Winter sports bring so much excitement and energy to the classroom! From skiing to skating, this high-interest theme gets students engaged while learning essential skills in literacy, math, and teamwork. Whether you’re teaching this during a winter games year or just embracing the snowy season, these hands-on activities will make your lessons unforgettable. Let’s dive into the fun!
Why Thematic Teaching Makes Learning More Engaging
Teaching through themes like winter sports brings learning to life by helping students make real-world connections and stay engaged. It integrates multiple subjects seamlessly, allowing for deeper exploration and creativity. Plus, thematic lessons encourage collaboration and make learning feel meaningful and fun! Keep the fun going all season with more winter themes! Penguins, Arctic, and weave in more winter craftivities too!
Winter Sports Theme Activities All Day!
With so many engaging ways to incorporate the winter sports theme, you can bring the excitement into every part of your day—literacy, math, writing, and even crafts!
Literacy
1. Sporty Sentences
Use sentence-building cards to help students create and write sentences about winter sports.
2. Winter Sports Mini Books
Check out these mini books about fictional athletes! Kids will get to learn about winter sports like skiing and figure skating.
3. Sight Word Games
Instantly turn sight word reading practice into something fun with the “Go Team” game!
Math
1. Number Hunt
You’ll need clue cards (“Find the number 3 less than 56”) and a 100 chart to practice addition and subtraction with a sport-themed scavenger hunt.
2. Beat the Clock
Match analog and digital clocks in a time-telling relay game where students race to help athletes get to the podium!
3. Base Ten Bobsled
Practice place value with base ten blocks by matching number cards to picture cards that represent different bobsled teams.
Writing Craftivities
1. “My Favorite Winter Sport” Writing Activity
Students write about their favorite winter sport and illustrate themselves as athletes!
2. Classroom Team Quilt
Have students decorate individual squares representing their favorite winter sport, then combine them into a collaborative quilt to celebrate teamwork!
3. Teamwork Project
We know our little learners need the opportunity to build fine motor skills through crafts. This project focuses on teamwork and sportsmanship, and will be a great addition to your classroom or hallway winter bulletin board.
This craftivity is a perfect way to teach kids about working together, because beyond being good readers, writers, and mathematicians, we really want to help our students learn to be good humans.
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Looking for more great resources to bring you through the long winter? Check out all of my winter themed resources here. And make sure to follow the All Students Can SHINE k-2 Community on Facebook for up to date tips, resources and conversations about primary learning.
Happy team building!
