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Crystal 07:38 PM 12-03-2010
Lots of ideas, here are a few:

Sensory table, fill with a variety of items, rotating every week or two:

*crushed/shaved ice and polar animals
*sand/water with various activities
*cut up pieces of seasonal colored construction paper,seasonal items buried inside (take a pic of all the item priors to hiding and hang for kids to play I SPY)
*anything you can think of and whatever "stuff" you have left over or laying around


Share the book "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. Add mittens and animals in the dramatic play or block area for the children to act out story.

Put out Nap Mats help them with somersaults, backflips, headstanding, etc.

Read "The Gingerbread Man" and mix and bake cookies.

Add scents to playdough- cinnamon, ginger, peppermint, vanilla.....(make your own)

fingerpaint on the windows

lots of winter themed flannel board stories (make your own)

if it doesn't snow where you live ( like here ) take a truck to the mountains and bring a truckload of snow home, put it in the front yard and let the kids experience REAL snow! Some kids have NO IDEA what SNOW is!

beanbag games (make your own)

indoor hopscotch

when it's stormy and naturally dark, give the kids flashlights and let them explore, just listen to their conversations, it's AWESOME!

roll up newspaper into balls, add a basket and play basketball...works with socks too.

turn on some music and DANCE!!!!!!!
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