Looking for fun Arctic Animals Activities? Learn about Arctic Animals and their traits and work on counting, shapes and letters and tracing.
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Join us on an exciting adventure into the icy world of Arctic animals with these polar animal science activities. Through hands-on experiments and engaging activities, we’ll explore how Arctic animals adapt and survive. From blubber experiments to penguin feather mysteries and ice-melting observations to camouflage fun, let’s dive into the wonders of polar animals and ... Read more
Looking for fun Arctic Animals Activities? Learn about Arctic Animals and their traits and work on counting, shapes and letters and tracing.
We prepared some Polars Landscapes painting with watercolors or gouache. We used several simple techniques to create different textures in order to achieve various effects in the landscape. This ex…
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Exploring the polar animals unit is such a fun and exciting one! There are lots of ways to explore this unit with little learners and watch them be amazed as they learn all about polar animals. It's so fun to watch as you read through polar animals books related to this unit, too! Finding all
Winter is here and in the company of these adorable free polar animals do a dot printables, your kids surely won't be bored. Making dots is great for fine motor skill practice and eye-hand coordination while
Looking for fun Arctic Animals Activities? Learn about Arctic Animals and their traits and work on counting, shapes and letters and tracing.
Looking for fun Arctic Animals Activities? Learn about Arctic Animals and their traits and work on counting, shapes and letters and tracing.
Looking for fun Arctic Animals Activities? Learn about Arctic Animals and their traits and work on counting, shapes and letters and tracing.
Looking for fun Arctic Animals Activities? Learn about Arctic Animals and their traits and work on counting, shapes and letters and tracing.
Want to see if a layer of blubber can really help you stay warm in icy water? Try this arctic animals science experiment to experience it.
Learn about the animals of the North Pole with these Arctic animal fact cards for kids (free printable) and ideas for different games to play
There are so many fun themes and activities that I love to use in the long winter months of Wisconsin. One of my favorites is…
A huge thank you to everyone who tried out my ABC Christmas Countdown. I have appreciated all the messages, tags, and reviews. You all are the BEST. Now that Christmas is over, we are ready to move on to some fun winter themes and books! Here is a look inside my Polar Animal Preschool Pack. You can grab this in my TPT shop! It is full of hands on math, literacy, and writing activities for preschool, preK, and kindergarten students. Be sure to scroll to the end for a fun FREEBIE! Polar Animals Preschool Pack Practice shapes with these shape tracing mats. Use goldfish, play doh, or wiki sticks to outline each shape. Penguin measurement- use ice cubes, cotton balls, or pom poms to measure and compare the sizes of each penguin. Waddle and rhyme- this is a gross motor rhyming game! Counting Mats- Show each number in the ten frame, trace the number, and write the number. Fine Motor Color Match- Match buttons or pom poms to the fish of the same color. Sliding Seal Addition - Roll two dice, add the dice together, and slide the seal to the sum. Beginning Sound Match- Use linking shapes to match each picture to the correct beginning sound. Iceberg Counting- Count from 1-10 or 1-20. Shape Penguin Match Sensory Bin Fishing for Syllables Pre-writing lines- Trace each line with dry erase marker or cover with loose parts to practice the left to right progression. Sticker Cutting Strips- My boys love using scissors, and sticker cutting strips are such an easy way to practice cutting skills. Stick stickers in a row with some spacing in between each sticker. Then, cut in between each sticker! Iceberg writing tray- fill a tray with salt and trace each letter. This pack also has 10 no prep pages, just print and go! Hope you all enjoy the rest of your winter break, and this can provide lots of fun for your kiddos in January! Polar Animal Preschool Pack Polar Animal STEM Tray- This was the fan favorite this week! We used popsicle sticks, plastic shot glasses, polar animal figures (Toobs from Michaels), plastic ice cubes (Dollar Tree), gems (Dollar Tree), and snowflake gems (Hobby Lobby). My boys (3 and 6) went to town building and creating all sorts of structures. I LOVED watching them! We will be doing this again, for sure. Polar Animal Icy Painting- We love painting ice. Super simple. Just use watercolors and paint the ice! Polar Animal Oobleck- Cornstarch and water aka Oobleck, is always fun and MESSY!!!! It was a perfect way to wrap up our theme. And here is a FUN FREEBIE for you! CVC Polar Words. ENJOY! CVC Polar Words FREEBIE For more preschool fun, follow us on Instagram @michele_dillon
You’ll feel like you’re sightseeing in the Arctic with these polar animal math activities! Grab your winter gear and immerse yourself in the coolness of the Arctic atmosphere as you and your students use narwhals, dog sleds, penguins, and other polar animals to reinforce a variety of math standards. This post contains Amazon affiliate links, ... Read more
This Polar Animals dramatic play center helps kids learn about Arctic animals and Antarctic animals. It's suitable for kids in Pre-K, Preschool and
This FREE printable Arctic Animals Gross Motor Movement Game is perfect for an Arctic animals or polar unit study. Perfect for a quick and fun movement break.
Make gorgeous Arctic Animal Suncatchers. Hang them in a window or from the ceiling and they look so pretty when the light shines through them. (6 free printable animal silhouettes to choose from.)
Kids will love practicing uppercase and lowercase letters in this super cute Free Polar Bear Alphabet Matching Activity.
R is 27 months old. This was a really fun program that I compiled to enhance R's interest in polar bears. It had also been really cold here, so it fitted in perfectly! We even did some activities in bed this week, because it was so cold! I set R up with a pillow and a stable table, and we got some things done while being warm! R really enjoyed this, and wanted to do it again the next day. Craft We made a paper plate penguin, seen on childcareland.com. R loved this, especially painting on the paper plate and using the wiggle eyes. I love what he created, it is so cute! R glued cotton balls onto a polar bear pattern from Making Learning Fun. R helped me pull apart cotton balls to glue onto the bear first (a great fine motor and muscle strengthening activity). He did not enjoy the cotton wool sticking to his fingers once they had glue on them. Maths I printed off the Polar Animals Track Matching Puzzles from 2 Teaching Mommies. R wasn't too sure about this at first, but once I showed him how the cards joined together, he completed them all several times. He then matched up our polar animals to the cards. I made the Roll A Penguin Dice Game from Carls Corner. For the first time, we used the dice to play this game. Usually we put them together like a puzzle, but R is recognising the dots on the dice now, so we used it. After he rolled the dice, R would match up the dots on the dice to the dots on the page. I would then read what he had to do, and he would do it. He did it twice. I made some arctic animal cards to match the arctic animal figurines that we have. R matched the animals to the cards, and I encouraged R to name the animals. Fine Motor and Sensory I hid the polar animal figurines around the room for R to find. I hid them in less obvious spots that I have previously, and it took him a while to find them. I put the polar animals out with some ice blocks. I had intended to make some large ice blocks in an ice cream container, but in the end, I forgot about it, so we had to use the small ice blocks. R really enjoyed this, but only played with it a short time, because of how cold it has been here. I made 'snow' from 1/2 cup of soap flakes whisked together with 1 cup boiling water until it increases in volume and thickens up like whipped cream. I used to make this a lot when I was working, but had never made it for R. He loved it, and spent over 1/2 an hour playing with it. He had it all over his little table, his chin and apron (so glad I put it on him...I nearly didn't). We built an igloo from marshmallows. We looked at pictures of igloos on the internet, then tried to build one. It was quite hard to stack the marshmallows because they were irregular shapes. R had also never eaten a marshmallow before, and enjoyed the ones he got to eat. We also talked about hard and soft whilst playing with the marshmallows. The first picture is R's igloo and the other one is mine! I couldn't get a packet of white marshmallows because they were on special at the supermarket when I went and the white ones were all gone. R used tongs to transfer cotton balls from one container to another. He always enjoys this type of activity, and I though the cotton balls would add a bit of variety, as we usually do tong transferring with pom poms. For our cutting activity this week I printed a penguin size matching worksheet from childcareland.com. R drew on it with textas and then cut out the squares before gluing then into the correctly sized boxes. R did so well at this activity, he is really getting good control over the scissors. I printed an igloo playdough mat from Sparklebox. I also gave R all the bear cookie cutters that we have. Quite a while ago I made R a Polar Bear Shadow Match File Folder Game from Making Learning Fun. He can do it easily, but I put it out as we have been reading the book every day. The first few times that we read the book, he was referring to the zookeeper as a farmer. Finally, he pointed to the zookeeper whilst completing the file folder game and said "that zookeeper, Mummy." I printed out some tiny arctic animals and laminated them. I hid them in a tub of pom poms for R to find. R did this so many times. I also printed the penguin puzzle from Lawteedah. R wasn't interested in this at first, but completed it twice when I joined in with him. We have mostly only done 3-4 piece puzzles like this, so I think the 8 pieces were a bit overwhelming for him. I created a really basic sensory tub from cotton wool and the arctic animal figurines. R played with it for a little while, before using the cotton balls with his train set! Music and Movement/Gross Motor We sung a simple little song this week about Eskimos. R and I also did the Snowy Pokey, which I found at Perfectly Preschool. This was lots of fun. We put a ball in between our legs and waddled like a penguin. Both of us had a great time. R and I slid around the tiles in socks. R showed quite good balance whilst doing this. Cooking I made a little penguin from an English Muffin for R to eat for a snack. I saw the idea on Totally Tots. I used a sultana for the eye and carrots for the beak and feet. I spread the penguin with cream cheese. Language/Letters The books we read this week are here. R made a P is for Penguin this week. He used cardboard pieces to scrape paint onto a "P" cutout, and the beak and feet. Then R glued it all together and added on a wiggly eye (his favourite part, so he told me!). I saw this idea on Rockaby Butterfly. Science We sprinkled salt on ice blocks and watched it melt the ice. This didn't happen fast enough for R and as soon as he was finished sprinkling the salt on the ice, he wanted to pack away! Colours/Shapes R made a shape polar bear from DLTK. We talked about biggest and smallest circles when doing this activity. R is getting really good at following directions now. Next Program: Ff and Square Thanks for Reading.
There are so many fun themes and activities that I love to use in the long winter months of Wisconsin. One of my favorites is…
This is the most daring thing I have ever created with my scroll saw! I am so excited to share the details and patterns with you! I have decided to have an Eskimo themed party for my baby boy's second birthday, and thought I would make a play set for him to go with the theme. I have found a few on line, and they are SUPER expensive! This probably cost around $10. I already had the paint and the supplies for the Eskimo's. I think my favorite part is the fishing hole!!! I love the sled too. Maybe the papoose is my favorite. I can't decide! Of course they have twins! If you want a tutorial on the Eskimo dolls, message me, and I will be happy to post it! When I don't want to use the fishing hole, I use this other piece I painted. It was going to be the top originally, but it was too small, because I have too many animals. I like how it's interchangeable. They hang the fish they caught on their home. My mom told me to make the baby seals, and I love them. The others are in the water below. I used the drill press to drill a hole for the fishing pole to fit in. You could do it with a drill as well. Happy Eskimo family! You can see the Studio 5 clip of showing it live HERE. And my inspiration board HERE. Be sure and check back for details of the party! I can't wait!!! Here are the separate pieces. I used 1/8' x 2' x 4' mdf from Home Depot for the base. I used 1" common board (pine) for the stands and animals, also from Home Depot. You can see how the pieces with the hole layer on top of each other. You can cut the u-shaped piece first, then use it to create the other pieces, as pictured in the photo above. Here are the patterns for you. I drew them on graph paper originally, and just traced the shapes I had already cut out below. I love this little polar play set, and can't wait to give it to my son, so we can play with it together! My older kids have been begging to play with it as well! Up next, I will be showing the car mat I made for my nephew, and due to multiple requests, I created a Nativity scene, and will post it with patterns! Have a Happy and Creative Day! Risa
We had polar animal adventure day in first grade last week. Polar animal adventure day is a theme day we have as a culminating activity for your polar
This free printable polar bear craft for kids will give your family something fun to do on a rainy day or during summer break. You can use this for a fun-filled day of creative arts
Want to practice some scissor skills and glue some shapes? Then let's do some more cutting and gluing! For all the wild animal lovers, this time we have prepared cute and free polar animals cut
Make gorgeous Arctic Animal Suncatchers. Hang them in a window or from the ceiling and they look so pretty when the light shines through them. (6 free printable animal silhouettes to choose from.)
Want to practice some scissor skills and glue some shapes? Then let's do some more cutting and gluing! For all the wild animal lovers, this time we have prepared cute and free polar animals cut
Looking for fun Arctic Animals Activities? Learn about Arctic Animals and their traits and work on counting, shapes and letters and tracing.
These “All About" books will be a fun addition to your classroom and lessons on polar animals. This packet can be used along with books specific to the animals or it can be used on its own. Included in this unit are full-color posters with a colorful graphic of each of the animals and information on the animals such as; where the animal lives (green), what the animal eats (brown), interesting facts about the animal (blue) and what the animal looks like (orange). Also included in the pack are the students own “My All About" books. This is where the student can take what they have learned and fill in the blanks to help them retain the information. There are 4 pages to this book. The front cover gives the student a place to write their name and date and has a large graphic of the animal being studied. The 2nd page asks the questions, “Where does the animal live?” and “What does my animal eat?”. The 3rd page has a B&W graphic of the animal and asks, “What does my animal look like?” This is where they can label the parts of the animal and also color the animal in. The last page says, “Interesting facts about my (animal)!” The last 2 pages have an answer key box so the students can match the words from the box to the correct spaces. This will help the student as they work independently. Along with the colorful posters and “All About" books, this packet also includes teacher’s guides on each animal, which gives you all of the answers. These booklets have all the work and research done for you. Your students/children will love to learn about these animals! If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]. Thank you! Courtney McKerley All the polar animals you will see in this bundle pack include polar bears, caribou, Arctic wolf, walrus and Emperor Penguin. They are also available as individual units. I also offer My All About African Animal books, My All About Ocean Animal books and My All About US Coins books! Check out my store for more of my products :)
South Pole Printable Kit How it works 1️⃣ Add this product to your cart and checkout 2️⃣ An instant download link will be available immediately 3️⃣ Open the 8.5"x11" PDF File 4️⃣ Print your favorite page 5️⃣ Cut along the black outlines 6️⃣ Hot glue to a 13" wooden dowel, add stickers and ribbon for fun! Check out even more! ❥ Flashcard Bundles: get all of the digital flashcards in a bundle for 20% off https://etsy.me/2XueKg9 ❥ Ask me about other animals sets and languages or request a custom order!
Make your lessons come alive using appealing, pre-cut flannel board pieces with Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What You Hear?
If you're planning an arctic animals preschool theme, you have to check out these posters! Free printable animal posters & a matching I Spy game!
Wintertime is here and polar animal studies are plentiful. Tie in this striking polar bear kid's craft with your polar animal unit study.
