Build a Snowman Activity for Preschoolers
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Build a Snowman is a great activity to kick off the winter season because it will help preschoolers practice their fine motor skills and show you how their cutting skills and spatial awareness are developing.
This FREE printable has four pages with two different snowmen bodies and accessories. You can get it at the end of the post.
Build a Snowman Activity
This is a fun way for children to learn how to build a snowman. I know it is fun to play in the snow and build a real snowman, but it is a good alternative in places like Florida, where we never see snow.
In a place where you see snow and you do get cold, it will allow your children to have the experience (kind of, I know!), and stay warm inside! At least you get to build two very different snowmen.
What to Do
Print each page using white paper. If you want to make it into a matching activity, print the pages in white cardstock, cut the pieces out, and laminate them to make them last longer.
Give the child one snowman. Have the child cut out the parts and paste them in construction paper, shaping the snowman. The printable comes with a picture of the completed snowman. I will suggest not to give instructions to the children about where the pieces go. That will allow you to observe the level of maturity your children have and how developed is their spatial awareness. Besides, the best artwork is the one they do on their own.
To extend the activity, you can:
- Have the children draw the snowman.
- Copy the word snowman.
- Create a story about it.
- Find other words that start with Ss.
- Divide the compound word into snow and man.
- Practice the sound the letter S makes.
This activity is great to strengthen the children’s spatial awareness, concentration, sequence, one-to-one correspondence, and fine motor skills.
Books About Snowmen
Reading is something that you always have to take into consideration when you’re planning your lessons. I cannot stretch the importance of good storybooks more. Books help children develop their imagination, language, show them about rhyming words, and that you read from top to bottom and left to write (the same way you write), just to mention a few of its benefits.
There are tons of good books out there. You should always bring books related to the theme or season you are working on to your library, centers, and book baskets. It will span and improve their learning process, and it will give them tons of fun as well.
These are some of my favorites about snowmen. You can find them at your local library, a used books store, and Amazon. For easy access, click on the pictures if you want to purchase some (or all) to add to your library. That will take you to the right page through my Amazon affiliate link.
- The Giving Snowman by Julia Zheng is a book about kindness and gratitude. Through the story, children can learn that giving to others is a virtue that connects us all and makes our lives more beautiful.
- Sneeze the Snowman by Maureen Wright is a funny story that uses playful mixed-media illustrations to tell how Sneezy attempts to warm himself with some silly results.
- The Biggest Snowman Ever by Steven Kroll is a playful story about Clayton and Desmond joining forces to build the largest snowman ever, teaching the children that working together is best.
- Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner is a delightful wintertime tale that reveals snowmen’s secret lives and where they go at night. It uses imaginative verse to offer many amusing details.
- How to Catch a Snowman by Adam Wallace is a delightful picture book filled with silly rhymes, fun art, and STEAM connections perfect for preschoolers.
- The Itsy Bitsy Snowman by Jeffrey Burton is a fresh winter spin on a classic nursery rhyme, as one little snowman sleds through a winter wonderland.
- The Snowman by Raymond Briggs uses full-color illustrations without words to tell the story of a little boy who rushes out into the wintry day to build a snowman, which comes alive in his dreams that night.
Pin It For Later
If you are in a rush and don’t have time to read the post and download the printable but want to save it for later, pin this to your fine motor or winter board on Pinterest for easy access when you need it.
I hope you like this Build a Snowman printable. It will help entertain your kiddos and give you another choice to add to your lesson plan this season. Don’t forget to get your FREE printable! You must click on the bottom below to download and start using it.
Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.
Love,
Also, please let me know if this activity works for you, and if you would like to see an article or a printable about how to make something specific, please let me know, and I will try my best to create it for you. My goal is to help you in any way I can, and I don’t like anything better than to post something that you might find useful.
