These winter STEM activities for kindergarten will provide fun ideas for teaching creative STEM activities that are perfect kindergarten level activities for your winter STEM activities for kids!
Use them in the classroom, after-school programs, daycare, or at home!
Keep reading to find the list of kindergarten winter STEM activities but first, read a bit about why winter STEM activities for kinder are so important and make sure you have everything you need for the kindergarten STEM classroom!
Easy Winter STEM Activities for Kindergarten
Kindergarten kids are usually 5-7 years old and are learning a lot about the world!
It’s sometimes said that children develop most of their personalities by the age of 7, which means that it’s important to help them learn that curiosity is important as is learning how to solve problems!
In the kindergarten STEM classroom, kindergarten kids are learning how to complete a process, how to explore a concept, and learning how the world works.
STEM challenges can help kindergarten kids learn all of these important concepts at once!
Winter STEM Extensions for Kindergarten Grade
During the winter, a lot of fun science themes can be introduced during the winter.
Kids can learn about weather, winter weather, preparing for weather, seasons, the earth’s rotation, the atmosphere, how to create structures to keep humans and animals warm, habitats, climates, and a whole lot more!
You can also use winter themes to help explain more abstract scientific concepts, like how crystals form and molecular bonding with slime!
Winter STEM Supply List
Before getting started with your kindergarten STEM activities, make sure you have these supplies on hand in your classroom or home!
The Mason Jar Scientist: 30 Jarring STEAM-Based ProjectsBall Regular Mouth Mason Jars with Lids and Bands, 16-Ounces (4-Pack)
Crisco Pure Vegetable Oil, 32 Ounce
Barbasol Soothing Aloe Thick & Rich Shaving Cream 10 Oz (2 Pack)
Alka-Seltzer PFY BXAS50 80659297 Antacid and Pain Relief Medicine, Two-Pack (Pack of 50)
Kadaon 10X Handheld Magnifier Antique Mahogany Handle Magnifier Reading Magnifying Glass for Reading Book, Inspection, Coins, Insects, Rocks, Map, Crossword Puzzle
BORAX 20 Mule Team Laundry Booster, Powder, 4 Pounds
Fine Ground Celtic Sea Salt – (1) 16 Ounce Resealable Bag of Nutritious, Classic Sea Salt, Great for Cooking, Baking, Pickling, Finishing and More, Pantry-Friendly, Gluten-Free
McCormick Assorted Food Color, 1 Fl Oz (Pack of 1)
Food Coloring – 12 Color Vibrant Cake Food Coloring Set for Baking, Decorating, Fondant and Cooking – Upgraded Liquid Concentrated Icing Food Color Dye for Slime Making, DIY Crafts – .25 fl. oz. Each
30% Pure Vinegar – Home&Garden (1 Gallon)
Arm & Hammer Pure Baking Soda, 5 lb
Argo Corn Starch 16 oz. Box (Pack of 4)
Low-Prep Winter STEM Activities for Kindergarten
All of the activities on this list are STEM activities, with applicaitons in multiple STEM disciplines in each activity, but I’ve sorted them below by the main focus of the activity.
The winter math activity section has specific winter-themed math activities that are independant from the other winter STEM activities.
Don’t miss using the January STEAM pack and the February STEAM pack to make your winter STEM lesson planning a cinch!
Winter Science Activities for Kindergarten
Winter science is tons of fun, and these winter science activities are perfect for kindergarten kiddos!
Using snow from outside or ice from the freezer, kindergarten kids can do this Ice Cream in a Bag Science Experiment!
Find out How Does Frost Form? Kindergarten kids will love making their own frost!
Learn How to Make Instant Ice in 5 Seconds!
Kindergarten kids will enjoy these must-try ice experiments.
If there is snow where you are, try these 15 Fun Snow Science Experiments!
Winter Technology Activities for Kindergarten
If your kindergarten class likes technology, they will have a blast with these activities! Technology can be fun even for the youngest kids.
Kindergarten kids will be amazed at this activity where they can learn How to Make a Magnifying Glass- from ICE!
Follow these directions to help kindergarten kids learn How to Make Frost in a Can.
Explore where its snowing with Google Maps. Kindergarten kids will love exploring where snow does and doesn’t fall!
Design a new way to catch snowflakes to examine them.
Winter Engineering Activities for Kindergarten
Learn engineering skills with these kindergarten winter engineering challenges. These engineering challenges all have elements of winter and design!
Learn how to create and desgin a Snow Globe Science Project!
Camoflague a deer in this engineering challenge.
These Snowman Crafts For Kids put the design process into prospective for kids.
Find how how easy it is to make a Homemade Snow Globe!
Winter Math Activities for Kindergarten
Make math fun in the winter with these wintery twists on math. Kindergarten kids will love these math activities with fun winter themes.
This No-Prep Snowman Printables Pack has fun math activities for kindergarten kids.
Kindergarten kids will love working with this Winter math packet.
Get in a snowball fight with the Snowball fight math game!
These Winter math pages will make kindergarten math fun.