Build a Snowman Activity for Preschoolers
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This is a great activity to kick off the winter season, because it will help preschoolers practice their fine motor skills, and it will show you how their cutting skills and spatial awareness are developing.
This FREE printable comes with four pages with two different snowmen bodies and accessories, and you can get it at the end of the post.
Build a Snowman
I think this is a very 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 in places like Florida, where we never see snow, it is a good alternative.
In a place where you see snow and you do get cold, it will give your children the opportunity 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, and/or find words that start with Ss.
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 in to your library, centers, and book baskets books related to the theme or season you are working on. It will span and improve their learning process, and it will give them tons of fun time as well.
These are some of my favorites about snowmen. You can find them at your local library, at a used books store, and at Amazon. For easy access, just click on the pictures if you want to purchase some (or all) to add to your library. That will take you directly to the right page, through my Amazon affiliate link.
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, to have easy access when you need it.
I hope you like this Build a Snowman printable, and that will help and 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 just have to click on the bottom below to download it and start using it.
Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.
Love,
P.S. Please let me know if this activity work 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.
