my teaching days when a child would bring them in for snack. I always thought they looked like snowmen, so I colored one with a Sharpie marker. They work well for Snowman bowling...


This was probably C's favorite of the week! I put tape on the floor to mark where to set the "pins" up. I thought about writing numbers on the tape and pins so she could match, but never got around to that.

Sometimes I forgot I have a huge collection of materials from my teaching days. I dug out all the snowman stuff I could find for C to work with this week. I didn't even get to it all.

 Color matching the hats to the noses and buttons

 I used the snowman that was missing the buttons to play this counting activity.

 Using the buttons to trace letters

 Using the buttons on the counting cards

 Playing with the felt snowman

After seeing this post on Teach Preschool I had to try it. I put the tape on the floor and right away C seemed to know what to do. She jumped from each shape. Then I put the line on the floor and she jumped and balanced on it.

 She is always matching, she started to collect blue toys to put on the blue tape

 I got out these blocks for her to trace the shapes with. She wasn't too interested in this and didn't even  finish this shape.

 She stacked the blocks instead

  Baby J even participated this week, she is really into putting things into something and taking them out. So I gave her an empty puffs container and blocks.

 This was another failed activity. I wrote the letters on the tape to match the letter blocks with, but she wasn't interested. Instead she would just walk along the tape, naming the letters as she walked.

 To keep C occupied for a few minutes while I had to care for J, I told her to use her new camera to take pictures of things that were green. She took this task very seriously and took (extremely) up close pictures of all things the green she could find!

Felt Snowman

Today I made a felt snowman. I used some of the little pieces of felt scraps we have left to make a variety of pieces needed to make a different snowman each time.

I cut out various sizes, colors and shapes needed to make the eyes (squares, circles and triangles), nose (big and small carrot, celery, apple), mouth (banana, circles), buttons, boots, hats, and mittens and arms.

When C was done building her felt snowman, I helped her play the Starfall Ten Little Snowmen game

What is Missing?

Christmas is over and I think we are going through advent chain withdrawal. It was really nice having all the activities planned and organized. I have been trying to think of how I can continue to have daily activities for both girls without the use of a paper chain that is 365 links long. I have some ideas and will share if I think of something that will work for us all. Until then we will just do whatever.

Years ago one of the first teacher conferences I attended featured a presenter that shared this idea of creating a "What's Missing" book. They were basically made using coloring pages. I made my own for C recently using a snowman picture from one of her Christmas coloring books. I traced the picture several times, leaving something different out each time.

I am sure there is an easier way to do this on the computer, but my printer is out of ink :)