17Free Winter Worksheets for Preschool

Seventeen free winter worksheets for preschool, in the order we would use them through the cold months. The set starts with dot markers and tracing for little hands, moves through colors, sorting and two winter letters, and finishes with counting, comparing and patterns. Every page uses the same friendly cast of snowmen, mittens, penguins and mugs of cocoa, so the whole set hangs together as a winter unit.

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The full list

  1. Dot the Snowman Winter Worksheet for Preschool
  2. Trace the Snowy Day: Winter Worksheet for Preschool
  3. Penguin Paths Line Tracing Winter Worksheet for Preschool
  4. Match the Mittens Winter Worksheet for Preschool
  5. Dress the Bear Winter Clothes Worksheet for Preschool
  6. Winter Hat Color Sorting Worksheet for Preschool
  7. Winter or Summer Sorting Worksheet for Preschool
  8. Find the Letter W Winter Worksheet for Preschool
  9. S Is for Snow: Letter S Winter Worksheet for Preschool
  10. Big and Small Winter Worksheet for Preschool
  11. Snowball Shape Hunt Winter Worksheet for Preschool
  12. Which Has More? Winter Comparing Worksheet for Preschool
  13. Snowy Day Counting 1 to 6 Winter Worksheet for Preschool
  14. I Spy Winter Counting Worksheet for Preschool
  15. Winter Number Tracing 1 to 10 Worksheet for Preschool
  16. Fox Number Order Puzzle: Winter Worksheet for Preschool
  17. What Comes Next? Winter Patterns Worksheet for Preschool

Winter is one of the easiest themes to carry through a preschool classroom or a week at home. Snowmen, mittens, penguins and hot cocoa are familiar and friendly, and they turn up on every page here, so a child meets the same characters while the skills change underneath them.

The first five sheets are about hands: dot markers, tracing, drawing a line between two pictures, and cutting and gluing. Sheets 6 to 9 move on to colors, sorting by season and the letters W and S. The last eight are early math, starting with size and shapes, then comparing groups, counting to 6, tracing numbers to 10, putting numbers in order and finishing with patterns.

There is no need to work through them in one go. Two or three a week will carry a class from December to the end of February, and any page can be pulled out on its own for a snow day.

Ten of the seventeen print in black and white for children to color in, which keeps a class set light on ink. The other seven use soft color pictures, and they still work printed in black and white.

01

Dot the Snowman Winter Worksheet for Preschool

Fine motor · 10 minutes · Pre-K
Dot the Snowman Winter Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

A big snowman covered in empty circles to fill with a dot marker or a crayon.

Why it goes first There is no wrong answer, just a satisfying stamp in every circle. It is an easy, happy way to start a winter week.
02

Trace the Snowy Day: Winter Worksheet for Preschool

Tracing · 15 minutes · Pre-K
Trace the Snowy Day: Winter Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Six dashed winter pictures to trace and then color: a snowman, a tree, an igloo, cocoa, a sled and a snow globe.

Start with The snowman and the tree. Their lines are short and simple, and the igloo and snow globe are better saved for last.
03

Penguin Paths Line Tracing Winter Worksheet for Preschool

Tracing · 10 minutes · Pre-K
Penguin Paths Line Tracing Winter Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Five penguins follow straight, wavy, bumpy, zigzag and square paths across the page.

Why it works Each line is a stroke that turns up again in letters, and every path runs left to right, the same way we read and write.
04

Match the Mittens Winter Worksheet for Preschool

Matching · 10 minutes · Pre-K
Match the Mittens Winter Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Five pairs of patterned mittens to join with a line, then color so each pair matches.

Worth doing Ask what makes two mittens a pair before starting. Noticing that the pattern matters, not the position, is the whole skill.
05

Dress the Bear Winter Clothes Worksheet for Preschool

Cut and paste · 15 minutes · Pre-K
Dress the Bear Winter Clothes Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Color, cut and glue a hat, scarf, mittens, earmuffs and boots onto a bear standing in the snow.

Watch for The mug of cocoa in the cut-out strip. It does not go on the bear, and spotting that is half the fun.
06

Winter Hat Color Sorting Worksheet for Preschool

Colors · 15 minutes · Pre-K
Winter Hat Color Sorting Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Twelve purple, orange and yellow hats to cut out and glue next to the hat of the same color.

Why it is here Purple, orange and yellow are the colors that usually come after red and blue, and four of each means a full row is a correct row.
07

Winter or Summer Sorting Worksheet for Preschool

Seasons · 15 minutes · Pre-K
Winter or Summer Sorting Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Eight pictures to cut out and sort into winter or summer, from a snowman and a sled to a beach ball and watermelon.

Use it when You are talking about weather and the seasons. Asking why each picture goes where it does is where the learning happens.
08

Find the Letter W Winter Worksheet for Preschool

Letters · 10 minutes · Pre-K
Find the Letter W Winter Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Sixteen mittens with letters on them. Children color every one with an uppercase W or a lowercase w.

Why W Winter, wind, white and warm all start with it, and its zigzag shape is easy to spot among other letters.
09

S Is for Snow: Letter S Winter Worksheet for Preschool

Letters · 15 minutes · Pre-K
S Is for Snow: Letter S Winter Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Trace a big S and a little s, then color the winter pictures whose names begin with S.

Worth pointing out Saying each picture's name out loud is the real work. Mitten and penguin are there to be said and ruled out.
10

Big and Small Winter Worksheet for Preschool

Size · 10 minutes · Pre-K
Big and Small Winter Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Six pairs of winter pictures in two sizes. Circle the big one in each box.

Why it starts the math Comparing size needs no counting at all, so it eases a child into math thinking before the numbers arrive.
11

Snowball Shape Hunt Winter Worksheet for Preschool

Shapes · 10 minutes · Pre-K
Snowball Shape Hunt Winter Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Circles, squares and triangles mixed together. Find every circle, or snowball, and color it.

Why it works Picking a circle out from other shapes shows a child really knows it, and it prints in plain black and white, light on ink.
12

Which Has More? Winter Comparing Worksheet for Preschool

Comparing · 10 minutes · Pre-K
Which Has More? Winter Comparing Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Two groups of snowflakes, mittens, cocoa mugs or penguins in each row. Circle the box with more.

Why it comes before counting The groups are different enough to judge by eye, so it builds the idea of more before a child needs to count to prove it.
13

Snowy Day Counting 1 to 6 Winter Worksheet for Preschool

Counting · 10 minutes · Pre-K
Snowy Day Counting 1 to 6 Winter Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Six boxes of winter pictures to count, with three numbers under each to choose from.

Worth knowing Every number from 1 to 6 comes up exactly once, so the page doubles as a quick check of which numbers a child knows.
14

I Spy Winter Counting Worksheet for Preschool

Counting · 10 minutes · Pre-K
I Spy Winter Counting Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

A busy winter picture with snowmen, penguins, mittens and cocoa mixed together. Count each kind and circle the number.

Why it is harder The pictures are jumbled, so a child has to keep track of what they have already counted. Crossing each one off helps.
15

Winter Number Tracing 1 to 10 Worksheet for Preschool

Numbers · 10 minutes · Pre-K
Winter Number Tracing 1 to 10 Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Ten winter hats, each with a dotted number from 1 to 10 to trace, then color.

Watch for Where each number starts. Beginning at the top every time is the habit worth building now.
16

Fox Number Order Puzzle: Winter Worksheet for Preschool

Number order · 15 minutes · Pre-K
Fox Number Order Puzzle: Winter Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

A snowy fox picture cut into five numbered strips, mixed up and glued back in order from 1 to 5.

Why it works The picture is the answer key. Put the strips in the right order and the fox comes out whole.
17

What Comes Next? Winter Patterns Worksheet for Preschool

Patterns · 10 minutes · Pre-K
What Comes Next? Winter Patterns Worksheet for Preschool worksheet preview

Five rows of repeating winter pictures. Circle the picture that comes next.

Why it ends the set It moves from simple AB patterns to AAB and ABC, which takes the most careful looking of anything in the set.

One more thing.

If your kids finish a unit and you're not sure what to do next, our honest advice: don't move on yet. Spend a week mixing these in as warm-ups. Fluency isn't a unit, it's a habit, and the sheet that builds it is usually the one they ask to do again.

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