Free Printable Winter Season Lessons, Activities

The winter season is a popular theme in preschool and early elementary. In science, the winter season makes an ideal focus for chemistry, physics, earth and life science topics. In social studies, students might explore winter-specific holidays and religious celebrations, like Yule, Saturnalia and the December solstice. Concepts are adaptable across different curricula: writing, math, reading, literature, art and crafts. Here are free printable winter season activities. Most are interactive, hands-on project-type activities.

ABC Teach has a plethora of free printable winter-themed lessons for every content area. There are puzzles, coloring pages, writing prompts, mazes, crafts, connect the dots, reading and language lessons:

• Felt board letter shapes with winter
• Winter season word wall lists (some also have picture cues)
• Letter to Santa writing prompt (which teaches personal, informal letter-writing skills and creative writing)
• Winter-themed borders, bulletin board trim, classroom newsletter paper
• Printable mini-booklets with winter themes (snowman, snowflake, Christmas stocking, mitten)
• Snow-themed cryptograms, glyphs, flashcards
• Graphic organizers: Venn diagrams, KWL charts (Know-Want to Know-Learned)
• Winter holiday dot-to-dots
• Science report forms for: ice, snowflakes
• Winter-themed math: word problems, skip counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, telling time
• Winter poetry frames and templates
• Preschool winter-themed worksheets for sequencing, sorting, organizing, matching
• Language activities: alphabetical order activities, color and write prompts, winter solstice prompts, metaphors

Marcel's Kids Crafts: This site features free printable cut-and-paste snowflake templates. To create the snowflake, click on the desired design, print and fold on the lines as shown. The design should be on top. Students should cut out the shaded areas, leaving the white areas. These activities make excellent math lessons. Students can practice hands-on geometry principles. Special needs students often need to practice perceptual integration. Folding and cutting snowflakes builds fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination.

Family Fun: This Disney family website has printable winter themed crafts that preschoolers and special needs students will love. There is a snowman paper doll with different outfits to cut out and dress him in. There's also a winter-themed photo frame craft. Kids can make these and send as thank-you notes for their holiday gifts.