Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Winter Activities

One of the best things about winter is watching children’s enjoyment of the season. You can easily add to your child’s enjoyment and learning by creating fun winter activities. And there are lots of amazing and creative ideas for winter activities online.

Activities involving snow, ice, snowmen, cold weather, and/or animals in winter are great for a winter theme. Arctic and Antarctic studies are great, too, although I’ll save those activities for another post.

(UPDATE: Here’s the link to my Montessori-Inspired Arctic and Antarctic Unit.)

Here are some Montessori-inspired winter activities related to snow, ice, snowmen, cold weather, and/or animals in winter. I’ll add to this post throughout the season.

Montessori-Inspired Winter Activities

Montessori-Inspired Snowman Color Tray

I have Montessori-Inspired Snowman Color Activities at PreK + K Sharing.

Sandpaper Letter with Snowman Letter Salt Tray

UPDATE: I have Montessori-Inspired Snowman Letter Activities (phonetic sounds, upper- and lowercase letter matching, and movable alphabet spelling) at PreK + K Sharing.

I also have Montessori-Inspired Winter Math Activities at PreK + K Sharing.

I have a roundup post with with Montessori-inspired winter playdough activities.

Making Animal Tracks (Photo from The Work Plan)

The Work Plan has winter activities, including making animal tracks (photo at the top of this post).

Winter Sensory Tub (Photo from Little Wonders’ Days)

Little Wonders’ Days has many winter posts, including a winter sensory tub.

Friesen Funny Farm has a winter sensory bin and snowman names.

Winter Tree Math Game (Photo from To the Lesson!)

To the Lesson! has a number of posts filled with winter activities (photo), including wintertime flower arranging.

Snowflake Spooning (Photo from Leptir)

Leptir has a winter activities post with links to more winter activities within the post.

Flipping Snowflakes (Photo from Discovery Days and Montessori Moments)

Discovery Days and Montessori Moments has Snow Time winter activities.

Icicle Making Activity (Photo from My Montessori Preschool)

My Montessori Preschool has winter activities, including icicle making.

Button Snowman (Photo from Jada Roo Can Do)

Jada Roo Can Do has a number of winter activities, including a button snowman (photo).

Strong Start has a number of winter trays.

Andrea Coventry has spooning activities for January, more spooning activities for January, and tonging activities for January.

We Can Do All Things has snowflake colors.

1 Mommy’s Journey has a number of winter activity trays.

The Adventures of Bear has literature and art-related activities.

American Montessori Consulting has an animals-in-the-winter unit study and fall/winter hands-on newsletter.

Montessori for Everyone has free months and seasons materials and inexpensive winter materials.

Montessori Print Shop has free weather tracking cards and inexpensive winter materials.

Pouring and Tweezing Snowflake Confetti (Photo from Kingdom of the Pink Princesses)

Kingdom of the Pink Princesses has winter toddler trays, including pouring and tweezing snowflake confetti.

Winter Transferring Activity (Photo from Chasing Cheerios)

Chasing Cheerios has a winter transferring activity (photo) and snowflake matching work.

Snowman Counting Activity (Photo from Our Country Road)

Our Country Road has lots of winter activity trays.

Snowman and Snowballs Cards and Counters (Photo from Discovery Kidzone Montessori Adventures)

Discovery Kidzone Montessori Adventures has January/Winter Math and practical life “Works”  and Snowman Contraction Freebie.

Kids’ Winter Activities Pinterest Board

I have lots and lots of wonderful winter activities of all types and for many levels pinned to my Kids’ Winter Activities Pinterest board. They’re not all Montessori-inspired, but they would work wonderfully in a winter unit.

Have fun this winter!

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