Holiday Traditions: Winter Wonderland
Hey ya’ll! I’m here to share my FAVORITE holiday tradition: our Winter Wonderland bulletin board.
(I blogged about this last year, so this is really a “re-blog.” Is that a thing??)
This is such a fun activity, and you’re able to tie it in with lots of your standards. We turned this into a math/social studies lesson. For the social studies part, we discussed what you would find in a community: businesses, homes, parks. schools, etc. We discussed different holidays that people celebrate in the winter, and we listed activities that people do in the winter/holiday time (not easy since we live in Texas, but they came up with some good ones.)
Next we have our ice skaters, snowman builders, and our shoppers.
(That’s my co-teacher and me having a blast as we leave the candy shop!)
For the ice skaters, I printed out little ice skate clip art.
Finally we have some kids skiing and choosing Christmas trees. If you live in Texas, you KNOW we had to have our favorite grocery store: HEB! And seriously, how precious is that church?
Okay, so now to HOW. We started by brainstorming the buildings that we would need in our community, and then I gave the kids measurements for each building. This is the math part. It worked out perfectly because we were right in the middle of our measurement unit.
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I kept having to say, “Less is more, people. LESS IS MORE.”
Sorry I don’t have a pic of that part, but you can see the details in the final product pics.
I can't wait to include your Winter Wonderland mural activity in my January mapping and measurement unit! Such a creative way to integrate our standard concepts with art! Thanks so much for sharing!
~Jennifer
Stories and Songs in Second
Wow, this is such a wonderful post on holiday traditions!! You have included everything in this post that the kiddos should know about holiday traditions. I am also a preschool teacher and I hosted an outdoor holiday party for my students at some local event space NYC. They enjoyed a lot there and it was also a great way to tell them about holiday traditions.