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Winter break has come to an end, alarms are turned back on, and the fast-paced teaching life is back in action! After some much deserved time off, it can be a bit hard to get back into the swing of things for teachers and the students! I like to hit the ground running with some winter activities for kindergarten! The reason for this is because there is HUGE growth that happens from now until the rest of the school year in both reading and math.
I also like to include a lot of winter activities during this season because there are so many hands-on and engaging activities that really appeal to your little learners.
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This time of year is so rewarding! You have worked so hard on many foundations and basics during the first half of the school year. Now it is time for them to take all of that knowledge and grow so much as a learner!
With this huge growth spurt about to take place, it is always fun to plan some fun, hands-on, and engaging winter activities for kindergarten.
Let’s start with some of my favorite winter read alouds that I like to incorporate into my math and literacy activities.
I absolutely love to use thematic units. There are so many reasons why using thematic units can benefit your learners.
I can go on and on about the benefits of thematic units, but I will save that for another day!
In each of my units, I include a unit at-a-glance where I give you a plan on how you can use the activities each day of the week. I provide this to help you plan out the activities with a good flow for the week. However, you can absolutely come up with your own plan!
Now let’s get talking about those winter thematic units.
This story is not only a classic, but is truly perfect to read during the winter. I swear our classoom feels colder after reading this winter story!
There are 20 different activities included in this Mitten Unit that are FULL of fun, hands-on, and engaging math and literacy activities all related to the story. There are crafts and anchor charts too!
Some of the math and literacy skills included in this Mitten Unit are:
Students love building snowmen and this unit gets them excited to learn about something that they are familiar with!
This snowman unit is packed with 22 math and literacy activities that also include anchor charts, crafts, and games.
The math and literacy skills include in this snowman unit are:
If you want to make your classroom or home into a winter wonderland, this Winter Fun Unit will do just that!
You will find 20 different math and literacy activities in this Winter Fun Unit.
There are tons of engaging and hands-on activities that focus on:
The last unit I am going to share is so big that I like to take 2 weeks to complete. This penguins unit is full of nonfiction and fiction activities all about penguins.
You will find math and literacy activities such as:
I know a lot of time we don’t like to use printables, but let’s be real. Printables truly are important to use in the classroom.
Students can strengthen their fine motor skills, logical thinking, and motivate them to work without the help of a teacher.
Printables are especially good to use when they are engaging, interactive, and include many skills on one page.
I like to include printables for morning work, early finishers, homework, extra practice at home, small groups, independent work, and more!
Some of my favorite winter printables are:
Students practice writing a specific skill that you choose. Then, they use the color code to color the correct squares. When all of the squares are colored correctly a mystery picture is revealed!
What I love about these winter mystery pictures is that they are editable and gives you tons of options to choose what skill you want to add for your class. You can add sight words, letters, numbers, spelling words, and more.
All you do is fill out the form with the information you want and the mystery pictures will be created instantly!
I have even had adults enjoy doing these mystery pictures because they are excited to see what the mystery picture will be!
I notice huge interest that many of my students have are puzzles. They love problem-solving and most of all the suspense of puzzles.
I love creating mystery pictures and mystery puzzles because the engagement of these activities is so great that students can never get enough! They always want more!
These free winter mystery puzzles includes 6 different puzzles where students practice a specific math or literacy skill. The skills included are beginning sounds, ending sounds, CVC words, addition, subtraction, and ten frames.
Here is an example of the beginning sounds mystery puzzle.
Students place the letters on the picture that has the same beginning letter sound. When all of the letters are placed correctly, a mystery image is revealed! Students also get to record their work to show their understanding of the skill.
You can grab this freebie in the picture right above this.
These fun Connect the Dots printables are great to add to your winter activities for kindergarten and little learners. You can choose from students practicing numbers to 25, uppercase letters, or lowercase letters.
There are 6 different connect the dot pictures and different skills to choose from for each picture. First, trace the numbers or letters. Then connect the numbers or letters in order from 1-25, A-Z, or a-z to reveal a winter picture!
Clearly, you can see I like these types of printables for my winter activities!
Did you know that digital activities can also be used in the classroom, for extra practice at home, remote learning, homeschool, and more?
I like to have my winter digital centers set up as a rotation in the classroom. Digital activities are very engaging, interactive, and most students LOVE getting to use a computer or tablet!
Adding winter digital centers to your day is an easy and perfect way to keep your students engaged and excited to review many skills they’ve learned.
There are 27 digital math and literacy skills included and focus on:
In case you missed my printable winter math and literacy centers you can read all about them here or click the image below.
I also created a free winter center activity that you can grab here.
What are some of your favorite winter activities for kindergarten that you like to do in your classroom? I would love to hear! Leave me a comment below and share with me!
Be sure to save these winter activities for kindergarten to your favorite Pinterest board so that you can come back any time for engaging activities that you can add to your classroom or home this winter!
These alphabet books will have students dive deep into learning about each letter of the alphabet while eager to see what activity they get to complete next!
