Winter Activities for Kindergarten

We have one more week left in November, and then we get a whole week off for Thanksgiving break! I LOVE my job and my class a lot, but breaks are good for the soul! When we come back from our break, we are going to be immersed in all things winter! {Well except for the weather, thank goodness, because this Cali girl can’t handle the cold! Just ask my besties! ;)}

{the following activities are from my December Games and Centers}

Short Vowel Sort- we’re still working hard on the short vowel sounds! Students will read the words on the cookies and place them on the correct cookie sheet.

Snowy Sight Words- Students will pick a card from the pile and write the sight word on the correct line. They will also use these cards to play memory with a partner.

Sweet Sentences- building, reading and writing sentences with our high frequency words.

Skating Sounds- we’re still working hard with beginning sounds 😉 The students will match the pair of skates by matching the picture with the correct beginning letter.

Word Family Trees- sorting gifts under the correct word family.

{the following activities are from my Winter Print and Go}

Color by code- at and ag word famillies

{the following activities are from my December Games and Centers}

Build a Snowman- solving plus 1 addition problems.

Catch Me if You Can- practicing ordering numbers to 20 and identifying numbers out of order.

 This activity is really fun! I choose a number card and read it aloud, while the students find it on their paper. Then I tell them which color crayon to use and they color in that gingerbread kid with the correct color. After we do this all together, I put this game in centers. Now a student is the “caller” and the other kids in the center color in the numbers. They love playing teacher!

Gingerbread Games- practicing before and after through 20

Snowflake Sums-solving equations and sorting them onto the correct house. This one is tricky!

Stop, gumdrop and roll- our seasonal addition game!

Roll and cover- identifying numbers through 6

Snowflake Sums- using snowflake manipulatives to add numbers through 10

If you are interested in using any of these activities in your class this winter, you can find them in my shop! They are on sale, 20% off, November 17th and 18th!