Free Printable – Winter Animals

You are invited to download the Winter Animals printable – learning downloads for preschool children. This activity will also benefit the little ones, toddlers from the age of 3 and up. Use this resource with clear, true-to-life images to create hands-on science activities for your students. Children will discover winter animals that use adaptation methods to survive long, cold winter months, learn new vocabulary, and work to improve their concentration and fine motor skills.

This resource will come in handy when exploring the snowy regions of the world, setting up your winter activities, and learning about the North Pole and winter animals in your Montessori and early childhood classroom.

This printable contains Winter Animals watercolor cards for littles (pre-k and K students). Invite the children to sort, match, or glue animals onto a watercolor winter background, and learn new vocabulary.

Here is what’s included

  • 10 x wild animals labeled pictures
  • 1 x winter background
  • 1 x animals in winter page for matching

I have a whole collection of Winter resources. You can download fun and engaging learning activities for the winter season from our website.

I love this idea @raisingmaeve had with a similar printable I made. Jess enlarged the background and used adhesive to create this wonderful little activity for her child.

If you would like to enlarge the background, here is how you can do it. Hit Print. Make sure in your Advanced Settings ‘Print As Image’ has been deselected. Then hit ‘Poster’ and set your ‘Tile Scale’ according to how large you would like your poster to be. If you set it at 100%, it will print on two sheets. Trim sheets as needed and connect your poster pieces using scotch tape.

Animals in winter printables

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Winter Animals sorting cards mammals and birds in winter

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About Anastasia | Anastasia is a certified early childhood teacher with over twenty years of experience in Montessori classrooms and homeschooling. As the founder of Montessori Nature, she creates evidence-based, nature-inspired educational printables. Discover more resources on her blog and Teachers Pay Teachers store.