I can’t believe December is almost over. My daughter said the other day, “it’s practically already 2016”. She’s right. Where did the time go?! I swear, the older you get, the faster time flies!
But before time completely gets away from us, I want to share some December math and literacy fun with all of you!
December is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s such a festive time both at home and at school. The crafts, the parent gifts, the parties…and the gingerbread houses. Oh, the gingerbread houses. What starts out looking like this:

For this December math and literacy fun activity, students play with a partner. They roll the dice and count the dots to determine the number that they rolled. The student that rolled the bigger number wins that round and gets to dab a circle on their paper.
They continue to play until one student has filled all of the circles on their paper. You can easily differentiate this activity by adding more or less dice. Or have students win by rolling the smaller number.
Each player gets a copy of the snowman game board. They need a die and game pieces. I use themed erasers to keep things festive. Before I give the die to students I cover the number 6 side with stickers like these. I tell them that this side is zero.
To play the game, students roll the die and count the dots. They determine how many more are needed to make 5, then they cover the number that is needed to make 5 on their game board. For example, if a student rolls a 1, they would cover the 4 on their game board. If a student rolls the same number again they lose their turn.
The first player to cover all of the snowmen on their board is the winner.
The activities from It’s All Fun and Games {December Edition} are perfect for these few weeks before school is out. I love this series because each packet is packed full of games and activities that really keep the kids engaged and focused. The partner games give students to opportunity to work together and practice taking turns.
This might be one of my favorite December math and literacy fun packs in the series…maybe because I love this time of year so much! There’s no Santa or Christmas clip art included. It’s all gingerbread with some winter mixed in so the activities can also be used when we return in January!
Students select a sight word card. (Sight word cards are blank, so you can write your own sight words on the them) They spin the spinner to determine what color they will write the word first. After they’ve written the word once, they will spin the spinner again to determine the new color they will write the word.
Here’s another sight word activity. Students use the “envelopes” to build the sight word on the card. There’s also blank activity cards and envelopes for you to program with your own sight words.There are 27 activities included in this packet. Click on the pictures below to check them out!
I love your posts, this one reminded me that I bought this last year, need to look through it for some fun easy prep for the weeks before winter break! Thanks for the freebies too!
I bought the cookies and milk cutouts and never did anything with them…glad I waited. ? Love, love, love all of the ideas you share!!!
So many good freebies! These will be perfect for back to school this coming week 😉
Thank you for all the freebies!! The packet is in my cart! 🙂
I absolutely love all your products!! Merry Christmas!!!
Thank you so much, Noemi! Merry Christmas to you as well. 🙂