Your children will have fun learning all winter long with these fun ideas for a winter theme! We have over 100 free printable winter theme ideas, plus winter crafts and winter activities for kids. Plus we have educational activities like winter math and winter science and language arts activities too! This January theme is perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders too.
Winter Theme
Winter Language Arts Activity
Use these cute free winter printables and winter worksheets for kids to practice tracing letters, working letter recognition, color by beginning sound, read word families, build cvc snowman, put together compound word snowflakes, improve writing skills, and so much more!
- Snowflake Winter Compound Words
- Snowman Word Family Spinners
- Beginning Sounds Snowman Printables
- Snowflake Dab the Letter
- Build a Snowman with Winter CVC Words
- Snowy Day Alphabet Writing Tray from modern preschool
- Winter Writing Tray and Printable from Schooltime Snippets
- Snowflake Swat! Letter Learning, Free Printable, and 6 Ways to Play from Preschool Powol Packets
Snowman Printables
Looking for snowman worksheets and educational snowman activity ideas? You will love these resources!
- Build-a-Snowman Winter CVC Words Activity
- Free Winter Writing Prompts PDF
- Snowman Printables Winter letter Find
- Winter Tracing Cards Printable A-Z
- Mitten Alphabet Match Printable Activity for Kindergartners
- Snowman Tracing Letters A to Z
- P Is for Penguin Letter Craft from Schooling a Monkey
- Scissor Skills Snowman Craft from School time Snippets
- Don’t forget to bring some snow inside for spelling in the snow!
- Kindergarten Winter Story Starters with word bank and cute clipart!
- Winter Worksheets Writing Prompts
- Grab these Hot Cocoa and Marshmallow Rhyming Puzzles to improve literacy skills
- Work on counting syllables with this fun winter syllables printable activity
- Mitten Initial Blends Activity
- Work on letter recognition with these free Winter Color by Number printables
- Winter Hat Rhyming Words for Kindergarten
- Beginning Sounds Mitten Matching Game
- Match the mittens with this winter rhymes activity
- Free Printable January Spelling tests that work with any spelling words
- Self-correcting Winter Alphabet Game
- Free printable Winter Writing Prompts with ruled lines, cute clipart to color, and fun winter writing ideas
Winter Math
Make math fun these cold, dreary months with these winter math activities for kids of all ages! From winter math worksheets to hands-on snowman clock to practice telling time, fun printable snowman crafts, shape snowman puzzle, and more!
- Snowman Addition Clip Cards
- Snowman Counting Cards
- Kindergarten Math Worksheets for Winter
- Winter Counting Worksheets
- Build a Snowman Sequencing Worksheets
- Snowman Math Craft for practicing addition and subtraction
- Mitten Winter Playdough Mats to practice counting, tracing numbers, and using a ten frame
- Winter Telling Time Worksheets
- Snowman Printables Counting Book
- Snowman Activities for Preschool – Count to 10
- Cute Snowman Shape Puzzles
- Do you want to build a snowman? How about making one with Snowman Math
- Count the cute penguins with this winter math activity for kindergartners
- Comparing Numbers: Ping Pong Ball Toss Math Game from Buggy and Buddy
- Graphing Practice Worksheet Collection-Snow Theme from J4 Daniels Mom
- Winter Color by Number
- Printable Winter Skip Counting Puzzles
- Winter Hundreds Chart Coloring
- Study symmetry with this Symmetrical Snowflake Winter Craft for Kids from Buggy and Buddy
- Free Place Value Snowman for adding ones, tens, and hundreds
- Winter STEAM for Kids: Snowflake Fractions
- Hot Chocolate Math Multiplication and Division Fact Families
- Or for younger children try our Hot Chocolate Math Addition and Subtraction
- Work on Addition within 10 using this cute Mitten Matching Game
- Snowball File Folder Game – an Odd and Even Activities for Winter
- Snowman Addition within 10 clip cards
- Winter themed, Snowman Multiplication Puzzles
- Cute, hands-on Snowman Counting Activity for toddlers
- Don’t forget to study shapes by creating Snowflake Patterns with Blocks by J4 Daniel’s Mom
- Snowman Button Counting Activity
- Cute Snowman Crafts for Preschoolers with buttons
- Snowman Printables Count to 10 Book
- Winter Themed Kindergarten Measurement Worksheets
- Snowball Counting Printable Winter Math Activities for Preschooler
Winter Crafts
Choose your favorite winter art project or winter craft for kids to make your kids this December, January and February.
- Super Cool Glue Snowman Crafts
- Printable Thaumatrope for Winter and Holidays by Red Ted Art
- S is for Snowman Theme
- Easy Paper Snowman Craft for Kids by Non Toy Gifts
- Silhouette Winter Tree Art Project for Kids by Buggy and Buddy
- DIY Penguin Pencil Holder from Red Ted Art
- Coffee Filter Crafts for Kids: Coffee Filter Snowman Craft by Look We’re Learning
- Frozen Snowflake Templates by Mama Teaches
- Snowman Directed Drawing Art Activity by Proud to be Primary
- Movable Penguin Paper Plate Craft by Crafts on Sea
- 100 Winter Crafts for Kids
- Winter Tree Craft for Kids Using Yarn Wrapped Sticks by Buggy and Buddy
- Spin Art Snowflake Craft for Kids by School time Snippets
- Toilet Roll Snowman from Red Ted Art
- Pine Cone Snow Friends: Snowman and Snow Woman from Non Toy Gifts
- Abstract Winter Art for Kids from Arty Crafty Kids
- Tissue Paper and Twig Snowflake Craft for Kids by Buggy and Buddy
- Winter Bubble Wrap Tree Kids Craft from Arty Crafty Kids
- Snowflake Paper Plate Twirler by Crafts on Sea
- Winter Tree Suncatcher Craft Using Tear Art by Buggy and Buddy
- Easy Icicle Crafts for Kids
- Easy Origami Bear – Panda Bear – Polar Bear – Brown Bear from Red Ted Art
- Colored Salt Snow Art – Winter Crafts for Kids by Twitchetts
- Quilled Paper Tube Snowflake Craft from Arty Crafty Kids
- Painting Snow: A Winter Sensory Activity from Projects with Kids
- Pour Painted Snowflake Decorations ~ Winter Art For Kids from Twitchetts
- Felt Snowflake Art
- Frozen Colored Bubbles ~ A Snow Day Activity by Titchetts
- Melting Snowman Blow Painting by Kids Craft Room
- Making Paper Snowflakes: A Kid Made Winter Craft by Little Worlds Big Adventures
- Easy Circle Sticker Snowman Craft
- Plastic Cup Snowman Craft
- EASY Glue Snowman Crafts for Preschoolers
- Tissue Paper Snowflakes Craft for Winter
- Sticky Yarn Snowflakes Craft for January
- Amazing Puffy Snow Paint for epic snowman art project
- Cute Snow globe Craft for Kids
- LOTS of Snowflake Crafts A to Z
Day 4 – Winter Science
Now it’s time for science. Encourage your kids to learn all about winter, ice, salt, and temperature with these amazing science activities for kids!
- Super Cool Snow Volcano Science Experiment
- Melting Snowman Slime Recipe
- Free life cycle of a penguin worksheet
- How to Make Frost Science Experiment for Winter
- January Lego Challenge STEM Activity for Kids
- Exploring Animals Tracks in Winter by KC Edventures
- Ice Cube Igloo STEM Project! from Preschool Powol Packets
- Science of Sledding from There’s Just One Mommy
- Frozen Water Magic Science by Preschool Powol Packets
- Melting Magic ~ Snow Ice Simple Science from Stem Powered Family
- Bottle Crush – Crush A Bottle With Your Mind… and science! from Steam Powered Family
- Winter STEM Activity – Exploring the effect of salt on ice by Steam Powered Family
- How to Make Frost in a Can Science Project
- Crystal Snowflake Science Activity For Kids from Little Bins for Little Hands
- Simple Machine Science: Launching Ping Pong Balls with a Lever from Buggy and Buddy
- Melting Snowmen STEM Activity from There’s Just One Mommy
- Wacky Science Experiments: How to Make Hot Ice from Schooling a Monkey
- Looking for a fascinating science experiment for your older kids, learn about convection heat with heat experiments.
- Winter Science Marbled Note Cards
Snow Activities for Kids
- How to Make Snow Ice Cream with just 2 ingredients!
- Making delicious, historic SNOW CANDY (2 recipes!)
- Kids will be delighted to play this fun Snowball Transfer Game
- Squirt Gun Snow Painting – Snow Activities for Kids
- Snowman Melting Slime
- Snow Dough for Kids
- Free Snowman Worksheet Pack with LOTS of pages
- Work on preschool colors with this hands-on Mitten Matching Game
- Winter Worksheets for Preschoolers
- Grab these Winter Worksheets for Kindergarten
- Free Snowman Coloring Pages
- Winter Pre Writing Activities for preschool and kindergarten
- Practice a variety of skills with these fun Winter Worksheets Pack
- Learn color words with these mystery picture, Winter Dot Marker Printables
- Simple winter playdough mats for preschoolers
- Winter Snap Cube Free Pritnables
- A whole months worth of January Activities for Kids
- So many fun January crafts for kids of all ages
Winter Books for Kids
- Winter is Here is a cute book kids will love reading again and again
- The Mitten is a well earned classic that will delight young and older students alike
- Kids will have fun learning about animals in the winter with this interesting and fun-to-read book.
- Learn numbers, colors, and animals in this fun 12 Snow Days of Winter book.
- Kids will have fun reading about Sneezy the Snowman who is too cold so he tries to warm up and then children help remake him just right.
- Kids will be delighted to see what happens to Snowmen all Year long in this sweet story.
- This delightful story is one of our favorites. Get ready to laugh out loud as There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow gets sillier and sillier
- Snow wont stop with cute little dog who has plans to go sledding all day.
- Help kids learn about the solstice in this sweet Shorted Day picture book.
- Stunning photographs help kids take a peak at where animals sleep in the winter.
- Find out how badger and hare make do when there is little food in the winter. A sweet story of friendship and sharing.
- Snow Sounds is a wonderful book about onomatopoeia – words that make sounds!
- Oh, when will it snow again? wonders the little family who lives in the snow globe. They long for a snowstorm if only someone in the big family would pick up the snow globe and give it a shake. Such a creative story that is sure to delight kids!
Weekly Themes
Whether you use these themed learning ideas for your lower elementary age students or as preschool weekly themes, we’ve got lots of fun themed eductational activities to make your lesson plan:
- Explore the fascinating world of insects in this bugs themes
- Head out to the great outdoors without leaving your homes with this fun camping themes
- Teach kids about community helpers with these fun math, literacy, and community helpers crafts and activities
- Ready for some prehistoric fun learning in this dinosaur themes
- Explore the season of autumn with these fun fall unit study
- Old McDonald had a farm EIEIO; kids will have fun learning about farm animals and tasks with this farm theme
- Kids will bloom with knowledge as they learn valuable skills and create projects in this flower theme
- Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean you can’t sneak in some learning with this fun, engaging 4th of july theme
- This September, you’ve got to try these fun apple themed activities for Johnny Appleseed Day Activities
- Dive in and learn about animals under the sea with this oceans theme
- For a week that’s out of this world, check out the ideas in this space theme
- Get ready for St Patty’s day in March with these creative St Patrick’s Day Theme
- Learn about the pilgrims in this creative Thanksgiving Unit Study
- Celebrate Earth day in April with this Tree Theme perfect for spring
- Roses are red, violets are blue, learning is fun, with Valentines Day themes
- Rain, snow, sleet, and hail – discover fascinating facts in this weather theme
- Bird watching is lots of fun with this bird theme
- It may be COLD outside, but inside it is warm and toasty as kids learn with this winter theme
- Discover some amazing animals in this fun zoo theme with hundreds of fun and clever activities
- Find all our weekly themes here or explore our preschool weekly themes for 50 more exciting weekly unit studies.
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