Winter Math and Literacy Activities

Brr! This Winter Math and Literacy pack contains printable activities that practice the following skills:

– Counting
– One-to-one correspondence
– Classification
– Shape recognition
– Number quantity
– Set recognition and comparison
– Number formation
– Measurement (height)
– Association
– Attribute variance
– Story sequencing
– Beginning sound recognition
– Visual discrimination
– Phonological and phonemic awareness
– Fine motor
– Following directions

WINTER BEGINNING SOUNDS CARDS (COLOR 8/B&W 8)

Students will sound out the names of the pictures in each set. Instruct them find and cover the main picture’s beginning sound partner. Provide pom poms, vase gems, mini erasers or some other manipulative for children to use as markers. For heavy use, print these out on carstock and laminate.

WINTER MEASURING CARDS -HEIGHT (COLOR 8/B&W 8)

Provide Unifix Cubes or another small manipulative for children to measure (non-standard) the height of the items. Be sure to discuss which are taller, shorter, and the same size. Print these cards out on cardstock (laminate for heavy use).

WINTERTIME SPIN & COUNT SHEETS (COLOR 2/B&W 2)

For extra durability, print these sheets out on cardstock and laminate. Attach paperclip spinners with round head fasteners (brads). Provide pom poms, vase gems, mini erasers or some other small manipulative for students to use. Young learners will spin, identify a number and place that amount of items on their sheets. As children pick up and place each item, encourage them to say its number name (one, two, etc.). Older children may fill all three lines, while younger ones may only complete the first or second. Once finished, have students count all of the items on their sheets.

SNOWMAN (FROSTY) FRAME CARDS (COLOR 10/B&W 10)

Print these cards out on cardstock (laminate for heavy use). Provide mini erasers or some other small manipulative for students to use. Young learners will place a numbered group of items on its corresponding card. As children pick up and place each item, encourage them to say its number name (one, two, etc.).

WORKSHEETS (B&W 10)

With these 10 engaging worksheets, children will sort by size, identify winter rhyming words, sequence a snowman story, count and write numbers, and so much more!

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Christmas Patterning Activity

This Christmas patterning activity is one of many pattern pin sets that we use in our classrooms. Pattern pins are easy to make, inexpensive, hands-on learning tools. Plus, they are super cute, the kids love them, and they work those small hand muscles!

MATERIALS USED:

– Paint mixing sticks
– Paint (craft or spray)
– Clothespins
– Jingle bells
– Christmas mini bows
– Hot glue gun

For this set, we painted the mixing sticks brown; we always use a dark color for our bases, so that the patterns really stand out. You can pick up mixing sticks at Home Depot, Lowe’s, or your local paint store. We found jingle bells and mini Christmas bows at Dollar Tree, and hot glued them to the tops of clothespins.

You might first introduce pattern pins and demonstrate the concept of patterning in a large group, and then work with small groups of children, making patterns together.

Students will not only create patterns, but they will also copy and extend patterns that are represented on other sticks (made by you or other students). For this reason, it’s a good idea to have multiple bases on hand. Be sure to encourage your students to identify their patterns and describe what is and what is not a pattern.

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• Christmas Tree Number Quantity Activity
• The Gingerbread Man Craft

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Christmas Tree Number Quantity Activity

These free printable Christmas trees provide children with a fun way to match numerals with quantity. Have students identify the number on each tree and “decorate” it with the corresponding number of “ornaments”. Encourage children to count every item once, using one number word.

To extend this activity, ask pre-kers to examine and compare the number sets of trees. Ask, “Which set has more? Which set has less?” when showing 2 sets. Remind children that the world less means not as many.

You can also use this tree game as an opportunity to practice adding and taking away skills.

Use words such as more, plus, all together, total, etc. to help students gain an understating of “adding more”. “There is 1 ornament on this Christmas tree, and 2 ornaments on this tree. How many ornaments are on the trees all together?” Set up trees 1, 2 and 3 in a row to model this addition problem. Do the same with subtraction, using words such as less, take away, and how many are left.

Download our free numbered Christmas trees. For heavy use, I recommend printing on cardstock and lamination.

• Christmas Math and Literacy Activities
• Christmas Patterning Activity
• Ladybug Number Quantity Activity
• Spider Web Counting Activity
• Strawberry Counting Game
• The Gingerbread Man Craft

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