Winter Word Wall Cards for Preschoolers -

Winter Word Wall Cards for Preschoolers

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These Winter Word Wall Cards are a very useful literacy tool for helping your preschoolers learn winter-related vocabulary and a perfect addition to your Winter theme planning.

This FREE printable includes six pages, each with three cards, for a total of 18 cards. The winter word in English is entirely black, and underneath, you will find the Spanish word in red. You can download the cards at the end of this post.

Winter Word Wall Cards

These cards are a vital literacy tool that helps your children learn the names of some winter-related words, their initial sounds, and how to write them, in English and Spanish. will also teach them in Spanish.

Your preschoolers can use all these cards to develop skills such as:

Language development – talking about the pictures in the cards.

One-to-one correspondence – matching magnetic, foam, or wooden letters with the letters on the words or the animals’ names with the pictures.

Pre-writing/fine Motor Development – copying the words with magnetic, foam, or wooden letters, crayons, markers, or pencils, and tracing them with dry-erase markers.

Phonological Awareness – sounding out the beginning letter or the syllables in the words.

Pre-reading – when they observe the picture and say its name (word).

These Winter Word Wall Cards are easy to put together, and you will need a handful of materials, which are:

Winter Word Wall Cards (found at the end of this post).
Printer.
White paper or cardstock.
Laminator, and laminator pouches, or
Dry-erase pockets.
Pencils, markers, colored pencils, crayons, or dry-erase.

Print out the pages with the cards using white cardstock. Then cut and laminate each card to protect it and make it last longer. Remember, you will need one set for the word wall and one set for each center where you want to place them.

Display these cards on the word wall and in other areas where children can see them. That way, you and your children can use them as large- and small-group activities. Some ideas and areas I can give you are:

Word Wall – take one set and place the cards on your word wall under the same alphabet letter as the beginning letter of each word. That way, your students will recognize the correct letters.

Writing Area—Invite your preschoolers to practice their pre-writing skills by matching the words with magnetic, foam, or wooden letters, tracing them with dry-erase markers, and copying them with crayons, markers, or pencils.

Library – encourage the children to look for the exact words in books, and to look at books that display these animals.

Quiet Area – children can use the word to quietly copy, trace, or write them, draw the images, or look for the words in books.

You can combine these words with other Winter activities to give your preschoolers choices in the different centers. Below are some suggestions. They all come with free printables.

Winter-related Books

Stories help children learn vocabulary, understand print concepts, and develop their imagination, pre-reading, and pre-writing skills, among other benefits. That’s why I recommend reading to your children every day, multiple times a day, if possible.

These are some Winter-related books. You can find them at your local library, used bookstore, or on Amazon. For your convenience, I added my direct Amazon links to the titles. If you like anything, click it to go directly to the site.

What’s a Season: Winter by Kelly Grettlel. With colorful, rhythmic text, this book will show your kiddos what makes winter magical and fun.

Curious About Snow by Gina Shaw. With beautiful snowflake photos, this book explores the science of snow, the history of record-setting blizzards and snowstorms, and how people have fun in the snow!

The Biggest Snowman Ever by Steven Kroll is a fun story about Clayton and Desmond’s collaboration to build the biggest snowman ever for the town’s contest.
Ten Sparkly Snowflakes by Tiger Tales. A cut math book that used woodland animals to show children how the number of snowflakes decreases from 10 to 1 with each turn of the page.

Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft. This book is a little advanced for preschoolers, but it can help you introduce your kids to basic science ideas during discussions about the seasons and animals.

Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak. A brother and sister will take children on a journey as they explore nature and stroll through their twinkling town, greeting all the signs of the coming winter.

What’s a Season: Winter by Kelly Grettlel. With colorful, rhythmic text, this book will show your kiddos what makes winter magical and fun.

Curious About Snow by Gina Shaw. With beautiful snowflake photos, this book explores the science of snow, the history of record-setting blizzards and snowstorms, and how people have fun in the snow!

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