Beginning Sounds Winter Worksheets and Learning Activities

This set of Winter-themed learning activities is the perfect addition to your ELA curriculum. Your kiddos in Pre-K, TK, kindergarten, and grade 1 will benefit from the variety of activities this product offers. Within the pages you will find 16 flashcards with pictures and their corresponding word labels, 7 worksheets, 2 hands-on learning games, and 1 additional learning game in a Power Point format. Not only will these learning tools help strengthen vocabulary, but they’ll also give your pre-readers the opportunity to practice the concepts of identifying uppercase and lowercase letters and phonemic awareness. The 16 Winter-themed words are used throughout each activity and focus on holidays such as Christmas, Hanukkah, and Valentine’s Day. There are also terms that relate directly to the season of Winter such as hibernation, penguins, and snowflakes. Along with the aforementioned areas of learning, your learners will also practice fundamental fine motor skills with writing letters, cutting, gluing, and manipulating clothes pins. The flashcards and 2 hands-on learning games are available in both a color version and a black & white version. Most of the worksheets are also available in both versions. The 25 Power Point slides were created in a full-color version to entice and engage your learners. While the Power Point activity was designed as a whole class learning game, the 2 additional games are wonderful individual or small learning group activities. The 7 worksheets can be used in a variety of ways including large or small groups, individually, or a homework assignment. For your convenience, an answer key is provided for all worksheets. Below are the details of each activity included in this product.

PAGES 1-3: Sixteen flashcards with pictures and word labels

PAGE 4: learners will circle one of two letters that show the beginning sound of the winter picture.

PAGE 5: learners will draw lines matching the beginning sound of a winter picture and its letter partner.

PAGE 6: learners will color the “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” symbol to show if the given letter matches the beginning sound of the winter picture.

PAGE 7: learners will cut and glue letters to the winter picture that matches the beginning sound.

PAGE 8: learners will color one of two winter pictures that have the beginning sound of the letter shown.

PAGE 9: learners will write the uppercase and lowercase letters of the winter picture’s beginning sound.

PAGE 10: learners will write the first letter of a winter word that shows its beginning sound.

PAGES 11-14: learners will place labeled clothespins or letter tiles at the beginning of each winter word to show the word’s beginning sound.

PAGES 15-17: a set of 16 cards that include winter pictures only. These cards are used in conjunction with the set of letter cards on the following pages.

PAGES 18-20: a set of 16 cards that include uppercase and lowercase letters only. These cards are used in conjunction with the set of picture cards on the previous pages.

ANSWER KEY

POWER POINT ACTIVITY:A set of 25 slides where learners follow Sal the Snowman through a game of “thumbs up or thumbs down” to identify the beginning sounds of Winter-themed words.