Prepare for the exciting arctic adventures with The Polar Box, our themed box for the month of March! As many homeschooling families also have the polar theme in their homeschool curriculum, having The Polar Box would be very nice for more fun and learning activities (and less prep!) Preschoolers will surely have thrilling adventures brought by the polar-themed math and literacy games, creative crafting, and engaging sensory play. Curious what’s inside The Polar Box? Let's discover it together as we go into the frozen wonderland of learning and fun that awaits inside!
My Pre-K Box: The Perfect Preschool Box for You!
My Pre-K Box is an educational subscription box for preschoolers filled with different learning activities for math and literacy skills! Each box is based on a different theme and is focused on play-based learning. Your kids will love exploring new activities each month while practicing kindergarten readiness skills!
What’s Inside The Polar Box?
The Polar Box comes packed with 3 math and science activities and 2 literacy games that will thrill your little adventurers! Plus, there's a polar-themed craft to enhance their creativity and a sensory toy for hands-on arctic fun. And to ensure it will be convenient for you as well, we've added an easy-to-follow Grownup Guide inside too. Have a little craft lover? Check out our Craft Lovers Upgrade subscription for more adorable themed crafts!
Activities for Learning Math and Science
1 Arctic Tens Frame
- Materials: Arctic Tens Frame game mat, seal number cards, ice pieces
- Game mechanics: Explore numbers with the Arctic Tens Frame Game! Using a special mat with ten spots, kids can learn counting by placing ice pieces on the mat according to the number shown on cards. There are two ways to play: building a quantity by counting out the ice pieces to match the number on the card, or guessing the number of ice pieces placed on the mat either by counting them one by one or just by looking (subitizing).
- About the game: The Arctic Tens Frame game is designed to enhance children's counting abilities, number recognition, subitizing, and familiarity with tens frames. By using visual aids and hands-on manipulation of ice pieces on the game mat, kids develop a solid understanding of quantities represented by numerals. They learn to count efficiently and accurately while filling the tens frame with the correct number of ice pieces. Additionally, the game promotes number recognition as kids match the number cards with the corresponding quantity on the mat.
2 Polar Patterns
- Materials: Polar Patterns cards, polar animal mini erasers
- Game mechanics: Get ready for a chilly pattern challenge! In the Polar Patterns game, you'll pick a card with a pattern of cute polar animals. Point to each animal and say its name in a fun way (like changing the tone of your voice up and down for each polar animal). Then, pause and let your child think which animal comes next in the pattern. If they need help, you can tell them the answer. Finally, they'll pick the right animal and complete the pattern! The game has two levels: easier during the day (day/light background) and harder at night (night/dark background)!
- About the game: The Polar Patterns game helps kids develop essential skills such as recognizing patterns, critical thinking, and refining fine motor skills. As they identify and complete patterns of adorable polar animals, children enhance their pattern recognition abilities, which is very important for understanding mathematical concepts later on. Moreover, the game fosters critical thinking as kids analyze the sequence of animals and predict the next one in the pattern. Placing the animal mini erasers in the correct spots also promotes fine motor skills, which helps children with their dexterity and hand-eye coordination. And of course, they’ll also learn the names of their new polar animal friends!
3 Grow Your Own Polar Bear
- Materials: Grow Your Own Polar Bear lab notebook, gummy bears, 3 clear cups, vinegar, water
- Game mechanics: Set up three clear cups on a table. Keep the first cup empty. Fill the second cup with water and the third cup with vinegar. Drop a gummy bear into each cup and wait at least four hours. Ask your little ones to watch closely and see what happens! (More detailed instructions and guide questions can be found in the Grow Your Own Polar Bear booklet included in The Polar Box)
- About the game: Grow Your Own Polar Bear is a fun math and science activity for little kids! It helps them engage in hands-on scientific inquiry, discovering cause-and-effect relationships while honing their ability to follow directions. Through the experiment, children explore how the gummy bears interact with different liquids, developing an understanding of simple chemical reactions. They also develop essential skills in following step-by-step procedures and adherence to rules as they follow the instructions provided under your guidance. This experiment instills a deeper understanding of the scientific method in young learners and even satisfies their curiosity and encourages observation!
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Brrr... it’s so cold! Hey, here’s a free gift for you! If you and your little one enjoy the Polar theme, we have a small surprise for you! Today, you’ll get a free sample of our Polar Preschool Fun Pack! The Polar Preschool Fun Pack includes over 20 pages of cool, polar-themed worksheets to extend the fun and learning on The Polar Box! So, be sure to grab a sample by clicking the button below!
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Literacy Activities
1 Below Zero Beginning Sounds
- Materials: Below Zero Beginning Sounds cards, ice pieces
- Game mechanics: Get ready to help arctic animals move across icy waters while learning phonics! To start, spread out the Below Zero Beginning Sounds cards and ice pieces on a table. Pick a card randomly and say the word shown, emphasizing its beginning sound. For example, you choose the penguin card, and say 'This is a penguin. P-p-p-penguin. Penguin starts with the /p/ sound.' Then, find the letter that makes that sound. Place an ice piece on the correct letter. Say, 'Penguin starts with the /p/ sound. P says /p/. Let's put the ice piece on the letter P!' Keep matching sounds to letters until you've helped all the animals across the freezing waters!
- About the game: The Below Zero Beginning Sounds game helps kids develop literacy skills, including letter sounds, alphabet recognition, and phonological awareness. By matching the beginning sounds of words to their corresponding letters, children strengthen their understanding of letter-sound relationships. This game fosters phonemic awareness as they isolate and identify the initial sounds in words.
2 Find & Feed It!
- Materials: Find & Feed It! game mat, Find & Feed It! Recording Sheet, Find & Feed It! cards, ice pieces, scissors, pencil
- Game mechanics: Get ready for a fun fishing adventure to feed a hungry polar bear in this alphabet game! First, set up the game mat by cutting out the bear's mouth and folding the side panels. Then, create a pretend fishing rod using a string tied to a magnet attached to a pencil. To play, randomly select a fish card and name the letter on it. Find and trace the letter on the recording sheet before covering it with an ice piece and "feeding" it to the polar bear. Alternatively, the child can pick a card without looking and listen to the grownup name the letter sound, then find and trace the corresponding letter on the recording sheet before feeding it to the bear.
- About the game: In Find & Feed It! game, kids enhance their fine motor skills, alphabet knowledge, letter sounds, as well as pre writing abilities through an engaging fishing-themed activity. By using a pretend fishing rod to catch letter fish and "feeding" them to a hungry polar bear, children practice letter and sound identification and tracing. They learn letter sounds by matching them to the corresponding letters on a recording sheet. This hands-on game promotes early literacy skills while making learning fun and interactive for preschoolers!
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Hey, you’ve read up to this part, hooray! Here’s a gift to show our appreciation! Create your very own Penguin Origami Craft using this simple tutorial! This little friend is a popular polar animal, and you can easily teach your little one how to make a penguin origami using our printable with simple directions and drawings. Read more about the Print & Go Penguin Origami Craft, or grab a free copy now!
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Sensory play and crafts
1 Magic Snow
Little kids love snow (who doesn’t?!) With the Magic Snow, they’ll experience an exciting enchantment as this delightful sensory toy transforms with just water! Your preschooler will definitely be thrilled as they watch it grow and fluff before their eyes!
2 Walrus Handprint Sign Craft
Create your own walrus craft using your own handprint with our Walrus Handprint Sign Craft! Perfect for learning about polar animals, it's easy to use, fun for kids, and aids in fine motor development and creativity!
Craft Lovers Upgrade
1 3D Sporty Polar Bear Scene Craft Kit
Bring the Arctic to life with our easy-to-assemble 3D Sporty Polar Bear Scene Craft Kit! Build your own dynamic polar bear scene, perfect for your preschoolers’ developing creativity and fine motor skills.
2 Fingerprint Penguin Sign Craft Kit
Check out this super cool Fingerprint Penguin Sign! You can easily make one with our no-prep Fingerprint Penguin Sign Craft Kit included in our Craft Lovers Ugrade. Kids will surely have fun decorating it with their own fingerprints!
Grownup Guide
Still not sure how to guide your preschooler in using The Polar Box? No worries, we included a Grownup Guide inside My Pre-K Boxes! Perfect for parents and caretakers, this handy guide provides step-by-step instructions, tips, and sample scenarios and gameplays to make the most out of the games and activities, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable learning experience for your little ones!
And that concludes the frosty wonders inside The Polar Box! We've bundled up a collection of captivating activities, guaranteeing a delightfully chilling time for your little Arctic explorers! We hope they've enjoyed the math games, literacy activities, imaginative polar crafts, and hands-on sensory play. Don't forget, there's endless excitement with our Craft Lovers Upgrade. We hope you've had a blast journeying through these icy adventures!
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And if you want more polar-themed learning for your little one, check out our expanded Polar Preschool Fun Pack! It includes over 20 pages of polar-theme worksheets that target math, literacy, and critical thinking skills! We also made it more convenient for you by adding an ink-saving version and answer keys to it. Check out the free sample and preview of the Polar Preschool Fun Pack here, or purchase the whole pack for only $5!
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Did you have fun with our arctic adventures inside The Polar Box? The games and activities are really exciting and the polar animals are very cute, right? If you aren’t subscribed to My Pre-K Box and would like to know more about other My Pre-K Boxes, check out some of our featured blog posts!
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Why Choose My Pre-K Box?
1 Activities are play-based and learner-centered
Every single activity is well-thought and child-friendly, and ensures learning while having fun!
2 Easy and effortless
If you would be the one to research and prepare the crafts yourself, it would be too tiring and time-consuming. But if you subscribe to My Pre-K Box, it will be delivered to your door every month, hassle-free and easy right? You can have more time for fun and quality family time!
3 Affordable prices
The monthly subscription plan costs $38.95 each month. Or you can save more by committing to a 6-month term ($37.95/month) or a 12-month term ($35.95/month). We also have a 1-year prepaid plan and a 6-month prepaid plan!
4 High-quality materials
All the contents of the box are carefully selected and are of top quality to ensure the safety of your kids! Most are also reusable, so your child can play it over and over again!
5 Great customer service
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