From Smart Apps For Special Needs: Let it SNOW! 14 apps and activities

Last year, I wrote a post about the brutal winter weather here in the Midwest with a list of my ten favorite snow-themed activities and apps. The weather sure hasn't changed from last January, but I have updated my list. I always do a snow theme the first week back after winter break and the kid's enthusiasm helps ease my winter blahs.  

My students and I have had a blast with the snow the few days we were able to have school this week and we stayed toasty warm while doing it.  These are my ten (now 14) favorite snow related activities and apps. These inside activities are all cheap (several are free) and easy to do.  Whether you are dealing with mountains of snow or live in a place where it never snows, enjoy the snow themed fun. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

1.  Snowman Button Counting Activity - This activity was a free download from the Teachers Pay Teachers website (free account needed to download).  You get ten snowmen with numbers printed on their hat.  Give children buttons or pom poms to add the correct number of pieces to each snowman. I like to laminate mine so they hold up a little better.  You can do so many activities with these little guys.  Counting, math, sequencing, following directions -- the possibilities are endless.     

 

2.  Shoveling Snow - Find plastic tongs or spoons at the dollar store to use as shovels.  Cotton balls or pom poms can create a little blizzard that's so much fun to clean up.  I sometimes have to pry these out of their hands at the end of a session.  Kids love to scoop and move those little pom poms.  We scoop into different size piles, shovel into a toy dump truck and even sort the white snow from that nasty yellow snow!  I combine this activity with snow themed children's books.

 

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