15 Days Of Winter Break Activities
Enjoy our fifteen days of fun and educational Winter Break Activities for your children, family, and friends. Activities range from Bilateral Brain Boosters (Day 1) to a DIY Confetti Launcher (Day 15). Each activity is organized in an intuitive layout comprising:
- Introduction
- Benefits
- Materials – Toys, pantry, houshold items, etc.
- Instructions
- Age/Difficulty Variations
- Special Notes.
We are publishing a new activity each day, starting today, Monday December 18, 2023. So, be sure to return tomorrow!
Living Montessori Education Community hopes our 15 Days of Winter Break Activities series brought some fun and excitement into your home! Tag us with pictures on Instagram and Facebook!
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Daily Winter Break Activities
Bilateral Brain Boosters – Day 1 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
These bilateral brain booster activities will help your child to use both sides of their body simultaneously. This will allow both hemispheres of the brain to work at the same time. Benefits: Creates stronger neural connection, thus improving focus, memory, body awareness, and motor skills....
I Spy Sound Game – Day 2 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
Animal figurines, dolls, action figures, cars. Do these seem like toys your child enjoys working with? Maybe you have thought, How can I make these toys educational? or I really need to work with my child on their reading skills, but they are only interested...
Melting Snowballs Experiment – Day 3 of 15 Days of Winter Break
A question many parents ask is, How do I get my child interested in science? or If my child chooses whatever he wants to do, how will he ever choose science? When following Montessori principles and philosophy, we do not force a child to do...
Cup Pyramid Competition – Day 4 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
There is nothing better than a fun pyramid game during the holidays! While you are busy at home, trying to find ways to entertain kids, or with family around, try playing a fun cup stacking game to see who can build the tallest tower or...
DIY Toy Sled Experiment – Day 5 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
Use hands on building skills all in Winter spirit sledding fun, without being in real snow! Do you have a car lover? Do you have a child who likes to make toy airplanes fly and could slide firetrucks around the house all day? This experiment...
Color Coding – Day 6 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
What is coding? You might have heard the word coding and thought of it as something needed to design a particular software or instructions that a computer follows. Essentially, coding is a precise language (or code) used to perform a certain task. It requires attention...
Nature Walk Wreath/Bracelet – Day 7 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
Spend some quality time outside, get some exercise, and work on fine motor skills to create a holiday inspired art project! Did you know that being outside can help keep your child from developing disease, allergies, and build a stronger immune system? Being outdoors, even...
Fine Motor Stacking – Day 8 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
Writing is a skill that is needed in all areas of the classroom. In math, we must write numbers. In science, we must write hypotheses, predictions, and various notes and measurements, and so on. Unlike learning to walk, which comes naturally to us as human...
Shadow Show And Tell – Day 9 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
Looking for a new game to play with your child for some quality bonding time together? Try Shadow Show and Tell! A fun activity that children at Living Montessori often enjoy is matching colored pictures to their shadow, in an activity called shadow matching, aimed...
Smell And Sort Playdough – Day 10 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
In the classrooms at Living Montessori, children often enjoy the sensorial area, where they explore their five senses. Set up this multi-sensory activity for your child or allow them to take part in the set-up process, to help develop their sensory perception! Benefits: Develops sensory...
Edible Igloo Building – Day 11 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
Frosting and candy and marshmallows, oh my!!! Do you still have way too many leftover sweets from the holidays? Let us put a twist on the traditional gingerbread house activity, and instead create an edible igloo using all our leftover candy! Hands on activities like...
Apple Baking – Day 12 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
Simple, sweet, and practical! Sweeten up this every day, after school snack with some cinnamon and sugar while allowing your child to take part in developing their overall sense of belonging! Benefits: Teaches practical life skills, develops a sense of confidence, belonging, and purpose, and...
Fake Snow Sensory Play – Day 13 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
An important belief in Montessori philosophy is that children learn through all five of their senses. This is why, in Montessori classrooms such as ours at Living Montessori Education Community, there are sensorial sections of the classroom. Sensorial experiences are incorporated throughout the classroom in...
DIY Confetti Launcher – Day 14 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
Today is New Year's Eve! Make it fun and festive with this DIY confetti launcher! As you begin your countdown into the new year, have your confetti launcher ready. When the countdown hits zero, snap your balloon, and watch the confetti fly! In our classrooms,...
Color Roundup – Day 15 of 15 Days of Winter Break Activities
It has been 14 days so far of no school! Your child might be getting a little antsy or asking when it is time to go back to school. If your child has received some extra energy lately, try letting them release it by allowing...
