Free Printable Winter Pattern Block Mats

These free printable winter pattern block mats are a fun ‘print and go’ activity for working on math concepts, fine motor skills and more.

Make two different snowflakes, a snowman and a winter hat fun with these winter pattern block templates for a fun and easy winter themed activity for kids.

Preschools and kindergarteners will love comparing and combining shapes to create these fun winter pattern block pictures.

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Pattern blocks are a great toy that allows kids to work on lots of different skills once. They come in standard sizes and shapes -yellow hexagons, orange squares, red trapezoids, blue parallelograms, white rhombuses, and green triangles, and can be used in so many different ways.

Pattern blocks are a great activity for working on fine motor skills, as well as eye hand co-ordination. As kids roate and flip the pattern blocks to create the pictures they are also working on visual discrimination and spatial reasoning, as well as problem solving and creative thinking.

Pattern block activities are a great math learning activity too. As children play they are working on lots of different math skills such as shape recognition, symmetry, area, and beginning geometry skills.

There are lots of great ways to use pattern blocks with your kids!

Winter Pattern Blocks

These fun winter pattern block templates are great for working on lots of different skills, and perfect for an winter or seasons learning theme.

Your kids will love comparing and combining shapes to create these winter pattern block designs.

To use the winter pattern block printables simply print out the pattern block mats (scroll down for the printable links below) and grab a set of pattern blocks – this set from Melissa and Doug are great for at home, or this big container of pattern blocks is perfect for the classroom.

These magnetic pattern blocks are a great option for very young children as they lessen the frustration of the blocks moving around, and they’d be great for travel too! You can put the printable pattern block templates over the magnetic base and then build on top.

You are ready to build some fun pictures with these printable winter pattern block mats.

Using the Winter Pattern Block Mats with Preschoolers

Preschoolers and young children who are just beginning with pattern blocks will find the coloured pattern block templates the easiest.

These pattern block mats print to scale (see the printing instructions) so children can place the correct block directly onto the mat, copying the design to make the picture.

You can extend your child’s learning by talking about the colours and shapes of each block and show them how to ‘flip’ and ‘rotate’ blocks. Naming each shape is a great early math concept to work on.

You can also encourage your preschooler to count the number of pattern blocks they used, and to count how many of each colour/shape they used.

Use the winter pattern block pictures to encourage a discussion about the season. You could ask your children what they think of when they think of winter and try making those pictures with the pattern blocks.

Using The Winter Pattern Block Templates with Older Children.

Pattern blocks are great for kindergarten and older kids love them too. Use the winter pattern block printables as a fun, hands-on maths activity.

Depending on their level and experience, kids can use the coloured pattern block mats, or the outline pattern blocks for an extra challenge.

The outline pattern block mats print to scale (see below for printing instructions) so kids can build the pictures directly onto the mat, but they require a little extra thinking to decide which block fits the shape without the colours to help. This extra challenge is great for working on spatial awareness.

Kindergarteners and older children will be able to identify the colour of each block, name the shapes, and count the number of each shape they used to make the picture. They will also love the challenge of coming up with their own fall pattern block designs to make and share.

Free Printable Winter Pattern Block Templates.

There are four different winter pattern block templates to choose from – two different snowflakes, a snowman, and a winter hat. Each one comes in a full colour version and a version that is just the outlines.

These winter pattern block mats are made to scale, so the blocks printed on the templates are the same size as the actual pattern blocks, this means children can build on top of the mats if they would like to.

They are ready to print and go, simply click on the blue link in the box below each pattern block mat image to download it.

Instructions for Printing Pattern Block Mats

These printable pattern block mats are all A4 sized pdf files, you will need a pdf reader such as adobe acrobat to open them. They will fit to print on US ‘letter sized’ paper.

Please choose ‘Actual Size’ from your printer settings. Do not select ‘fit’ or ‘shrink to fit’ from your printer settings regardless of what size paper you are using. If you get a message saying ‘image is larger than the paper’s printable area’ you can safely ignore this so that the pattern block mats print at the correct size.

Please remember that the printables at picklebums.com are for personal use only, you may not sell, share, or link directly to these files.

Please choose ‘Actual Size’ from your printer settings. Do not select ‘fit’ or ‘shrink to fit’ from your printer settings regardless of what size paper you are using. If you get a message saying ‘image is larger than the paper’s printable area’ you can safely ignore this so that the pattern block mats print at the correct size.

Please remember that the printables at picklebums.com are for personal use only, you may not sell, share, or link directly to these files.

More Pattern Block Activities.

Playing with pattern blocks is a fun and easy maths and fine motor activity and there are so many fun ways to use them! Try one of these pattern block ideas: