Snow Tot Trays and Workbox Activities

Our homeschooling days 

have gotten a bit busier this week

since the addition of two new wee ones.

I am thinking I could open my own

Preschool one day... ;0)

Therefore,

I needed to get my act together 

if ANY school 

was going to occur in our house 

this week...

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With some Christmas money I had,

I purchased another...

...craft cart from Sam's Club.

This cart is just for Preschool activities,

and along with the Explorer Box and Tot Trays,

I feel like I am now adequately stocked and organized

to keep my young kiddos hoppin'...

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On top of the cart sits...

...the Explorer Box.

The box currently contains...

...Winter themed items including

the following:

Cotton Balls

Pom poms

Glittery Snowmen and Snowflakes

Snowmen erasers

Wooden mittens

Snowmen magnets

Measuring items

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Under the Explorer Box,

I have put together a couple of...

...Preschool Daily Learning Notebooks

created by

Confessions of a Homeschooler.

These Daily Learning Notebooks

have revolutionized our

Calendar Time...

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Here is what was in the

cart drawers

for this week...

Drawer One:

Clay Snowmen Kits

(found them in the $1 bin at JoAnne's)

and a

Snowman Interactive Poem

from

Make Learning Fun

(Yes, Captain America joined

our homeschooling this week, too...)

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Drawer 2:

Snowmen and Penguin Patterning

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Tray 3:

Snowflake Count and Clip Cards

and

Snowflake Count Cards

from

Make Learning Fun

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Tray 4:

Snowflakes Tracer/Cutting Page

from the

2 Teaching Mommies Snow & Ice Pack

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Tray 5:

Fine Motor Skills practice

with

tweezers and "mini snowflakes"

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Tray 6:

Tongs, Snowmen, and Snowmen Ice Cub Trays

Transfer Activity

I got these ice cube trays a couple of years ago

at

The Dollar Tree.

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Tray 7:

Putting "snow colored" pipe cleaners

into a Parmesan Cheese container. 

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Tray 8:

Drawing on Snowmen Pads with markers.

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Day 9:

Snowball Sculpture activity

(Idea from Strong Start)

The kiddos LOVED this particular drawer!

They made tons of snowmen,

and then took the "snowballs"

and had a snowball fight!

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Tray 10:

"Make Your Own Snow" kits

from

The Dollar Tree

(I will post more about these

on

Science Sunday

over at

Adventures in Mommydom.)

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Now,

onto the Tot Trays...

Tray 1:

Pattern Blocks Snowflakes

from

Moms Have Questions Too

This activity was a bit much

for my two 3 year olds.

Little Wild Man

(age 7)

enjoyed it, though!

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Tray 2:

Letter "I" (Ice) Sort

from the

2 Teaching Mommies Snow & Ice Pack

(I love watching Little Wild Man

lead the younger boys in different activities-

he is such a big helper!)

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Tray 3:

Snowman Color Match Up

from

PreK and K Sharing

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Tray 4:

Dot-a-Dot Coloring Book

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I also pulled out...

...a couple of puzzles...

...for the kiddos to work on.

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Linking up 

at

Preschool and Kindergarten Corner