This all-in-one digital bundle was created to simplify your month as a preschool teacher while filling January with cozy, hands-on winter learning! With 228 total pages of no-prep, standards-aligned resources (including worksheets, activities, labels, covers, and teacher forms), this complete January Preschool Thematic Unit follows a thoughtful scope and sequence to support consistent skill-building routines, fine motor development, early literacy, and winter-themed learning all month long!
File Type: Digital PDF
Page Count: 228 pages
Your entire January, planned and prepped.
What’s Included:
January Preschool Daily Directed Drawing — 20 pages
Listen-and-draw activities that reinforce shapes, colors, and letter sounds. These guided drawings strengthen fine motor skills and listening comprehension—an important foundation of the Science of Reading, where understanding spoken directions supports future reading success.
January Alphabet Center: Snowman Stack Game — 32 pages
A hands-on alphabet center where students build snowmen by stacking letters and picture cards. Perfect for letter recognition, beginning sounds, visual discrimination, and playful learning through movement and matching.
January Preschool Letter of the Week (Q–T) — 24 pages
Four weeks of structured letter practice designed to build consistency and confidence:
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Monday: Letter Trace & Color
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Tuesday: Letter Animal Craft
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Wednesday: Cut & Glue Sorting
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Thursday: Letter Hunt
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Friday: Listen & Color (Directed Drawing)
A predictable routine students love—and a powerful way to reinforce phonemic awareness and letter formation.
January Preschool Daily Math — 20 pages
Counting 1–10 through a variety of hands-on activities including coloring, dabbing, cut & glue, connect-the-dots, ten frames, shapes, patterns, number writing, and number ordering. Designed to build strong early number sense all month long.
January Preschool Daily Pre-Writing Tracing — 20 pages
Tracing practice for horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and zigzag lines, plus Xs and circles. These essential pre-writing strokes strengthen pencil grip, fine motor control, and handwriting readiness.
January Preschool Daily Scissor Skills — 25 pages
Daily cutting practice that progresses in difficulty—straight, curved, zigzag, wavy, and freeform lines, plus themed cut-and-glue activities. Designed to build coordination, confidence, and precision.
January Preschool Science — 5 pages
Pre-K focused winter science activities pulled from the full science set, encouraging observation, discussion, and early scientific thinking through simple, hands-on exploration.
January Dramatic Play: Hot Cocoa Stand — 28 pages
Transform your dramatic play area into a cozy hot cocoa stand! Includes full-page signs, a pennant banner, name tags and crowns, play money, object labels, and themed visuals to support pretend play, language development, and real-world math.
January Hot Cocoa Name Writing Craftivity — 5 pages
Students build their name using marshmallow letters and decorate a big mug of hot cocoa. A fun way to practice name recognition, letter formation, and fine motor skills.
January Cotton Ball Penguin Craftivity — 8 pages
Students glue cotton balls onto a penguin’s belly and complete a simple sentence on an ice block. Includes multiple penguin and writing templates for hands-on sensory fun and early sentence building.
January Coloring Pages — 12 pages
Winter-themed coloring pages perfect for early finishers, quiet centers, or calm transitions.
January Writing Pages — 12 pages
Four writing layouts across three January themes: winter animals, gingerbread, and twinkle lights. Great for free writing, dictation, or guided prompts.
January New Year Activities (Preschool & Kindergarten) — 12 pages
A festive mix of New Year coloring pages, mazes, and a crown to celebrate fresh starts and winter excitement.
January Martin Luther King Jr. Day Activities (Preschool & Kindergarten) — 5 pages
Age-appropriate coloring pages and a crown to introduce kindness, community, and celebration in a meaningful way.
Hot Cocoa “For You” Writing Craftivity
A sweet winter writing activity where children decorate a cozy cocoa mug and complete a short poem tag to share with someone special.
Hot Cocoa How-To Writing Craftivity
Children write and sequence the steps to making hot cocoa, then assemble a cocoa-shaped mini book using picture cards and writing pages.
Hot Cocoa Secret Ingredient Writing Craftivity
Includes two writing pages where children explain how to make hot cocoa and why their secret ingredient makes it the best recipe, finished with an adorable mug craft topper.
Pot Belly Penguin Craftivity
Children create a 3D “chubby” penguin using paper strips, then complete a short writing prompt describing their penguin’s name, food, and feelings.
Fold-Out Penguin Writing Craftivity
A fun accordion-style fold-out book with cute penguin covers and the writing prompt: “Inside the igloo the penguin likes to…”—great for creative sentence building.
All About Penguins Writing Craftivity
A penguin facts mini book featuring drawing, labeling, and writing. Interactive flippers and feet create a 3D finished product that supports nonfiction writing and research skills.
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