Winter Fun Activities

Hello Parents,

We hope that you are enjoying reading our blogs! Below we have listed some family fun activities that you can do with your toddlers during the cold winter months. We hope that they warm you up! Every interaction you have with your child is an important time for their language development.

1. Make snow angels outside in the snow. Language and vocabulary targets include: fall-down, open and close, arms, wings, legs, big snow angel, little snow angel, etc.

2. Too cold to play in the snow outside?? Bring the snow indoors! Scoop snow into a bucket and bring it inside. You can dig in the snow, scoop it into snow balls, hide animals and different nature-themed toys in the snow. Start at a language level where you child is familiar... For example, if s/he knows vehicle sounds, use different vehicles to push in the snow, or hide those vehicles in the snow. At higher language levels, the child can tell you where something is hiding. (For example... Is the bird hiding under the snowball? Is the bird hiding next to the tree?)

3. Make paper snowflakes. Here's how... (1) Fold a square piece of paper in half, (2) and then in half again. (3) Next fold along the diagonal. (4) Cut small shapes into the edges of the folded triangle shape. (5) Open it up and you will see a unique design. You can talk about cutting and folding and making different shapes.

4. Here's a yummy winter snack/language experience... making muddy snowballs! Language and vocabulary targets include: dirty, clean, pour, stir, mix, roll, sweet, salty, cold (in the refrigerator), hot (in the oven). Copy and paste this link to see the recipe for Muddy Snowballs:
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=40758