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Winter Preschool Songs and Literacy Activities for Circle Time

November 29, 2017 • 2 Comments

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Winter preschool songs to use for circle time to build literacy skills.

The leaves have fallen, the temperature is dropping, and soon there may be snow. This is a time of the year the kids look forward to each year. Use their seasonal enthusiasm during circle time. Try these winter preschool songs and activities for circle time with the kids.

Winter preschool songs to use for circle time to build literacy skills.

Winter Circle Time Ideas

Try these songs, activities, and read-alouds to warm up your winter circle times with preschoolers.

Winter Circle Time Songs

Winter Months of the Year Songs

I created some fun months of the year literacy songs with activities to sing with the kids during your winter circle time.  And, email subscribers can download them for free!

  • “December Doodle”- is easily adapted to work on letter recognition, sight word practice, or just about any preschool literacy concept
  • “Hello January”- can be used to work on air drawing the letter “J”
  • “This February”- builds letter or name recognition

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More Winter Songs

Teaching Mama has some more fun winter songs to sing with the kids. See them—>More Winter Songs

Winter Circle Time Activities

Mystery Mitten

Build letter-sound awareness with this easy to prep mystery mitten activity. It also pairs great with a read-aloud of The Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone or The Mitten by Jan Brett.

Make mittens for The Three Little Kittens.

Rhyming Mittens

Work on identifying rhyming pairs of words. Rhyming Mittens builds phonological awareness and can also double as a center activity.

Winter Books Great for Circle Time

All books are not equal when it comes to a good circle time read.  You want short books, books that engage kids, and illustrations that a large group can see.  Here are a few of my favorite picks for winter circle time read-alouds.

Five Flying Penguins by Barbara Barbieri McGrath is a perfect cirlce time read aloud.  It will remind you a bit of Five Little Pumpkins.  The penguins are trying to get away from the seal, but in the end the seal catches them in a playful game of tag.

Bunny Slopes by Rueda is an interactive book  where kids can shake the book to make it snow and help the bunny down the slopes.  Pure fun!

The Mitten by Jan Brett is a classic.  How many animals can fit inside one mitten?  You can even print out a set of mittens and animals from Brett’s site. A great choice to pair with a fannel board activity.

Enjoy a cumulative variation of I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly in There Was A Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!by Lucille Colandro.

Preschoolers love the Bear books.  In Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson, Bear has snuggled in for his winter hibernation.  The other animals come to his den and prepare a party, but when Bear wakes up, he realizes he doesn’t have anything to bring to the get-together. A good book to discuss hibernation.

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. Ofee limas says

    December 3, 2017 at 10:45 am

    I just looked into some of the activities and i am excited about making some to have students eork with them this week. I love the present delivery activity with chimney.

    Reply
    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      December 3, 2017 at 7:14 pm

      I’m so glad that they will be helpful to you. I hope the kids love the learning fun.

      Reply

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