This snowman cut outs worksheet gives kindergarten students four bold snowman shapes to color and cut out, building fine motor skills while making a cheerful winter craft for cards or bulletin boards.
This tree cut outs activity is a tree-shaped book for kindergarten to 2nd grade. Children color the cover, draw a tree, write about it, and cut out the pages on the bold line.
Play this snowman contractions activity as a memory game: 1st to 3rd grade students match two-word Mitten Cards to Snowman contraction cards and record each pair. Answer key included.
This common and proper nouns activity has 1st to 3rd grade students sort snowflake word cards on a winter mat, with a practice page and answer key included for easy checking.
In this snowy addition activity, K-1st grade children add facts with sums of 7 to 10 and sort each snowflake under the right snowman. Answer key included for quick checking.
Using Same or Different Activity, students usethe picture cards to practice visually discriminating things that are the same and/or different.
This Christmas easy alphabetical order activity gives K-1st Grade children twelve holiday picture cards to line up by first letter, with a recording sheet, practice page and answer key included.
This Short Vowel Word Family activity has kindergarten and 1st grade students sort snow globe word cards into -at, -en, -ig, -op and -ug families, with a practice page and answer key included.
Match rhyming pictures like star and car in this rhyming words Christmas activity for preschool to 1st grade, with ornament picture cards and a practice page. An answer key is included.
This do you want to build a snowman contractions activity has 1st to 3rd grade students match two-word body cards to contraction head cards, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included.
UsingFind the Missing Letters Sequencing Activity, students place alphabet letter cards to complete the alphabet sequences.
This Christmas bingo activity lets preschool to 1st grade students listen for holiday words and find the matching pictures on four different boards. Answer key included.
This CVC short vowel sounds activity has kindergarten and 1st grade students read CVC word cards and sort them under five snowmen by vowel. Answer key included.
Using Santa's Compound Cookies Activity, studentsput together his cookies to form compound words to figure out what Santa wants for Christmas.
This Winter Hard Alphabetical Order Activity will teach your students how to put three sets of sight words with repeating letters in alphabetical order.
This winter easy alphabetical order activity gives kindergarten and 1st grade students two sets of winter picture cards to put in ABC order by the first letter. A practice page and answer key are included.
Using Number Word Lights Activity, students match the number with the number word in order to build their math fluency.
This Christmas Hard Alphabetical Order Activity will teach your students how to put three sets of words about Christmas in alphabetical order.
In this ordering numbers 0-30 Christmas activity, children sort 30 holiday number cards and line each set up from least to greatest. Made for Kindergarten and 1st grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
This ordering numbers 0-100 Christmas activity has 1st to 2nd Grade students sort 24 holiday number cards and order each set from least to greatest. Answer key included.
Jingle all the way to learning
Christmas is a perfect time to practice real skills while kids are bursting with excitement. Younger children count snowmen, read holiday words and sing along to classic songs. Older students solve Christmas-themed addition and multiplication, practice capitalization and contractions, and read passages about holiday traditions. Song lyrics turn into reading practice, and writing paper turns into letters and stories. The click moment is when kids realize their favorite holiday song is also a poem they can read on their own.
December can feel chaotic. These moves keep kids learning while still having fun.
Hand out the lyrics to a familiar carol and sing it together while kids track the words with a finger. Then ask them to find rhyming words or count the times a word repeats. It's reading practice that feels like a party.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withWe Wish You A Merry Christmas LyricsWorksheetsOpen it →Read a short Christmas passage together, then have kids answer questions from memory before looking back. It's a quick reading check that fits nicely into a busy December day.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withChristmas Reading Comprehension WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Use a Christmas addition page for warm-up, but mix in problems with and without regrouping. Kids have to look closely at each problem instead of rushing. It keeps math skills sharp before the break.
Why it works: mixing different kinds of problems in one practice set helped students do far better on a later test (Rohrer and Taylor, 2007).
Try it withChristmas Double Digit Addition WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →A little holiday magic goes a long way in December.
ActivitiesKids build snowmen by matching two words to their contraction, like "do not" and "don't."
Open Snowman Contractions Activity →
WorksheetsWrite a holiday letter on festive paper to a friend, a family member or a helper at school.
Open Christmas Writing Paper →
WorksheetsKids find and fix the capital letters in holiday names and places.
Open Christmas Capitalization Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Snowman Cut Outs, Tree Cut Outs and Snowman Contractions Activity.
Try holiday-themed math, reading passages, song lyrics, writing paper and craft cut-outs. Tie each activity to a skill your class is already working on.
Keep routines steady and use holiday themes for regular lessons. Short, active tasks and clear expectations help a lot.
Yes. Familiar songs help kids read with fluency and confidence, and they're great for spotting rhymes and sight words.
Include other winter traditions and let students share their own. Focus on themes like kindness, giving and winter weather.
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