Christmas Preschool Math Worksheets: Fun and Festive Learning
Christmas is almost here! Let’s make it a season of learning and fun. Help your preschooler develop a love for math with Christmas preschool math worksheets. These worksheets use festive themes to make learning numeracy skills exciting and engaging. Let’s make this Christmas a memorable one filled with learning and joy!
We are excited to share 20 free Christmas math activity worksheets with you. These worksheets are a fun and festive way to introduce your preschoolers to numbers, counting, patterns, and more. With engaging activities and colorful illustrations, these math printables will make learning a festive experience that your little elves are sure to love!

Christmas is a time of magic and wonder, filled with joy and excitement. But did you know it’s also a season for your preschoolers to learn essential skills with a mix of holiday cheer? One of our favorite things is filling our homes and classrooms with the best preschool Christmas activities!
Our Christmas math activity worksheets offer fun skills practice that perfectly align with preschool math standards. Children can practice essential math skills, such as counting, number recognition, basic addition, and subtraction. These worksheets are designed to provide a fun and engaging learning experience, while sharing the magical fun of the season.
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Why Use Christmas Math Worksheets?
Christmas math worksheets can be a delightful part of your holiday season lesson plans that help reinforce math concepts. These worksheets can help your preschoolers learn more than just numbers. They can improve their fine motor skills and sensory processing while having fun.
Here’s a deeper look into the benefits:
- Increased Engagement: The festive theme of Christmas can make math more appealing to young children.
- Reinforcement of Math Concepts: Worksheets can reinforce math skills learned throughout the year.
- Development of Fine Motor Skills: Completing worksheets can help children practice writing and cutting skills.
- Cognitive Growth: Worksheets can stimulate problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
For more festive fun ideas this holiday season, be sure to check out our Christmas Activity Pack!
FAQs About Using Worksheets in Preschool
How often should worksheets be used in a preschool setting?
Worksheets can be used regularly, but it’s essential to balance them with play-based and hands-on learning activities. Aim for just a few worksheets per week, depending on the children’s interest and progress.
How can worksheets be balanced with interactive and hands-on learning activities?
Because preschoolers learn best by doing, choose worksheets have fun activities and hands-on things to do. For example, you can help your kiddos play with Christmas cookie-cutter math or make Christmas counting cards.
What strategies can be employed if a child struggles with worksheets?
If a child is struggling with worksheets, we must ensure that the worksheets we provide are short, fun, and developmentally appropriate. Offer concrete manipulatives to go with the worksheets whenever possible and as needed. If you have students that are struggling, offer additional support, such as one-on-one help or simplified worksheet versions to make learning enjoyable and stress-free.
Free Christmas Math Worksheets
Christmas-themed math worksheets offer a delightful way to practice essential skills in a festive setting. We’ve curated a collection of free worksheets to help your child reinforce their math knowledge while enjoying the holiday spirit.
Check out these fantastic, festive Free Christmas math worksheets for your preschoolers:
Santa Patterns Christmas Math Activity
These colorful Santa patterns are a fun way for preschoolers to learn about AB and ABC patterns. They’re free to print and perfect for practicing early math skills!
Free Snowman Counting Cards for Winter
Teach your preschooler counting skills with these free printable snowman counting cards. With 6 different activities, your little ones will have a blast learning numbers while having fun with winter themes. These cards are a great way to introduce number sense skills and are perfect for home or classroom use.
Gingerbread Preschool Printables
Run, run as fast as you can…these fun gingerbread printables are a fantastic way to add some low-prep, hands-on learning to your gingerbread theme. With activities like coloring, tracing, and counting, these printables offer a fun and festive way to reinforce essential math and literacy skills.

Festive Learning Fun: Christmas Counting Cards
These Christmas counting cards are a delightful way to keep your preschoolers counting and learning during the holiday season. These printable worksheets feature festive Christmas-themed illustrations and counting activities. With our counting cards, your preschoolers get to practice counting skills while enjoying the magic of Christmas.
Christmas Scissor Cutting Printables
These fun Christmas scissors cutting printables offer more than just cutting practice. Your preschoolers will begin by coloring the festive Christmas images, then use scissors to carefully cut out each square. Once cut, your kiddos can create a unique Christmas craft. These pages encourage oral language as children discuss the images and share their favorite holiday memories. It’s a great way to combine art, language, and math into one engaging activity!
Christmas Shape Matching Printables
Help your little one learn shapes in a festive way with our Christmas Shape Matching Printables! These fun worksheets feature adorable Christmas-themed pictures that your preschoolers can match to corresponding shapes. It’s a great way to practice shape recognition while having some holiday fun.
Christmas Counting Printables
1,2,3…counting plus Christmas equals extra fun! These Christmas counting printables help your preschoolers practice counting objects, recognizing numbers, and developing one-to-one correspondence. These festive worksheets make counting exciting and enjoyable!
Polar Bear Color Sorting Snowballs
This fun polar bear activity is perfect for your little cubs. Your preschoolers will sort colorful snowballs based on the color of the polar bear’s scarf. The set includes 8 different polar bear cards, each with a unique scarf color. As your kids sort the snowballs, they’ll practice color recognition and fine motor skills. It’s a great way to make learning enjoyable during the winter season!
M&M Christmas Tree Printables
Christmas trees and M & M’s? Yes, please! This tasty activity is a festive way to practice counting and sorting skills. Simply give your kiddos a pile of M&M’s and ask them to place the correct number on each tree. Or, for an added challenge, use red trees and have them sort the M&M’s by color, matching them to the appropriate tree.
Color and Count Christmas Printables
These exciting color and count printables are a delightful way for your preschoolers to practice counting skills. Your children get to color the festive illustrations and then count the different objects in each scene. It’s a colorful and engaging way to learn during your preschool Christmas theme!

Christmas Coloring Math Activity
This preschool Christmas color math activity is perfect for young learners. Your preschoolers will have a blast coloring a festive Christmas scene while practicing number recognition and fine motor skills. Simply follow the numbers on the worksheet to bring the seasonal picture to life with a variety of colors.
Winter Counting Printables
This hands-on activity is perfect for your little learners to practice counting skills while having a blast during a winter theme. The best part is that this activity is so simple but so much fun: Print the colorful counting mats (1-10), grab some cotton balls, and let the fun begin!
Mitten Button Counting Printables
These adorable, oversized mittens and colorful buttons provide a fun and engaging way for young kids to practice counting skills, number identification, and hand-eye coordination. Your preschoolers will count the buttons on each mitten and match them to the corresponding number. This activity is perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners who are developing their early math skills.
Counting Penguins Printables
Get ready for a chilly math adventure with these adorable penguin printables! Perfect for winter-themed STEM activities, these printables feature playful penguin illustrations that your little learners are sure to love!
Candy Cane Calendar Numbers Printable
These adorable candy cane number cards are a simple, sweet resource for your preschoolers. With minimal prep, you can incorporate them into various activities throughout the Christmas season, peppermint-themed units, or even as a general festive addition to your classroom.
Mittens Matching Printables
This fun and engaging activity is perfect for young children. Preschoolers will love matching up pairs of identical mittens from a variety of colorful designs. It’s a great way to develop fine motor skills, visual discrimination, and concentration. Simply print the worksheets, cut out the mittens, and let the matching fun begin!
Snowman Roll and Cover Printables
Looking for a quick and easy way to make math practice fun for your preschoolers? This Snowman Roll and Cover printable is a perfect game for all ages and is super easy to set up. All you need are the printables, dice, and a few counters. Simply roll the dice, find the corresponding number on your snowman, and cover it with a counter. It’s a great way to practice number recognition and counting while having fun with a winter theme.

Ice and Penguins Shape Sorting Printables
Engage your preschoolers in a fun and frosty math adventure! This printable activity features adorable penguins and icy shapes. As kids sort the penguins into the matching ice shapes, they’ll develop shape recognition skills while also having a blast. This cool activity is a perfect addition to your winter math curriculum.
Free Christmas Shape Matching Printables
Help your little ones festively learn shapes! These printable worksheets feature Christmas ornaments and trees with matching shapes. Children can practice shape recognition and visual discrimination by matching the ornaments to the correct trees. Shapes are fun at Christmas-time and all year round.
Christmas Counting Memory Game
This festive memory game is perfect for preschoolers! Children will match Christmas trees with numerals to the corresponding trees with the correct number of ornaments. It’s a fun way to practice number recognition, counting, and memory skills all with a fun holiday twist.
How to Use Printable Worksheets in Preschool
When incorporating worksheets into a preschool curriculum, it’s important to consider the following strategies to ensure they are effective and fun for young learners:
- Make it Fun: Use colorful markers or crayons to make the worksheets more engaging.
- Provide Guidance: Offer clear instructions and examples to help children understand the tasks.
- Celebrate Success: Praise children for their efforts and achievements.
- Differentiate: Adapt worksheets to suit different learning styles and abilities.
- Encourage Independence: Let children complete the worksheets independently whenever possible.
One of the best gifts you can share with your preschoolers this holiday season is festive learning experiences of all kinds. Christmas preschool math worksheets can help keep your little learners excited about learning because they will love the holiday themes! Add to the joy with some holiday music and scents of the season in your classroom, and your preschoolers will embrace the festive learning activities even more!
These worksheets offer a unique blend of fun and educational value and will help your children develop essential math skills while celebrating the season. We encourage you to explore the resources provided and select those that meet the needs of your kiddos the most. Let’s make math a holiday celebration for all!

I’m Sarah, an educator turned stay-at-home-mama of five! I’m the owner and creator of Stay At Home Educator, a website about intentional teaching and purposeful learning in the early childhood years. I’ve taught a range of levels, from preschool to college and a little bit of everything in between. Right now my focus is teaching my children and running a preschool from my home. Credentials include: Bachelors in Art, Masters in Curriculum and Instruction.