Are you searching for activities to keep your preschooler busy during the month of January? If so, we have gathered a list of 31 activities that will make your life easier as you provide some fun activities for your preschool-aged child. These activities are perfect for classroom or home use and will keep your preschooler engaged for hours. Grab the supplies and get ready to have lots of fun with these activities for kids!
1. Rain Cloud in a Jar
Preschoolers will have a blast with this simple and fun science experiment. They will get the opportunity to make their very own rain cloud in a jar! Grab some water, blue food coloring, shaving cream, and a couple of jars. Then, let your preschooler complete the experiment and learn all about rain clouds.
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2. Frosty's Magic Milk Science Experiment
Kids love Frosty the Snowman! Use milk, blue food coloring, dish soap, cotton swabs, and a snowman cookie cutter to complete this fun-filled experiment. This hands-on activity is so much fun that your preschooler will want to complete it over and over!
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3. Symmetrical Mitten Craft
This fantastic art activity allows your preschooler to learn all about symmetry! Purchase large construction paper and various colors of paint and let the fun begin. Preschoolers will love using the paints and creating their very own colorful mitten art.
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4. Marshmallow Snowball Transfer
This marshmallow counting activity is a terrific activity for preschoolers. Learning to count is such an important activity, and this engaging activity provides great counting practice. Roll the die and count out the mini marshmallows. This activity can be completed over and over again!
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5. Ice Painting
Little ones love to paint! This activity lets kids practice painting on an unusual surface - ICE! Create this ice painting bin and let your preschoolers paint the cubes of ice. Enjoy the easy clean-up by allowing the ice and paint mixture to melt and simply pour down the drain.
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6. Melted Snowman Sensory Activity
Play in the snow without the freezing temperatures! Use simple supplies to make a melted snowman that preschoolers can play with in the warm and cozy comfort of their own homes or classrooms.
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7. Ice Picking Motor Activity
This fun activity developing fine motor skills and encourages hand-eye coordination. Your preschoolers can even practice their counting skills as they count the ice picks. This is a must-do activity for preschoolers!
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8. Hot Chocolate Slime
Kids love to play with slime, and this activity is perfect for winter sensory play. This slime recipe is super simple to make, it smells wonderful, and it provides a great opportunity for fine motor development. Grab the supplies and make your hot cocoa slime today!
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9. Snow Window
Add this preschool activity to your January activity calendar! This terrific indoor activity encourages creativity and allows your preschooler to explore shapes and textures while developing fine motor skills.
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10. Snowball Counting
Your preschooler can practice counting skills with this simple activity that uses an inexpensive set of felt or magnetic numbers and cotton balls! The cotton balls even resemble snowballs! This activity is a terrific way to make counting fun during the cold month of January!
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11. Snowman Ball Toss
This snowman ball toss is a great indoor winter activity that is super simple and inexpensive to create. It is a wonderful gross motor game that will get your preschoolers moving! This game can be used over and over again.
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12. Letter Hunt
Little ones love snow! Although this activity is played indoors with Insta-Snow, your preschoolers will love it! This sensory experience involves putting plastic letters in a bin and making sure they are covered by the snow. Give the preschoolers plastic shovels and let them dig through the snow for letters.
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13. Snowflake Letter Match-Up
Winter theme activities are perfect for January! This fun activity will allow little ones to practice their letter recognition and sorting skills. Find foam snowflakes at the Dollar Tree and use permanent markers to label them with the letters of the alphabet.
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14. Snow Writing Tray
Use glitter and salt to make your very own snow writing tray! Create snowball letters for your preschoolers to view as they practice writing the letters in the tray. Their fingers will glide perfectly across the glitter and salt mixture.
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15. Ice Cube Race
Preschoolers will love this ice cube race! The students will get to melt their ice cubes as quickly as they can. They will wear mittens and do their best, be creative, and melt the ice cube. The winner of this fun game will be the first student that successfully melts their ice cube.
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16. Penguin Science Experiment
This is one of the most fun penguin activities! This hands-on science experiment will teach your preschooler how penguins manage to stay dry in icy waters and cold temperatures. They will have a blast with this activity!
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17. Ice Cube Paintings
Ice cube painting will bring lots of fun to the life of your preschooler. Simply pour a variety of colors of paint into a plastic ice tray. Make sure you pour a different color into each square and insert a popsicle stick or toothpick into each square of paint. Freeze the contents and allow your preschooler to paint with these creative painting tools.
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18. Paint on Ice
This is a wonderful winter art activity for kids! Each preschooler will receive a piece of foil that will represent ice. Encourage the students to paint a wintery picture of their choice. Watch their creativity flow!
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19. Snowball Name
This is a low prep activity idea. Write each preschooler's name on a piece of construction paper. If the name is fairly long, it may require two sheets. Allow the students to trace the shape of each letter with white, round stickers.
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20. Snowman Play Dough Mats
The snowman play dough mat is a fun winter printable that will provide your preschooler with counting and fine motor practice. Your preschooler will identify the number and count the snowballs that should be placed on the printed mat. The preschooler will get to create the snowballs with white play-dough.
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21. Snowball Fight
An epic snow ball fight with crumpled balls of paper is one of the best indoor snowball activities! It even increases gross motor activity. Crumpled paper is really difficult to throw hard, so you don't even have to worry about anyone getting hurt!
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22. Ice Castles
Preschoolers will have so much fun as they make ice castles! All you will need to complete this project is shaving cream, mini erasers, and plastic ice cubes. This fine motor sensory activity also exposes preschoolers to various textures. Encourage them to use their imaginations as they create their ice castles.
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23. Build a Snowman
This is one of the most fun snowman activities for preschoolers! Give the students a bag filled with the necessary supplies for building the snowman. They will have a blast as they use their critical thinking skills to complete this snowman activity.
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24. Polar Bear Craft
Teach your preschoolers about arctic animals and allow them to create their very own polar bear craft. This fun and simple craft allows your preschooler to practice cutting, pasting, and painting.
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25. Mosaic Penguin Craft
This is one of those cute penguin activities that are easy for preschoolers to complete. The mosaic penguin is a terrific craft idea for preschoolers. All they have to do is rip up pieces of colored construction paper and use a little glue to create these cute critters!
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26. Snowflake Craft
Your preschoolers will enjoy making their own snowflakes during the cold weather season. This fun and easy craft also incorporates a bit of science! You only need to gather a few materials, and your preschoolers will be ready to create their own snowflake crafts that can be used as winter decorations.
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27. Snowball Sensory Bottle
Your preschoolers will enjoy making wintery sensory bottles. Supply them with cotton balls, tweezers, clear bottles, jewels, and letter stickers. The preschoolers will use the tweezers to pick up the cotton balls, jewels, and letter stickers, and then, place them in the clear bottles. This activity provides the students with fine motor exercises.
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29. Q-Tip Snowflake Craft
This is a great winter craft activity for toddlers or preschoolers. Grab a few q-tips, glue, and construction paper, and let your child's creativity begin! These snowflakes are super simple to make, and they will enjoy making different designs.
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29. Snowman Art
Add a snowman unit to your January preschool lesson plans. Allow them to use their imaginations and creativity as they create their very own unique snowmen. All you need is a few inexpensive supplies, and you are ready to let the fun begin!
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30. Snowball Painting
Art-themed winter activities are great to implement into your preschool lesson planning. This super easy snowball painting craft is an excellent addition to those lessons. Grab a few clothes pins, pom balls, paint, and construction paper, and encourage your preschoolers to create winter-themed scenes.
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