Nutcracker Christmas Math Activity Centers

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more

CHRISTMAS MATH ACTIVITY CENTERS

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more
Who doesn't love nutcrackers this time of year?
I've incorporated this into a math center theme for Kindergarten and First Grade!

Your students will have lots of fun learning math skills using this Christmas themed hands-on activity pack!
Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more

MEASUREMENT

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more
Students used many different items to measure their nutcrackers, including Unifix cubes, sparkly pompoms, and Christmas themed mini erasers. They recorded their answers on the corresponding worksheet.

TEN FRAMES

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more
Students used Christmas themed mini erasers to fill in the ten frames. This activity is great for one-to-one correspondence practice as well.

MATCHING NUMBERS AND NUMBER WORDS

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more
Students matched the number words with the numbers. They also used the number cards as flashcards, to practice number recognition from 1-12.

SIZE SERIATION

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more
This activity had students sorting the nutcrackers and putting them in order according to size, from smallest to largest.

PATTERNS

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more
This patterns activity was great for recognizing patterns and then extending them with the nutcracker that would come next in the sequence.

ADDITION

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more
Students added the nutcrackers together and recorded their answers on the worksheet.

COUNTING

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more
Students looked at the cards and counted the nutcrackers, then recorded their answers on the worksheet. This activity can be used as a 'write the room' activity as well (or 'count the room') by posting the cards around the classroom for students to find.

NUMBER PRINTING

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more
In this activity students practiced printing numbers correctly by tracing the dashed lines.

SORTING & GRAPHING

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more
Students sorted the nutcrackers, then recorded how many there were of each type on the graph worksheet.

ORDINAL NUMBERS

Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more
These nutcrackers are great for having students practice ordinal numbers, by saying things like "Put the nutcracker with the drum in second place in the row" etc.
Christmas Math Center activities for Kindergarten and First Grade with measurement, patterns, counting, addition, sorting, and more

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