Ornament Count
K to 1st grade
counting to 12.
December stretches attention. These Christmas math games keep the skill you're already teaching and wrap it in a holiday theme.
Kids count ornaments, then move on to addition on Santa's sleigh or taking away reindeer. Toy Shop Money is the coin one. Every game is no prep. Below they're sorted by skill, with the grade range on each card. Several also fit 2nd grade.
Counting and comparing
Snowball Compare
K to 1st grade
comparing numbers.
Cookie Skip Count
1st to 2nd grade
skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s and 100s.
Adding and taking away
Sleigh Ride Addition
K to 1st grade
addition.
Reindeer Take Away
K to 1st grade
subtraction.
Place value and money
Elf Tens and Ones
1st to 2nd grade
tens and ones to 99.
Toy Shop Money
1st to 2nd grade
counting coins up to 99 cents.
Time, measuring and fractions
Santa's Clock
1st to 2nd grade
telling time to 5 minutes.
Candy Cane Measure
K to 1st grade
measurement.
Cookie Equal Shares
1st to 2nd grade
halves and fourths.
Shapes, patterns and graphs
Santa's Shape Workshop
K to 1st grade
2D and 3D shapes.
Ornament Patterns
Kindergarten
AB, AAB and ABC patterns.
Hot Cocoa Graphs
1st to 2nd grade
picture graphs.
Games by grade
Kindergarten
- Ornament Count
- Snowball Compare
- Sleigh Ride Addition
- Reindeer Take Away
- Candy Cane Measure
- Santa's Shape Workshop
- Ornament Patterns
1st grade
- Ornament Count
- Snowball Compare
- Cookie Skip Count
- Sleigh Ride Addition
- Reindeer Take Away
- Elf Tens and Ones
- Toy Shop Money
- Santa's Clock
- Candy Cane Measure
- Cookie Equal Shares
- Santa's Shape Workshop
- Hot Cocoa Graphs
2nd grade
- Cookie Skip Count
- Elf Tens and Ones
- Toy Shop Money
- Santa's Clock
- Cookie Equal Shares
- Hot Cocoa Graphs
How to use them in December
Math centers: put one Christmas game at a station and match it to this week's skill. Ornament Count and Snowball Compare pair well with counters. Candy Cane Measure pairs with real or paper candy canes.
Small groups: pick by grade range and skill. One group can stay on Sleigh Ride Addition while another works on Elf Tens and Ones.
Whole group: put a game on the projector, read the question out loud and let the class agree before you click.
The last week before break is for review of what you already taught, not new material.
Add a digital station
Bright Minds Club games run in a Chromebook, iPad or laptop browser. Nothing to install. One screen can be the digital station while the other tables work on paper.
They aren't Christmas themed. They still practice the same skills:
- Counting and making 10: Ten Frame Fun (K-1), Make Ten Ladybugs (K-1)
- Comparing: Batty Compare (K-2)
- Adding: Doubles Dominoes (K-2), Frog Hop Number Line (K-2)
- Place value and skip counting: Base Ten Builders (1st-2nd), Skip Count Race (1st-2nd)
- Coins: Piggy Bank Coin Counting (K-1, no account needed)
- Time and fractions: Set the Clock (1st-2nd), Pizza Fractions (1st-2nd)
- Shapes and patterns: Shape Safari (K-2, no account needed), Pattern Parade (K-2)
The club games leave ads and chat out, and kids never spend real money inside them.
Two ways to use these games
For your classroom: Teacher Games on TpT
- Download once and keep it.
- Opens in a web browser and plays offline.
- $3 a game, bundles available.
For home: Bright Minds Club
- 129 games online, with a profile and stars for each kid.
- Plays in a web browser.
- 14 days free, then $9 a month or $79 a year.
Want to try first? Play 5 club games with no account.
FAQ
What are good Christmas math games for kindergarten?
Ornament Count for counting to 12. Snowball Compare for comparing numbers. Sleigh Ride Addition and Reindeer Take Away for adding and taking away. Ornament Patterns covers AB, AAB and ABC. Candy Cane Measure and Santa's Shape Workshop round it out.
What Christmas math games work for 1st grade?
Most of the kindergarten games fit 1st grade too. For more of a stretch, try Elf Tens and Ones (tens and ones to 99), Toy Shop Money (coins up to 99 cents), Santa's Clock (time to 5 minutes) and Cookie Equal Shares (halves and fourths).
Do these games need any prep?
No. They're no-prep games. Open one and start.
Are there free Christmas math games online?
The Christmas games are digital games you download from Teacher Games on TpT ($3 each) and open in a web browser. They aren't in Bright Minds Club. In the club, Piggy Bank Coin Counting and Shape Safari need no account.
Can I use these in my classroom?
Yes. They work for centers, small groups or the whole class on a projector.
More pages
All learning games
Money and coins
Numbers, counting and addition
- Make Ten Ladybugs
- Skip Count Race
- Spooky Skip Count
- Candy Corn Tens and Ones
- Cauldron Addition
- Batty Compare
- Odd Sock Laundry
- Acorn Tens and Ones
- Corn Cob Skip Count
- Feast Table Addition
- Gobble Greater Than
- Pie Slice Take Away
- Turkey Feather Count
- Batty Take Away
- Apple Tree Take Away
- Base Ten Builders
- Doubles Dominoes
- Fact Family Houses
- Frog Hop Number Line
- Number Word Match
- Ordinal Train
- Ten Frame Fun
- Array Garden
- Ornament Count
- Sleigh Ride Addition
- Reindeer Take Away
- Snowball Compare
- Cookie Skip Count
- Elf Tens and Ones
Telling time
Shapes
Measuring, fractions and sorting
Phonics, rhyming and spelling
- Boo! Letter Sounds
- Word Builder
- Ghostly Rhymes
- Haunted Spelling
- Gobble Gobble Sight Words
- Gobble Rhymes
- Gobble Word Families
- Turkey Letter Sounds
- Blend Builders
- Clap the Syllables
- Compound Word Combos
- Digraph Detectives
- Letter Twins
- Silent E Magic
- Vowel Valley
- ABC Order Caterpillar
- Snowflake Letter Match
- Candy Cane CVC
- Jingle Bell Syllables
- North Pole Word Families
- Gingerbread Sight Words
- Snowman Compound Words