Kindergarten Christmas Activities

Celebrating Christmas in the prek, kindergarten, and first grade classrooms can be so special! Here I share my hands-on and fun Christmas themed small group ideas, intervention activities, independent learning centers for math and reading, as well as simple Christmas kindergarten crafts. Visit littlemindsatwork.org for access to 500 free printables to help you celebrate Christmas & The New Year all winter long!
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Free CVC Decodable Books
This Christmas free decodable books download provides you with beginning sounds-based book and cvc-based decodable books. Perfect for literacy centers or teacher led small groups, these winter read alouds are a great kindergarten Christmas activity. You will have fiction and nonfiction decodable books. Students will be able to read from the standard fold and flip decodable books, MINI decodables, and all-in-one passages. Access this free download HERE.
December Holidays Around the World Activities
Explore this free set of holidays around the world activities for preschool + kindergarten! In these around the world literacy activities, students will work on letter sounds, CVC words, digraphs/blends, & CVCE words. This set of free printable Christmas around the world worksheets can be used during December literacy centers, December phonics lessons, or as a fun kindergarten center. This holidays around the world first grade printable is a great free Christmas learning activity. Download here!
Free Winter Math Activities
Looking for free winter math activities this December? Download these free winter math activities to use as math games, winter math centers, or as interactive math notebooks. Here students can practice addition, number sense, place value, and shapes. Students will love using these math activities during a whole group math lesson or as a fun math center. To download these winter interactive math notebooks, download here!
Winter Read Alouds for Kindergarten
Looking for the best winter read alouds for kindergarten? Here on the blog, I share my favorite winter read alouds and activities to help your students learn early literacy skills. Here, I share a free close read lesson plan for "The Snowy Day" - perfect for kindergarten or first grade students. Here I share how to make snow, and I share my favorite winter read alouds and crafts. Students will love the snow themed activities & building reading comprehension + vocabulary. Learn more here!
Free Snowman Activities
Check out this free snowman activity for pre-k or kindergarten students! These free snowman activites for preschool are a great addition to any math or literacy lesson plan this winter. Students will love this fun snowman activity this holiday season. Use this in a STEM Bin, morning tub, anytime activity, or as a fast finishers activity. This fun positional word activity can be used in a whole group lesson plan or even as an independent kindergarten center. Get it here!
Free December Printable Activities for Kids
Check out these engaging free Christmas activities for pre-k, kindergarten, or first grade students. This blog is packed full of hands-on winter sensory bins, math puzzles, phonics centers, gingerbread man activities, and more! Here you'll find the best December worksheets for literacy centers, math centers, small group ideas, or as a fun whole group activity. From Christmas directed drawings to number sense math games, this post shares it all! Download the free winter printables here!
Winter Craft Ideas
Get the best winter craft ideas here! These winter door decorations for the classroom are perfect for a winter craft in the pre-k, kindergarten, or first grade classroom. Download this free snowman directed drawing to complete before Christmas break or as a fun New Year activity for classroom winter decorations. Use these adorable snowman crafts as a winter bulletin board idea or as a Christmas gift for parents from students. Learn more here!
Free Snowman Directed Drawing
This snowman directed drawing can be done during whole-group instruction, placed into a center, or used as a “fun” addition to your standard curriculum. The packet includes multiple versions of the step-by-step instructions, including posters, strips, mini-books, and a digital display. Students will have the opportunity to “free draw” the images or use the included academic-based sheets. The sheets allow students an opportunity to label the image and/or write sentences/stories about the image.
Science of Reading Close Reading Lesson Plan
Find the best close reading activities here! With a fun penguins theme, this close reading lesson plan is science of reading based and will help your students build essential vocabulary and reading comprehension skills. This resource is a comprehensive approach designed to tackle listening comprehension, vocabulary, and knowledge through oral read-alouds. These winter read alouds are engaging for whole group literacy lessons and also provide 6 weeks of lesson plans. Learn more here!
Kindergarten New Year Activities
These New Year phonics and math centers provide a hands-on, engaging way for students to practice alphabet letters, beginning sounds, CVC words, digraphs, blend words, numbers to 20, and fine motor skills. The packet includes 5 phonics centers and 5 math centers that are perfect for whole-group instruction, morning work, early finishers, small-group reading, intervention, or independent practice. Get it here and make learning fun and interactive this New Year!
Christmas Phonics and Math Centers
The Polar Bears phonics and math centers are designed to give students a hands-on and engaging way to practice the letters of the alphabet, beginning sounds, CVC words, digraph words, blend words CVCE words, numbers to 20, and fine motor. This packet offers 5 phonics centers and 5 math centers. These phonics and math centers can be used for whole-group instruction, morning work, early finishers, for your small-group reading instruction, intervention blocks, and as an independent centers.
Free Math Christmas Interactive Notebooks
This is a fun and engaging 10 page math resource for fun winter math lessons. I wanted to offer a fun and festive freebie to help you get you through December! The interactive notebook pages are suitable for K-1 math lessons, whole group math activities, or for an independent math center. This fun Christmas math activity is great for practicing number sense, number order, place value, number comparisons, shapes, addition within 10 and more! Download for free now!
Free Winter Interactive Math Notebooks
This is a fun and engaging 10 page math resource for fun winter math lessons and winter games. I wanted to offer a fun and festive freebie to help you get you through December! The interactive notebook pages are suitable for K-1 math lessons, whole group math activities, or for an independent math center. This fun Christmas math activity is great for practicing number sense, number order, place value, number comparisons, shapes, addition within 10 and more! Download for free now!
January Step by Step: Close reads, freebies, and more! - Little Minds at Work
The kiddos then track the results on their recording sheets!
January Step by Step: Close reads, freebies, and more! - Little Minds at Work
The kiddos get to explore and see if the items will slide like the penguins!