Quick Answer

Set up your winter writing center with picture and word models, drawing activities, and plenty of ways for children to try writing. Winter Writing Center helps children connect a picture with its word as they look, draw, and write at their own level.

The six winter words are snowman, mitten, hat, penguin, polar bear, and cocoa.

What's Inside

A 31-page printable PDF with:

• Six color picture and word models in a four-per-page format.

• Six horizontal picture and word models with two writing lines.

• Black-and-white picture writing strips in lined and unlined versions.

• Six word-only drawing cards with space for children to draw the matching picture.

• Six Look, Draw, Write activities in full-page and two-per-page formats, each with lined and unlined writing spaces.

• Visual Look, Draw, Write directions to display beside the activities.

• Full-page and half-page drawing and writing pages, with and without a name space.

• A teacher information page with setup ideas and Preschool Vibes Standards.

How to Use

Display the picture and word pages as whole sheets, or cut them apart for individual use. Keep a set on the board and another on the table so children can choose a picture and place a model beside their paper while drawing and writing.

Offer a writing strip, a Look, Draw, Write activity, or a drawing and writing page. Choose the activity size and lined or open writing space that works best for your students. Children can communicate through pictures, scribbles, letter-like forms, and letters. Name writing is optional.

Use the picture and word together to talk about how print carries meaning. Say the word as you point across it from left to right, and notice the letters children recognize. The matching pictures give children a familiar starting point for their own drawing and writing.

This resource pairs well with our Winter Directed Drawings, available separately. Add the matching drawing steps to your writing center for children who would like help drawing the pictures. Directed drawing instructions are not included in this resource.

Preschool Vibes Standards

1B. We can stay with an activity and keep trying when it’s challenging.

4H. We can use drawing and writing to share ideas, moving from scribbles and pictures to letter-like forms, letters, and name writing (as appropriate).

8D. We can use tools with increasing control (tweezers, scissors, markers, droppers, etc.).

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