Winter Worksheets for Preschool and Kindergarten: A 5-Day Winter Theme Week

Winter worksheets are a good fit for preschool and kindergarten in January and February: the holidays are over, the routines are back, and children love anything with snow, penguins and polar bears. The trick is to keep them short and playful. Below is a five-day winter theme week for ages 3–6, with one simple worksheet idea, one hands-on activity and one talking point per day. It works in a classroom and just as well at the kitchen table.

What makes a good winter worksheet for little ones?

• One task per page. Count, match, trace or find the way – not all four at once.
• Big pictures, few words. A grown-up reads the instruction aloud; the picture shows what to do.
• Something to color. Even a counting or matching page feels like play when the pictures can be colored afterwards.
• Five to ten minutes. Stop while it is still fun. A worksheet is a warm-up, not the whole lesson.

A 5-day winter theme week

Day 1 – Snow and snowflakes

Worksheet: count the snowflakes in each row and write the number (or draw dots for younger children). Hands-on: cut paper snowflakes – fold, snip, unfold; the youngest can tear paper instead. Talk: where does snow come from, and why does it melt in your hand?

Day 2 – Winter clothes

Worksheet: a pairs game – draw a line between the two mittens that look the same, then color each pair. Hands-on: a dressing-up relay with real hats, scarves and mittens. Talk: what do we wear in winter and why? Which part of the body gets cold first?

Day 3 – Polar animals

Worksheet: a maze – help the penguins find the way to their home. Hands-on: the “blubber glove” experiment: one hand in a bag with a layer of shortening, then both hands in ice water for a few seconds. Which one stays warm? Talk: polar bears live in the Arctic and penguins mostly in the far south – they never meet in the wild.

Day 4 – Animals in our winter

Worksheet: color a fox, a deer, a bunny and birds at a feeder, and sort them: who stays awake, who sleeps through the winter? (Hedgehogs and dormice hibernate; foxes, deer and rabbits stay active.) Hands-on: hang a simple bird feeder outside the window and keep a tally of visitors. Talk: how do animals find food when everything is covered in snow?

Day 5 – The snowman

Worksheet: finish a snowman – draw a face, a hat, a scarf and buttons, then give it a name. Hands-on: build a real snowman outside, or a mini one from cotton balls glued on dark paper. Talk: each child introduces their snowman to the group. End the week with a small exhibition of all the pages on the wall.

Tips for teachers and parents

Print a few spare copies – someone always wants to start again. Keep crayons for the youngest and colored pencils for older children. Let early finishers color the pictures while others are still counting. For mixed groups, the same page can be done in two ways: younger children color, older ones count, write or trace. And keep the finished pages together in a folder – by Friday each child has a small winter book to take home.

Ready-made pages

The counting page, the mitten pairs, the penguin maze, the winter animals to color (the sorting question is for talking about) and the snowman to finish are all in our winter coloring book; you can try 6 pages in the free sample: it includes the Day 1 counting page and the Day 2 mitten pairs, plus a snowman and a penguin family to color. Enter your email on the sample page and the download links appear right away – no checkout, no payment. More coloring ideas for every age are in our guide to winter coloring pages for kids.

Have a cozy, curious winter week!